Example sentences of "[adj] to the [noun] only " in BNC.
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1 | As so often on this tour , Rubin Smith and Lamb were the main architects , both playing aggressively after David Smith , flown out to replace the injured Gooch , had hung around for some time to get accustomed to the conditions only to get a bruised thumb in the process . |
2 | Over the course of the year prior to the interviews only 8% of island women could be categorised as being depressed in a psychiatric sense as compared with 15% of Camberwell women ’ . |
3 | Prior to the elections only Colorado had approved term limits ( not due to take effect until 2002 ) , although California and Oklahoma had imposed term limits on state officials in 1990 . |
4 | The ‘ fact ’ of the first premiss covers all and no more than the facts awareness of which would modify spontaneous reactions to the issue in question ; ‘ Face facts ’ will be applicable to the issue only within the scope of this information . |
5 | The Vice Chairman went on to explain that due to the Society only being able to have a licence rather than a lease on the premises , it was not possible to get grant aid . |
6 | By virtue of the doctrine of privity of estate the assignee will be liable to the landlord only for breaches of covenant occurring while the lease is vested in it , and that is why a landlord will usually insist upon a direct covenant from the assignee to observe and perform the provisions of the lease during the residue of the term , as in clause 5.9.4 . |