Example sentences of "it [vb mod] only [be] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had so much wanted to be fancied , it seemed a cruel blow to think that if it ever happened it might only be by someone as awful as Sean Walsh . |
| 2 | Only gradually did it dawn on those responsible that vigorous and determined nationalist organizations had grown up in the shadow of the Japanese , that these movements had flourished exceedingly in the vacuum left by the collapse of Japanese power , and that if the colonial regimes were to be reconstituted it could only be by force . |
| 3 | If it were to be stopped at all , then it could only be by means that fell entirely outside the constitution . |
| 4 | Both Canada and Argentina admit that it would only be by default that they would take on the task of staging the tournament . |
| 5 | I should like to commend to Members the text of the Inaugural meeting of the BIE in London in 1927 much of which is as relevant today as it was then and it will only be by the commitment of you the members that the Institute will improve and ultimately progress . |