Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [pron] [vb -s] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is one place only where he lifts the curtain . |
| 2 | That , he says , is what the Next Steps is all about : ‘ It will succeed only if it changes the way business is done and accounted for . ’ |
| 3 | The first : ‘ quality is conformance to requirements , ’ means that a product or service is of quality only if it meets the customer 's requirements . |
| 4 | It will do so only if it frustrates the contract ( i.e. renders it impossible to carry it out — see Chapter 4 ) . |
| 5 | This is important for the biologizing of consciousness : consciousness will evolve only if it improves the survival chances of creatures endowed with it ; and it will have survival value only if it accurately reports what is actually ‘ there ’ . |
| 6 | There is the Government 's view , which seems to see a large market as an end in itself , and there is the view expressed by my right hon. Friend , which sees a large market as successful only if it improves the quality of life of our citizens . |
| 7 | The contract for construction of a residential development wholly or partly funded by the Housing Corporation may be awarded to a builder only if he submits the most favourable tender in competition . |
| 8 | So it is only if he admits the strength of the argument from error that he can think he is getting anywhere by refuting PC k . |
| 9 | Mr Spielberg 's told Rosemarie he hopes so , but only if he finds the money . |
| 10 | So if it starts the word and you 're not sure go for a C. |
| 11 | It is true that British Aerospace has a good total record — especially if one includes the OTS , ECS and Maritime satellites . |
| 12 | In general , regular exercise helps to lessen period pains as may vigorous exercise during the painful time especially if it mobilises the pelvic area . |
| 13 | The implications of the medical diagnosis in so far as it is likely to affect the child 's education will need to be considered and attention given to the prognosis , especially if it involves the possibility of progressive deterioration of sight . |
| 14 | Tourism is still an option , especially if it uses the farm environment , says a study . |
| 15 | Such a pretty yet elegant pressed flower picture as this one would make an ideal gift for a girl 's eighteenth birthday , especially if it matches the decor of her bedroom . |
| 16 | If the application to amend is only made at the hearing , if it will prejudice the opposing party , especially if it shifts the burden of proof it may be disallowed ( see Emin v Mustapha ( 1982 ) The Times , 24 October ) . |
| 17 | If after a bite or sting the conscious level is impaired or if swelling is severe and rapid especially if it affects the mouth and throat or if breathing becomes difficult . |
| 18 | He lies down if he hears the National Anthem . |
| 19 | Tighten the wheel down until it touches the pipe |
| 20 | Error comes in if one over-interprets the relevance of these conclusions , by forgetting the artificial constraints of the experiment and instead assuming that in real life , outside the laboratory so to say , such changes involving only a single variable can actually take place ; that it is a simple matter to extrapolate back from the artificiality of laboratory isolation to the complex , rich interconnectedness of the real world . |
| 21 | By canne , which could mean ‘ cane ’ in the English senses of a hollow reed or a light walking-stick , Antoine implies something rather long unless he uses the word wholly jokingly . |
| 22 | First , it seems that preliminary exposure to the training context can enhance the magnitude of the latent inhibition effect , perhaps because it retards the development of context-specificity ( Hall and Channell 1985 c ) ; second , giving animals extensive exposure to the training context alone after they have experienced presentations of the target stimulus in that context does nothing to diminish the size of the latent inhibition effect ( e.g. Hall and Minor 1984 ) . |
| 23 | High concentrations of the protein kinase inhibitor staurosporine will induce many cell types in culture to undergo apoptosis , perhaps because it blocks the intracellular signalling pathways activated by the extracellular survival factors that many cells require to live . |
| 24 | Perhaps because he plays the field . |
| 25 | Eddie gets the best lines , perhaps because he has the most lines . |
| 26 | Do n't change your pattern of prayer merely because someone mentions the latest method just arrived on view . |
| 27 | Interval harmony is therefore to be recommended not only because it encourages the horizontal flow of parts and their final resolution into good harmony , but also because the process gives quicker and easier results . |
| 28 | The stored or potential energy in a raised weight can be used , for instance , to drive the mechanism of a grandfather clock though in most clocks a spring is usually more convenient , if only because it stores the same amount of energy which ever way up it is . |
| 29 | There are plenty of good reasons why nationalism thirsts for identification with ethnicity , if only because it provides the historical pedigree ‘ the nation ’ in the great majority of cases so obviously lacks . |
| 30 | The chimney sweep is bound to the church , not only because he cleans the chimneys that pump out the soot that disfigures the church but also because the church preaches a kind of Christianity that can countenance beating , starving and insanely cruel treatment towards chimney sweeps . |