Example sentences of "only [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even with its districts of only 3-5 members , Ireland 's STV produces quite proportional results nationally . |
| 2 | This is not to say that the simplistic socialist argument — that all would be well if only Labour stood up for its class interests with the same vigour that the Tories stand up for theirs — is correct . |
| 3 | Three years ago they went through a ‘ cultural revolution ’ like Mao 's in China : Personnel apparatchiks were sent out into the field to become generalists , with only dotted lines back to their personnel masters . |
| 4 | Art historians and archaeologists explain that only persistent contact between civilisations is likely to produce far-reaching changes of direction . |
| 5 | The striking success of feral horses is ample proof that their behaviour patterns are not only persistent but survival-oriented . |
| 6 | But the fact of the matter is , he wrote , that none of it is right , or rather , that what has so far been accomplished is wrong and what has not yet been accomplished is only right because it has not yet had the chance to be proved wrong . |
| 7 | Mancunians will pay next to nothing , which is only right since they were not consulted . |
| 8 | We agonised over the decision before selling to the management and I 'm absolutely convinced with hindsight that the decision was not only right in people terms but it was also the right business decision for the shareholders as well . |
| 9 | ‘ Since the late Sixties , ’ says Richard , ‘ the women have become more active and have been standing up for themselves , as is only right , but men have become more passive . |
| 10 | However , we believe that it is only right to point out that we are not a specialist tour operator in the field of holidays for the disabled . |
| 11 | ‘ Con escorts her home , as is only right and proper . ’ |
| 12 | Indeed it was runner-up in the European Car of the Year Award , which is only right because it looks and feels like a European car . |
| 13 | She would have to have some money to support it , and it was only right he should pay for the pleasure he 'd had . |
| 14 | I do n't wish to upset her , but sometimes it is only right to follow one 's own convictions . |
| 15 | Bruno is in the shade … and that 's only right . |
| 16 | ‘ Please , call me Nader , it is only right . ’ |
| 17 | The father pleaded with the elder brother and tried to point out to him that it was only right to celebrate for it was as if the younger son had come back to life from the dead . |
| 18 | That talent was presumably the main reason for his appointment , and that 's only right and proper because if there 's one thing England can learn from Bob Dwyer , it is that you sometimes have to be prepared to let a young side lose in the short-term to gain in the long-term . |
| 19 | Well , it seems that you 'd like to go and take a look at the place and the people before you make your mind up ; and I suppose that 's only right . |
| 20 | To complete the picture , it was only right that ICAO should also be concerned when the system of safety failed and there was an accident . |
| 21 | An ideal utilitarian like Moore may claim to have the moral insight that promise keeping is only right or obligatory , where one can not do better or as well by breaking the promise ( taking general account of effects on human trust into account ) but he can not claim that this insight is merely into how words are properly used . |
| 22 | Not that I was worried about 'er chuckin' me out , I know she would n't do that , but it was only right after all . |
| 23 | As a responsible Company we feel it only right to point out these possibilities , however unlikely . |
| 24 | You 've all of you , there 's no denying it , you 've all too often taken advantage of Eleanor , and so it 's only right and proper now you should respect the fact she has a life of her own . ’ |
| 25 | I think it only right to comment that the fact that it is , in a case such as the present , open to a taxpayer to stipulate , if he wishes , that the money shall be repaid if it is found not to be due in pending proceedings , provides another practical reason why a case such as the present is likely to occur only in very rare circumstances indeed . |
| 26 | If what she had done was a sin then it was only right she should be punished . |
| 27 | Although I am down , I still have my pride and dignity and so I thought it only right that I should remove all the silverware I had brought to the club from the trophy cabinet : my cycling proficiency medal , the Mitchley Majorettes runners-up trophy I nicked from their carnival float , my Winston Churchill commemorative coin and the photograph of Michel Platini and myself talking football outside Broadcasting House whilst both waiting to secure Bruce Forsyth 's autograph . |
| 28 | Families should get on together , that was only right . |
| 29 | It is only right to point out that there is nothing particularly ‘ wrong ’ in using a sans serif face for the text and a serif one for the headings , just that it needs a bit more care . |
| 30 | el-Kefevi of the early sources even places him in Edirne , writing that he was appointed by Murad II to one of the Uc Serefeli medreses there in 855/1451 It is only right to emphasize , however , that negative evidence of this sort the fact that an appointment is not mentioned-is not a wholly dependable guide when dealing with the since it can by no means be relied upon to provide a complete account of a scholar 's career . |