Example sentences of "only [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | So I can only build on the west side . |
| 32 | I can only build on this hill . ’ |
| 33 | The black and white lists provide fairly clear guidance to the kinds of clauses which are and are not deemed to violate Article 85(1) , and firms interested in co-operating with each other need only build in an R&D element to their agreement and consult the white and black lists to remove the threat of antitrust action ( ‘ grey clauses ’ require notification , but will be deemed as exempted if the Commission does not reply within six months ) . |
| 34 | Well we we often had people coming and asking to use our telephone , because either the telephones were erm all out of order , or you could only dial for emergencies . |
| 35 | The entrepreneurial characteristics of agency workers , and the regional/occupational labour market conditions which encourage agency working as an institution , can be likened to the entrepreneurial characteristics of self-employed , or labour only , subcontracting , building workers , and the regional/occupational labour market conditions which encouraged the growth of labour only subcontracting in the building industry in the late 1950s and early 1960s ( see Phelps Brown , 1968 ) . |
| 36 | The vast unclouded duck-egg-blue semi-circle of sky , like a protractor on the horizon , was only broken by the occasional windmill or fringe of acid-yellow poplars or milk-green gum trees . |
| 37 | Wracked with longing , Luke drove through the grey lunar landscape , only broken by occasional white towns or ebony clumps of trees . |
| 38 | There was another silence , only broken by her sobbing . |
| 39 | Despite the recent legalization of homosexuality between consenting adults , in private , gay politics and gay life-style remained resolutely unnoticed even within the underground press — a silence only broken by the occasional tabloid expose . |
| 40 | They duly disposed of India in the semi-final , only to lose to Australia in a game they should have won . |
| 41 | The achievement of the men of '58 — they played superbly to reach the final only to lose to Dublin — is still recalled proudly in Derry . |
| 42 | The American pair built a seemingly impregnable 6-1 , 4-0 lead , only to lose in three dramatic sets . |
| 43 | From that moment they have gone from strength to strength and last year reached the final of the Pilkington Cup only to lose in extra time . |
| 44 | They were not only pressed into service , but were forced to become Muslims and to learn Turkish , and they were not allowed to marry . |
| 45 | The edible crab , Cancer pagurus , is undoubtedly stronger and well able to cope with larger Nucella , but the adults live offshore so that intertidal dog-whelks have only to contend with juveniles . |
| 46 | The two smaller ‘ outlier ’ setts would have been completely destroyed by the planned construction work , and so were completely excavated , while the third was only excavated at the end to be affected by the construction . |
| 47 | The first mosaic in Jordan was only excavated in 1880 , since when numerous examples have been uncovered . |
| 48 | The following features of a statutory redundancy payment emerged : ( 1 ) The obligation was imposed on the employer ; ( 2 ) It only arose on dismissal and might never arise if an employee worked until retirement , whether voluntary — early retirement — or at an agreed date , each of which was based on contract ; ( 3 ) It only arose if certain preconditions were proved ; ( 4 ) It applied to all employees who had worked for at least two years with an employer ; ( 5 ) Certain classes of employee were excluded , eg redundant employees refusing suitable alternative employment ; employees under a fixed-term contract of two years or more , who had renounced their redundancy rights in writing ; ( 6 ) A voluntary redundancy could be under a contractual statutory scheme , and under such a contractual scheme it was often the equivalent of early retirement by agreement ; ( 7 ) In no way could a redundancy payment be described as a deferred emolument or pay ; it was a monetary compensation for the disappearance of a job . |
| 49 | This ensured that our customers not only complied with , but had taken positive preventative action to implement procedures and controls in advance of these new regulations , saving them both time and money today . |
| 50 | From this base he mounted a successful practice executing public works and speculative building on the grandest scale , only halted by bankruptcy in the financial crash of 1793 . |
| 51 | It was only halted after a massive nationwide media campaign orchestrated by conservationists , but nearly every year Arizona congressional representatives push for a dam to be built at mile 238 , which would inundate most of the lower Grand Canyon . |
| 52 | The variations are virtually endless and are only limited by the imagination of the individual . |
| 53 | The range of chest exercises is really only limited by the equipment that is available . |
| 54 | Felt boards are very versatile , and they are only limited by the imagination of the teacher . |
| 55 | Since sperm are manufactured by the million , the male 's reproductive potential is really only limited by his access to females . |
| 56 | I 'm only limited by how fast I can get growth . ’ |
| 57 | Licensed dealers trade on a scale that is only limited by their own resources . |
| 58 | The number of phrases that can be used is only limited by the computer 's memory . |
| 59 | " Those who have had the advantage of experience in such matters " , wrote Austen Layard , a contemporary of Wallace who had discovered the ancient city of Nineveh , " know that one of the results of fever is a considerable excitement of the brain , consequent audacity and no small additional loquacity only limited by physical debility . " |
| 60 | Its sensitivity is only limited by the number of RAM chips built into it . |