Example sentences of "[vb -s] only [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a private firm , it may be argued , the problem of executing policy involves only that the individual concerned takes the actions that maximize ( expected ) profits . |
| 2 | It matters only that it does . |
| 3 | It matters only that it is a tribute well deserved and well located . |
| 4 | The company says only that they are ‘ being used within the group to get some money back ’ . |
| 5 | Equally uncertain is the length of his stay in Egypt : Ibn Hajar , followed by Taskopruzade , says only that " he returned to Rum and was appointed kadi of Bursa " , which post , as will be shown below , he held for the first time probably from about 795/1392–3 to about 805/1402–3 . |
| 6 | And I says only that he 's gone to back to J J and I says , and that he 'd had enough . |
| 7 | At best it shows only that something similar is happening without showing why , or identifying key causal processes . |
| 8 | But this shows only that International Relations has become an American dominated discipline , and readers should firmly make up their own minds about the best way to understand and explain the international scene . |
| 9 | In saying goodbye to both , and in applauding the sorts of uncertainties and reassessments that the ICA seems set to provide , one regrets only that those other structural mechanisms — the market and the museums particularly — seem unlikely to be following suit . |
| 10 | The UK by contrast requires only that figures are prepared and audited to internationally acceptable standards but not necessarily UK Gaap . |
| 11 | The Animals ( Scientific Procedures ) Act requires only that a ‘ protected animal ’ must be killed if , at the conclusion of a series of ‘ regulated procedures ’ it ‘ is suffering or likely to suffer adverse effects ’ ( section 15 ) , although it may be killed nonetheless . ) |
| 12 | Also , the method requires only that A is real and symmetric : its state of definiteness is irrelevant . |
| 13 | Although this arrangement breaks somewhat with tradition , it is well within the PA constitution , which requires only that a candidate be an ‘ employee , partner , director or manager ’ of a member company in order to be elected as an officer . |
| 14 | Unlike some other international instruments , the Convention requires only that the State provide one level of criminal trial which satisfies the requirements of Article 6 . |
| 15 | If good faith requires only that the holder have no actual notice that the goods have not been shipped or do not correspond to the bill of lading description , the holder does not have to prove that it give value or consideration , as it must under the Pomerene Act . |
| 16 | If the assumption of opportunism is something you regard as an unnecessarily cynical view of human nature , note that its importance requires only that some , not all , people behave in this way and that it is difficult to tell who is opportunistic and who is not . |
| 17 | The Court of Appeal rejected her arguments , pointing out that the statutory duties to ensure " good taste " and " due impartiality " are imprecise , and that the Broadcasting Act requires only that the IBA should approve a satisfactory system for monitoring standards and public reactions . |
| 18 | That code requires only that the trustees are at no time resident or ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom . |
| 19 | That code requires only that the trustees are at no time resident or ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom . |
| 20 | His investigations are accompanied by a search for an india-rubber , about which he remembers only that it contained the two letters ‘ di ’ in the middle of its trade name ( hence ‘ Oe di pe ’ ) . |
| 21 | ‘ He is not in good health , and he asks only that his nephew , Nathan , who is sixteen , shall be given the opportunity to work with the firm , starting at the lowest rung of the ladder , to learn the publishing business thoroughly . |
| 22 | It indicates only that a bag of unknown origin was sent from Coding Station 206 at 1:07 p.m. to a position from which it was supposed to be loaded on Pan Am 103 . ’ |
| 23 | According to the teletype , ‘ the handwritten duty sheet indicates only that the luggage was unloaded from Air Malta 180 . |
| 24 | It means only that ideas both given and new will be subjected to scrutiny and not simply accepted on trust . |
| 25 | And there is no point denying that I suffer from Denial , because this means only that I am guilty of Deep Denial . |
| 26 | Schumpeter produces at least two definitions , closely similar in spirit to one another : ‘ Democracy means only that the people have the opportunity of accepting or refusing the men who are to rule them ’ . |
| 27 | But , as prisoners see it , the new system means only that they receive negative replies to their complaints more quickly . |
| 28 | ‘ It implies only that if a control measure is deemed to be practicable ’ then it must be adopted . |
| 29 | The Bill does not propose that : it proposes only that those who cause injury or damage shall be liable to imprisonment for up to two years — or , if it is proved that an accident caused death , of up to five years . |
| 30 | It proves only that loaded questions provide loaded answers . ’ |