Example sentences of "only that " in BNC.
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| 31 | He will say only that he will probably stay on as chief executive after he steps down as publisher . |
| 32 | Even supposing that consciousness need not , or even can not , have its basis in material substance , it is possible not only that the same personal consciousness be associated with different immaterial Cartesian substances , but also that the same immaterial substance be associated , at different times , with different consciousnesses . |
| 33 | When ‘ man ’ , ‘ stone ’ , or ‘ living creature ’ is said to be ‘ universal ’ , we are not to understand that ‘ man , stone ’ , etc. ever was or can be universal , but only that these words , ‘ living creature ’ , ‘ stone ’ , etc. , are universal names , that is , names common to many things . |
| 34 | Newton was sufficiently imaginative to see not only that ‘ there is something alike ’ in the falling of a stone and the rising of the tides , but also that all bodies ‘ have a mutual tendency towards each other ’ . |
| 35 | In my elevated state I was afraid only that the cop might search us and discover the Dexedrine in Dana 's pocket . |
| 36 | It was not only that my grandmother had given birth to and brought up eight children , and with the help of a Mrs Pipkin ( whose wages were ten shillings a week and an egg ) run a large house for many years ; there was the shop , and shops in those days were by no means labour-saving . |
| 37 | ‘ Only that if you could stay with her for a night or two , I might manage to get over and see you there . ’ |
| 38 | It matters only that it does . |
| 39 | We have learned only that he told the news , and that the people cried out in anguish . |
| 40 | It is only that I feel I may make a new friend and be rewarded with company . |
| 41 | ‘ Only that he can be a bit … well , dangerous , I guess , ’ Nathan said . |
| 42 | I tell you this sister only that you may be warned and not endanger your dear son 's health or put your husband to an unnecessary and useless journey . |
| 43 | I have said nothing , only that my husband is lacking in perfection , I believe . ’ |
| 44 | It was n't only that I could n't lift myself off the ground but that I was stuck to it in some way . |
| 45 | This view avoids the necessity of explaining how an increase in complexity can occur by denying that it happens , but only at the expense of supposing not only that there is a minute homunculus in the egg but that within that homonculus there is an egg containing a still more minute homonculus , and so on , in Chinese box fashion , ad infinitum — or , if not ad infinitum , at least back to Eve , who carried within her a sufficient number of successively smaller homunculi to account for all the future generations of mankind . |
| 46 | This does n't mean there are no things in his work , only that the things are counters in the game of thought . |
| 47 | As the hacks speculated about the cloud of black smoke that suddenly appeared over the palace roof — it did not mean that no decision had been taken , only that a chimney had caught fire — the President was browsing in his favourite bookshop , Les Arcades , just below The Sunday Telegraph 's Paris office . |
| 48 | Not for a moment am I suggesting that these figures , always in billions , are not important ; only that I , an innumerate , can not make head or tail of them . |
| 49 | The pathfinder prospectus , published on March 19 , indicated only that the issue would be pitched between 530p and 645p . |
| 50 | I would add only that the cost of insurance in Belgium , where I was general manager of a major insurance company for nine years , is much higher than in Britain , and the rate of inflation has now steadied after a major explosion when these factors were introduced . |
| 51 | It is not only that a significant part of most people 's pensions are invested in these falling Japanese shares but also that a significant part of Japan 's wealth is invested in the West . |
| 52 | It is not only that homeowners need the increase to allow them to move and to restore the equity which they invested ; lenders need an appreciation to restore the security on their fragile loan books . |
| 53 | The spokesman would say only that Mr Maxwell was co-operative in matters relating to the ‘ trading companies ’ . |
| 54 | Friends are endeavouring to keep his identity secret , saying only that he is a young chap with a safe seat south of the border . |
| 55 | The London based Construction Industry Research and Information Association ( CIRIA ) , in a recent report on the French construction market , points out not only that the number of British housing starts is only 60 per cent of the French level , but also that ‘ individuals are clients for 50 per cent of dwellings and construction companies for 25 per cent . ’ |
| 56 | Everything within reason must be done to ensure not only that children are not neglected but that they get the best upbringing possible … . |
| 57 | This does not mean that the training of professionals is not considered important , only that it should be placed in proper perspective and that it should be accompanied by the training of the front line paraprofessionals who constitute the bulk of the social service work force ( CCETSW , 1975 ; 1981 ; 1987 ) . |
| 58 | ‘ It implies only that if a control measure is deemed to be practicable ’ then it must be adopted . |
| 59 | I can say only that when I was at Bletchley the belief among my associates was that information had been received and that Ultra did not fail ; the intelligence it provided could not be fully acted upon for fear of betraying Ultra itself . |
| 60 | I could conclude only that he was finding the job too big for him , and was himself under stress , which he relieved by persecuting a subordinate who was particularly vulnerable . |