Example sentences of "[be] [verb] only that " in BNC.
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| 1 | A final retreat would be to require only that the method be reliable this time . |
| 2 | Like the members of the Tribunal , there is no provision for security of tenure for the Commissioner , it being provided only that he ‘ shall hold office in accordance with the terms of his appointment ’ . |
| 3 | As slaves were to be found in all the American colonies and were an important , though perhaps not a vital , part of the economy of Virginia , Maryland , and the Carolinas , the Georgians were asking only that they should be allowed to do what everyone else did . |
| 4 | It should be noted that this is not an outright refutation of Young and Willmott 's position as outlined at the beginning of this section , for they were arguing only that there is a tendency towards a less-gender-segregated division of labour . |
| 5 | The Crown Prosecution Service in Gloucester is saying only that the charges have been withdrawn because their was n't enough evidence . |
| 6 | Buckingham Palace is saying only that there could be other engagements which have not yet been fixed up . |
| 7 | To say that the Crown had the right of appointment is to say only that it had at least the possibility of a voice , not that it necessarily exercised any real right of selection . |