Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [verb] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many homes , especially the older ones , were wired for lighting only or had only one or two , low-powered socket outlets . |
| 2 | He had every motive to leave town , plenty of opportunity to do so and paid only a relatively small price . |
| 3 | I have the strategy in front on me but I it also the strategy also places the economy of the county in in that context in so far as we 're dealing with er the county of North Yorkshire is reliant upon some twenty five thousand small businesses employing twenty five people or less and has only forty one firms serving one local market employing over three hundred people . |
| 4 | This view argued that section 7 was meant as an accounting section only and contained only a prohibition against annual accumulation deficits . |
| 5 | After 4 attempts and 2 hours they finally got 568 kayaks strung together and held only by hands for 30 seconds before departing 5km down to Holme Pierrepont for a fun afternoon . |
| 6 | In Filliter v. Phippard the word ‘ accidentally ’ was interpreted restrictively so as to cover only ‘ a fire produced by mere chance or incapable of being traced to any cause . ’ |
| 7 | Furthermore , although I recognise that the powers of the Director are circumscribed by section 1(3) and the opening words of section 2(1) , so as to relate only to the investigation of suspected offences , it remains true that the powers which I have summarised are concerned with ‘ the affairs ’ of the suspect , and these must to my mind extend beyond the matters which have caused the charge to be laid . |
| 8 | One longs for more choice , for interpretations that are truly ‘ framed to the life of the words ’ ( to use Byrd 's phrase ) and not bland rehearsals of the notes , for performances that seek to move the listener rather than explore only the music 's sonorous surface . |
| 9 | Social security ensured that the costs of mass retirement were kept as low as possible and were spread over the whole population rather than falling only on employers . |
| 10 | That Fran had no intention of doing just that had only just struck him , and he did n't like it one little bit ! |
| 11 | The two are not associated , since Castor is 46 light-years away and Pollux only 36 . |
| 12 | When the plan is up and running and all the identified needs for care are being met , the managing team backs away and performs only intermittent reviews . |
| 13 | The idea of ‘ subjective meaning ’ is a loose one , covering all ways in which someone may act deliberately or expressively and excluding only reflex actions . |
| 14 | Now , Father McGiff told himself , I 'll be able to resume my old evening routine when I can stop my ears to the world outside and listen only to God within me . |
| 15 | She turned to march away but got only a few inches before she was hauled back . |
| 16 | We have already pointed out that atonal music can be written not by obscuring tonal structures but by ignoring conventional harmonies altogether and using only note-combinations which avoid the suggestion of tonalities . |
| 17 | There are two main ways of creating atonality : one is to begin with a tonal framework and then obscure it ; the other is to ignore conventional harmonies altogether and use only note-combinations which do not suggest tonalities . |
| 18 | Gilliland gets a reasonable fit between records of actual temperature and his model if he leaves solar variations out altogether and works only with the build-up of carbon dioxide and influence of volcanic products on the atmosphere . |
| 19 | The picture is kept secretly and shown only to those who have a close heart and mouth . |
| 20 | He was not in favour of an over-active presidency — as he saw that of Roosevelt — but instead proposed to consult widely and act only after calm deliberation . |
| 21 | DENNIS CONNER , the defending America 's Cup skipper , shrugged off a poor start to claim his fifth win in six races against Bill Koch 's America Foundation in San Diego yesterday and needs only one more win to assure no worse than a sail-off for a place in the defenders ' final . |
| 22 | Mobile once more and hindered only by misplaced ( in his view ) solicitude he rediscovered his freedom through sport , first fishing , then fellwalking , sailing and rock climbing . |
| 23 | Some members are active through the Urgent Action Network and through specialist groups such as those for doctors and lawyers , but over 70,000 members belong nationally and receive only this Journal from us . |
| 24 | Of course , some data are logged automatically and exist only in electronic form . |
| 25 | You lean forward to see more clearly and see only your own reflection . |
| 26 | One morning , suffering from the cumulative effects of the noise and confusion , we left our cameras behind and took only our snorkelling equipment in search of this waterhole . |
| 27 | There were crags up there he 'd heard , real crags , but they were empty now and host only to thriving colonies of brilliant green algae . |
| 28 | They had to eat meat sparingly and kept only one horse and one part-time manservant . |
| 29 | Of course , it was none of my business where the ‘ missing ’ Gauguins were stored , except that I would have enjoyed seeing them , even if prompted only by curiosity . |
| 30 | They can be very elaborate , with a separate little piece for the base of each finger , but a very simple pair works just as well and takes only minutes to knit . |