Example sentences of "the [noun] [conj] it only [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I recently had an interesting encounter with the honeybee and it only served to point out that regardless of size the degree of intelligence is quite extraordinary . |
| 2 | The realisation that this illness could apply to anyone broke down the illusion that it only affects those who have dropped out of society . |
| 3 | Indeed the Court of Appeal in Phekoo expressed the opinion that it only applied to rape but I hope that one might interpret that to mean ‘ rape-like offences ’ , that is all offences where the mistake in question relates to a circumstance qualified by mens rea . |
| 4 | Barbel Bohley , a founder of the New Forum reform group , said on West German television that ‘ one has the feeling that it only needs a spark for everything to blow up here ’ . |
| 5 | AY 's defence centred around the claim that it only owed a duty of care to Alkar , as its auditor , and not to WG , even though it also audited the WG group accounts . |
| 6 | You must do this very thoroughly , as the picture will not be as tightly secured against the glass if it only has a free-standing photograph frame backing as opposed to the hardboard backing one uses for normal pictures . |
| 7 | The copper can be assumed to be uniformly distributed across the section but it only occupies a fraction unc of the space available ; the current density in the copper is to be J. |
| 8 | A wide range of views on the question also emerged in the responses from private practitioners , from those ( including some sole practitioners ) who felt reports should be required every three months , to those who questioned the general value of the accountant 's report on the grounds that it only provided a snap shot of a solicitor 's accounts at one particular moment , and was therefore of little value in detecting fraud . |
| 9 | This is made worse by the fact that few butchers hang their lamb these days , despite the fact that it only needs about a week to bring on the flavour . |
| 10 | The Clarion 's offices were small and dingy , but despite this , and the fact that it only appeared once a week , the magazine had a large and growing circulation because of the crusading character of its editor , J. D. O'Connor , who had been a leading journalist with the Morning Post before he had struck out on his own , financed by money left to him by his land-owning father . |