Example sentences of "it [modal v] only [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Too many early messages of ‘ Do n't get excited , it 'll only end in tears ’ have become etched in the mind . |
| 2 | No such act of measurement could change what those spins already were ; it could only bring to light a state of affairs which had existed from the moment of separation . |
| 3 | They must n't go down this road again , it could only lead to disaster . |
| 4 | One jerk , one shudder , one small loss of control and it would spill over into a chaos so terrible that it could only end in death . |
| 5 | when did one team have two keepers sent-off in the same game … it could only happen at Hereford … |
| 6 | If the animal has a sufficient sensory range , it need only move towards areas that its sense organs reveal to offer better conditions . |
| 7 | Somewhere deep in Robbie 's rapidly fading consciousness a little warning voice admonished her not to let this happen , that it would only lead to heartache . |
| 8 | That means we support a top tax rate of 50 per cent , but not higher — and it would only bite on incomes above £50,000 , not the £40,000 where Labour 's 59 per cent begins . ’ |
| 9 | But it would only fly into Sarajevo if the United Nations gave the go ahead . |
| 10 | It would only respond to matters referred to it . |
| 11 | He also warns : ‘ Never create a myth : it may come to life ’ ( at this the trumpet theme from Petrushka shrieks loud and clear ) ‘ and it will only end in sawdust . ’ ’ |
| 12 | Although it is law , parts of it will only come into force when the Home Secretary issues the necessary regulations . |
| 13 | While the Faculty encourages all those interested in these research degrees to apply , it will only accept as research students those who wish to work in an area in which the Faculty can provide supervision and has basic materials . |
| 14 | We know that it can only oscillate at frequencies which correspond to the fundamental note and its overtones . |
| 15 | Of course , the marginal revenue of Division A is simply the transfer price as it can only sell to Division B. So we should work out A 's marginal costs at the required level of group activity and set the transfer price equal to that . |
| 16 | Though that Act makes the partnership a corporation , [ it is said ] … that this is merely for the purpose of carrying on the business mentioned in it , and that it can only sue in respect of matters necessarily incident to that purpose . |
| 17 | The DTI consider that although the title of the Directive applies to all contracts involving consumers , the recitals and indeed parts of the text , imply that it can only apply to contracts for the supply of goods and services . |
| 18 | Mind you , it can only happen in America . |