Example sentences of "[conj] only [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is clearly an element of informal conciliation-if only to safeguard public money . |
| 2 | The other type of expressive effect found in contexts where only make is possible can be illustrated by ( 154 ) — ( 156 ) : ( 154 ) … beautiful canvases of mountains and forms . |
| 3 | The following examples , where only make is possible , are more difficult : ( 157 ) … the famous Howe sewing machine . |
| 4 | Wild plants growing well where never before seen , and growing very well where only found in small clumps . |
| 5 | Does this meet my partner 's needs or only serve my own ? |
| 6 | You 've got , again , a much more stable population , there are n't nearly so many teachers , young women teachers who leave the system to get married and then perhaps do n't go back at all , or only go back on a part-time basis . |
| 7 | Arts groups have only just begun to take on board the fact that they have to be much more proactive if they are to tap the creativity of people who may be confined to their homes or only get out to day centres with help . |
| 8 | views that hold a good life to be readily achievable only in certain well-defined types of social structure , or only in a society that works concertedly for the realization of certain higher human capacities and the suppression of baser ones , or only given certain types of economic relations among men . |
| 9 | It raised the more general and important question whether the determination of a statutory tribunal with a limited jurisdiction could give rise to issue estoppel at all , or only to cause of action estoppel ; in other words , whether it could give rise to an estoppel for all purposes or only for the limited purpose for which the jurisdiction to make the determination was conferred . |
| 10 | This is the pencil that his kindergarten teacher possessed ; the pencil that made the blue ticks and the red crosses in the register ; the pencil that he wept for , that his mother went all over town to find , and failed to find , because they were all gone , or not made any more , or kept for teachers , or only imagined ; the pencil which he knew would make him happy , if only he possessed it , for evermore . |
| 11 | Lord Tenterden C.J. saw the question thus , at p. 893 : ‘ whether the plaintiff intended to discharge the whole debt , or only to relieve the party proposing to pay a proportion of the debt . ’ |
| 12 | If you prefer a natural look , use a cake mascara mixed with water to colour lashes without clumping them , or only colour the ends of lashes for the lightest look of all . |
| 13 | Before I knew what I desired , the desire itself was gone , the whole glimpse withdrawn , the world turned commonplace again , or only stirred by a longing that had just ceased . |
| 14 | ‘ Now if he was dyslexic , or only had one leg . |
| 15 | Second , a court might interpret the rule restrictively so that it only permitted the replication of common law rights and duties or only operated in the regulatory sphere . |
| 16 | They may concentrate on car phones , or only offer short term rental facilities : British Airways , for example , offers mobile phones for hire and use within airports . |
| 17 | The restriction is made effective by inserting a condition that there shall be no permitted hours in the evening or only permitted hours in the evening . |
| 18 | It creates a compulsion to refuse treatment or only to accept treatment which is likely to be ineffective . |
| 19 | TEST_MODE — is an input parameter specifying whether the procedure is to enter all eligible modules ( TEST_MODE = FALSE ) or only give a report of what modules could be entered ( TEST_MODE = TRUE ) . |
| 20 | Usually we do not know all the sites , and we do not know if they were all contemporary or only used seasonally . |
| 21 | Are they going to be your serviceable everyday sets or only used on special occasions ? |
| 22 | One thing we know for certain about global warming is that — whether fields get drier or damper , whether temperatures soar or only fluctuate — our crops will have to adjust quickly . |
| 23 | Slipping was registered when there was a distinct gastric pouch above the narrowing caused by the folds of the wrap , and disruption implied no visible folds or only distorted , loose folds at the oesophagogastric junction . |
| 24 | ‘ You do n't know them , Sister , ’ he said darkly , ‘ and if they 're not thinking that then they 'll say I 'm skiving or only coming over here to chat up the nurses . ’ |
| 25 | The majority of developers are unlikely to adopt the passive role of waiting to be advised or only investigating advertised sites . |
| 26 | Did they know , or only suspect ? |
| 27 | One of the major objectives of the account was to reapportion credit within the movement since much of it had been misappropriated by those who had done little or only appeared after emancipation in 1834 . |
| 28 | Previous reports have found that parity did not increase the risk of symptomatic gall bladder disease , increased the risk after a single pregnancy , or only increased the risk after several pregnancies . |
| 29 | This column shows whether this module is available immediately on line ( ON LINE ) or only exists in off line storage ( OFFLINE ) . |
| 30 | This column shows whether this module is available immediately on line ( ON LINE ) or only exists in off line storage ( OFFLINE ) . |