Example sentences of "is [vb pp] only [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is often assumed that Foucault is simply the philosopher of discontinuity , merely substituting it where previously there had been continuity ; but the discontinuous is emphasized only because so much stress is normally placed on the continuous . |
| 2 | However , where there has been a contested hearing and : ( 1 ) a money judgment payable in one lump sum is ordered , the debt is registered only when the judgment creditor takes steps to enforce it , or issues an oral examination ; ( 2 ) a money judgment ( payable in one lump sum or by instalments ) including an order for costs to be taxed is entered , registration is effected on completion of taxation ; ( 3 ) an application for new trial has been made or an appeal lodged with the Court of Appeal , registration is effected when the new trial ( if ordered ) or appeal have been disposed of . |
| 3 | It is broken only when his neighbour is injured and not before . |
| 4 | Intervention of that kind is justified only when the occasions of intervention have been announced in advance so that anyone who is listening will hear and understand . |
| 5 | Such a gap is justified only if company earnings start improving in the months ahead . |
| 6 | The normal justification thesis states that accepting authority is justified only if it improves one 's compliance with reason . |
| 7 | This entails , as was pointed out above , that disobedience to a law is justified only if it is justified by an existing legal doctrine to that effect . |
| 8 | The purpose is to improve work performance and is justified only if it has that result . |
| 9 | But the benefit is realised only if a spending tax replaces other existing taxes and the tax burden as a whole is either unchanged or reduced . |
| 10 | He thinks he has saved for his holiday — a fallacy that is exposed only when he tries to redeem those bits of paper against an empty spending account . |
| 11 | The reward is given only if a desirable behaviour occurs and the punisher is given only if undesirable behaviour occurs . |
| 12 | The reward is given only if a desirable behaviour occurs and the punisher is given only if undesirable behaviour occurs . |
| 13 | Unfortunately there are side effects , and I gather the drug is given only when death is inevitable . |
| 14 | The courts have added a gloss to the words of section 1 — ; namely that the offence is committed only if the application of the false trade description was associated with the sale or supply of goods . |
| 15 | At one time it was the law that rape is committed only where the woman submits through force , fear , or fraud . |
| 16 | The narrowest position is to say that rape is committed only where D threatens violence or knows that V is in fear of violence , and that any other threat must fall within the lesser offence of procuring sex by threats . |
| 17 | Expenditure is permitted only where authorized by a candidate , a candidate 's election agent , or a person authorized in writing by the agent . |
| 18 | Unfortunately they may also prove a hindrance if BSL is presented only as manual English , through the tutor 's adherence to English or through the other necessity of providing English syntax for deaf people one is in contact with , since ‘ it will help their English ’ . |
| 19 | ( c ) a delivery after initial failure , in which case either the wrong book is first sent , or delivery is made only after the call-slip has been returned for checking to the Issue Hall and has then been re-submitted , and |
| 20 | An alternative is that under conditions which are maximally unfavourable for plural reference , when a plural reference is made , it is made only because no strain exists in those ( rare ) cases . |
| 21 | Then , if cartilage is made only where there are peaks , a basic pattern will be established which could then be modified by positional information to give the characteristic patterns of the humerus , radius and ulna , wrist , and hand . |
| 22 | A reference to that office is made only where an inquiry concludes that an offence may have been committed . |
| 23 | The order , originally granted in 1986 , is made only when it will result in a significant increase in fishing available to anglers ‘ on reasonable terms and conditions ’ . |
| 24 | Its effectiveness is revealed only after the ordinand has been ordained . |
| 25 | This is done only when the fluffy coat of the youngster has developed into the waterproofed fur covering of an adult . |
| 26 | It is surely true that occasionally interest is awakened only after individuals have been coerced into doing something . |
| 27 | Rather , in this context the word ‘ I ’ is idle , superfluous ; it is used only because Descartes is habituated to the use of ‘ I ’ in expressing his thoughts and feelings to other people . |
| 28 | ‘ Concentration ’ , the word used in the EC Merger Regulation is used only when discussing the application of that Regulation . |
| 29 | In French elles is used only when all the persons or things referred to are feminine ; if one or more persons or things in a group are masculine the form used is ils , even if the feminine referents outnumber the masculine ones . |
| 30 | It is strongly recommended that this module type is used only when it is totally impractical to embed a header in a file to be controlled by LIFESPAN ( e.g. in binary files ) , since : |