Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pron] [modal v] only [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An independent charity , the association say they can only hope to continue this level of help to sporting organisations with the public 's support . |
| 2 | It went on to warn against any general attack on fiscal incentives ( or , as ICAS says the report negatively and unhelpfully refers to them , ‘ fiscal degradation ’ ) : there is no level playing field in the EC and so less successful economies have to offer incentives to compete , ICAS said , and any attempt to eliminate them would only lead to governments using non-tax ones which will be harder for others to identify . |
| 3 | Omitting the scanning side means you can only fax things you can produce on a PC 's screen — you could n't easily add your signature to a letter , for instance . |
| 4 | Bachman says he 'll only talk to Damian . ’ |
| 5 | If you can not keep your home warm you will only have to stay in bed longer , ’ he said . |
| 6 | If it 's written in BASIC , yes , but if it 's in machine code you can only PEEK individual addresses . |
| 7 | On the other hand , on a computer screen you can only see a small amount of information at any given time , whereas with index cards you can lay them out across a table or on the floor for an overview . |
| 8 | When a monomer polymerizes it will only yield a useful polymer if it does so in the form of a long chain . |
| 9 | Failure to clear it can only add to the guilt because it is also robbing a relationship the transparency that it lives on . |
| 10 | Q I 'd really love some oomph in my hair and my hairdresser says I 'll only get it with a perm . |
| 11 | Manager Graeme Souness 's touchline ban meant he could only watch in anguish from the directors ' box . |
| 12 | But the ruling says they can only pay the bare minimum . |
| 13 | Morrells Brewery says it 's planning to offer managers at its pubs extra cash to cover the tax which is due to be introduced in just over a fortnight 's time , but the Oxford-based firm says it 'll only pay the equivalent of the initial government estimates for the charge , which in most cases falls well below the actual figure . |
| 14 | One of the high-heid yins wanted to have 20 gondolas , but another councillor said they should only get a male and a female and breed them . ’ |
| 15 | are going to be doing under the new contract think you could only learn from that really . |
| 16 | After I 'd thrown the bag in , I read the instructions and the small print said it would only remove nitrates down to 20ppm . |
| 17 | If the Hot Pot has only one crewman left it may only fire every other turn . |
| 18 | Her family says they can only hope that Katharine 's tragedy will help bring a change in the law , so at least other victims will benefit from her experience . |
| 19 | If there were no power to dissolve it could only resign , and a new Government would have to be formed from the ranks of the existing House of Commons . |
| 20 | My family think I should only eat at meal times , and only in small quantities , but I need more than that — my stomach rumbles all the time between meals . |
| 21 | The presenter said she could only recall a few people , and volunteered the story of David Parkin throwing a glass of wine at his wife and how she had watched Maggie Parkin stalk out of the room trying to pretend that nothing had happened . |