Example sentences of "[modal v] only [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The authors counsel that one should only use indicators which yield convergent results , and they make the useful point that ‘ while some of the output indicators are clearly linked to scientific production , their links with scientific progress are more complex and problematic . ’ |
| 32 | And the World Health Organisation suggests that all children should not use fluoride mouth rinses and should only have toothpaste portions the size of a small pea . |
| 33 | This came under heavy fire for implying that small firms set up without planning permission should only have enforcement orders issued against them if alternative premises were available . |
| 34 | This is not an argument that should only concern South-easterners . |
| 35 | ‘ Fornication and adultery ’ were sins against the ideal that sex should only take place in ‘ a permanent married relationship ’ , ‘ homosexual genital acts also fall short of this ideal ’ , Christians were ‘ called to be exemplary in all spheres of morality , including sexual morality ’ , and ‘ holiness of life is particularly required of Christian leaders ’ . |
| 36 | ‘ My jewellery case and all its contents to my daughter Sabine ’ , her will had read , with the added proviso that the bequest should only take place after Hugh Russell 's own death . |
| 37 | The criteria adopted by the Court of Appeal in Newell ( 1980 ) were that courts should only take account of characteristics with which the provocation was concerned ; permanent characteristics such as race and , probably , religion may be taken into account , but transient conditions such as intoxication and exhaustion may not . |
| 38 | It is applied by adults who read a wide variety of material with a wide variety of ‘ value ’ ( the newspaper headlines , a new best-selling novel , the horoscope for the day , financial annual reports , personality gossip , a Jane Austen novel , holiday brochures to exotic places , hints on cooking rice ) but feel that children should only read things of lasting value and of clearly-identified worth . |
| 39 | Thus we should only praise conduct which needs to be stimulated in this way , even though other ( perhaps more selfish ) conduct which will be done anyway is itself good or better . |
| 40 | Suddenly , the air of civility has turned a little sour , and the accusations of impropriety from the Mexican should only encourage Clinton and his supporters . |
| 41 | We should only buy woods that have sustainable sources , look first for furniture in second-hand shops , and give away old household items to be sold by charities . |
| 42 | A senior member of the Donegal executive of the Irish Farmers Association told farmers that they should only buy diesel from a legitimate source . |
| 43 | Married Mr Wilson , 53 , admitted asking newly-wed Mrs Cann if she wore underwear , making jibes about her sex life and saying women should only get jobs if they wore low-cut tops and tight skirts . |
| 44 | It does not follow that in owning a funboard you should only learn funboard techniques . |
| 45 | It should only include items which increase tension as in Romeo and Juliet or give rise to more fun and happiness as in La Fille Mal Gardée , or enhance the general mood as in A Month in the Country where there is romance in the air and also a general feeling of frustration . |
| 46 | Inexperienced pilots should only try cloud flying on days when there is no risk of large clouds developing , i.e. when there is an inversion preventing large vertical development . |
| 47 | To hold the view that an officer must only tender advice when it is sought from him is entirely erroneous , for indeed it is his duty to tender advice when he thinks it should be given . |
| 48 | These big events must be properly controlled if ever they take place and they must only take place with police permission and proper licenses . |
| 49 | To ensure that it earns maximum profit , the firm must only employ workers who add more to revenue than to cost . |
| 50 | I 'll only choose peach , burgundy with a pattern in , okay ? |
| 51 | I 'm not telling you where I am ; you 'll only tell Angus and he 'll tell the police and they 'll take me back to the fucking hospital . ’ |
| 52 | I 'll only suggest Walkmans |
| 53 | I 'll only do pastorals , gentle love stories , boy-and-his-dog stuff . ’ |
| 54 | It 'll only mean trouble . |
| 55 | It 'll only attract people who 'll do little to help the economic life of the city and just make it horrendous for those who live here . |
| 56 | You 'll only bring misery and distress on your own country ! |
| 57 | Keegan described the player he is chasing as being the right age and pedigree and insisted : I 'll only bring people in who are better than what I 've got . ’ |
| 58 | ‘ That 'll only make things worse . |
| 59 | It 'll only make things that much harder for you . |
| 60 | But do n't go around being cross or you 'll only make enemies for yourself . |