Example sentences of "and would only [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He leads his country out for a world-record 36th time and would only continue at the top if the Springboks win . |
| 2 | She thought it was limited to securing £60,000 and would only continue in force for a few weeks . |
| 3 | The two companies would keep separate identities and would only cooperate on the one service . |
| 4 | At first Shamdev cowered from people and would only play with dogs . |
| 5 | As a detailed opinion poll conducted in May showed , there was considerable support for the general aims of the strikers — better security and majority-rule devolved government — but there was also a strong sense that the strike was ill advised and would only play into the hands of republicans . |
| 6 | Nzo had said on the ANC 's 78th anniversary on Jan. 8 that the ANC would continue its armed struggle , and would only participate in any process of negotiations if it enjoyed equal political opportunities with all other participants . |
| 7 | According to Letourneau , the Vietnamese looked on concessions as weakness and would only ask for more . |
| 8 | The Ministry of Defence objected on three grounds : the increase in nuclear missiles available to the West was operationally unnecessary and would only add to the existing nuclear overkill ; mixed manning was a formula for military disaster ; and the cost of the British share would have to come out of the already overstretched Defence budget . |
| 9 | Why should the fact that D was engaged on causing damage to property at the time ( even damage to D's own property ) make his conduct into an offence punishable with life imprisonment when , if D were engaged on some other activity , it would not be punishable as such and would only amount to manslaughter if a death happened to be caused ? |