Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [vb infin] only [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The engineering file should thus contain only the instructions necessary for the complete manufacture of the item , and can be used to store detailed engineering drawings ( operations , related drawings , assemblies , etc ) , numerical control instructions and schedules . |
| 2 | It may well take only a quarter of an hour to train a worker in the future but industry is also going to have to change how it treats that worker . |
| 3 | This would soon leave only the androids protecting the security state apparatus . |
| 4 | Their frustration that they would always remain only a mummy could be challenged . |
| 5 | I detest William S. Rubin , former head of Paintings and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art in New York , who spotted the deception too late , and then unintentionally justified the removal of ‘ Guernica ’ by stating that ‘ the Reina Sofia will find it hard to acquire a collection of twentieth-century masterpieces to match ‘ Guernica ’ ’ , and that its removal reflected a wish to ‘ attract crowds to a museum which would otherwise have only a handful of visitors ’ . |
| 6 | The regulations will sometimes affect only a manufacturer ( e.g. where they govern design or composition ) . |
| 7 | Do not automatically accept the policy suggested by the bank or building society ; they can usually offer only the policies of the insurance company they are tied to . |
| 8 | In the case of a biological arms race , on the other hand , we can usually see only the end-products . |