Example sentences of "[that] it only [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their verdict was that it only went to show . |
| 2 | It might be that it only affected the absorption and emission processes of black bodies and did not represent an abiding individuality — like drips from a tap which merge into the mass of fluid lying in the basin . |
| 3 | AY has admitted negligence in relation to the stock over-statement , provided that WG can prove the fraud took place , but the firm is claiming that it only owed a duty of care to Alkar as its auditor , and not to Walker Greenbank , even though it audited the group accounts . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | This proposal , based upon a Council resolution of May 1985 , was innovative in that it only defines basic requirements , leaving detailed specifications to the individual standardisation bodies . |
| 6 | His department said that it only kept records of strikes lasting more than three days and involving more than 100 people . |
| 7 | Bible I saw that it only got 68% . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The main thing to realise with trailer driving is that it only takes one mistake to wreck the trailer and a nice glider , as well as possibly writing off a new car . |
| 10 | Bearing in mind that it only takes 20 milligrams of this poi-son to kill a dog , and that a cat is equally susceptible , it is clear that here we have a serious threat to an incautious feline . |
| 11 | This provision may cause confusion to clients as they will not understand that it only relates to a late completion date . |
| 12 | Based on the shape of this receptive field , they then search for the stimulus that gives the best response from it , and in Figure 7 you see that one particular cell responded best to movement of a bar oriented at a particular angle , and also that it only responded when this bar moved in one direction . |
| 13 | The point about measurement is that it only occurs spasmodically . |
| 14 | The drawback of multi-threading is that it only allows whole processes to run on individual CPUs and is unsuited for particularly large applications . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Even according to that it only brings about a slight improvement and yet , the new road causes b in in the words of the County Planning Officer , erm the Borough Council 's own officers and the County Council 's own environmental consultants , causes severe environmental damage . |
| 17 | However , in terms of formulating what happens next ( as required by a continuation study ) , the constraint is soft in that it only raises both the probability of the two characters playing the same role in an elaborated representation . |
| 18 | ‘ It is vital that they are aware that it only gives protection against one of the many strains of the disease . |
| 19 | The problem is that it only works if your PC has a fax card and is set up as a fax machine . |
| 20 | You might be surprised to find that it only means an increase in activity of fifteen percent of what you 're currently doing , to achieve something that 's in year three , that you 've got as year three , and you might think , ooh , that 's what I 'll do for year two . |
| 21 | THE MOST remarkable thing about Graham Watkins 's Macbeth is that it only has two women . |
| 22 | 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 ’ . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | But you 'll soon find that it only needs one . |
| 25 | The realisation that this illness could apply to anyone broke down the illusion that it only affects those who have dropped out of society . |
| 26 | If the president of one of our major trades unions is right when he asserts that no company now pays mainstream corporation tax ( that it only pays tax on the dividends paid to its shareholders ) , it would cost the nation nothing to do away with mainstream corporation tax , but think what a boon that could be . |
| 27 | The Dounreay nuclear plant , the largest nearby industrial commercial operation , has said that it only discharged 1.8 kilograms of cadmium over 10 months last year . |
| 28 | Second , a court might interpret the rule restrictively so that it only permitted the replication of common law rights and duties or only operated in the regulatory sphere . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The key point here is that it only attempts to link the islands into a loosely coupled way , and avoids the expensive development work needed to synchronise the two systems together exactly . |