Example sentences of "only [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conference approved the Productive and Competitive Economy policy review , which proposes : A full employment target ; the creation of a strengthened trade and industry department to steer strategic investment ; A nationwide information technology cable network ; Anti-inflation measures ; Intervention only where the market fails ; To regain a majority shareholding in British Telecom by buying 2 per cent of privatised shares at the market price ; To regain majority control of other privatised utilities when funds allow . |
| 2 | Such an order should be made only where there is evidence of the defendant 's ability to pay . |
| 3 | These should be considered only where designated smoking areas could not be provided . |
| 4 | It is unexportable , because prescription , the inherent authority of that which has always been so , is a writ which runs only where it has always been so and amongst those amongst whom it has always been so . |
| 5 | Only where deep undulations coincide with a bend is there a hint of diagonal pitching , but this is more of an observation than a criticism . |
| 6 | This is a loose , disjointed organisation , riven by strife , which can flourish only where weak or corrupt politicians have lost the will to enforce the law . |
| 7 | But this equitable separate estate existed only where it was created by a will or settlement , or in the comparatively rare cases where the Court of Chancery exercised its jurisdiction to compel a husband to make a settlement upon his wife . |
| 8 | The proper approach should be to convict D of the aggravated offence only where he knew that V was , or might be , a police-officer . |
| 9 | For one thing , Caldwell deals with cases where D has either recognized the risk or has failed to give any thought to it , whereas Morgan applies only where D has formed a distinct belief that the victim is consenting , a situation not explicitly covered by Caldwell . |
| 10 | English law has tended to confine narrowly the situations in which a mistake is held to negative the consent apparently given by the woman : only where the victim was made to believe that the man was her husband , or that the act to which she was being asked to consent was not sexual intercourse , is the mistake sufficiently fundamental to convert the apparently consensual sex into rape . |
| 11 | Since the identity of one 's sexual partner may be assumed to be of fundamental significance , it is surely unjustified to give effect to this only where the mistake concerns whether the man is the woman 's husband ? |
| 12 | At one time it was the law that rape is committed only where the woman submits through force , fear , or fraud . |
| 13 | The narrowest position is to say that rape is committed only where D threatens violence or knows that V is in fear of violence , and that any other threat must fall within the lesser offence of procuring sex by threats . |
| 14 | Andrew Telford , owner of Regal Diving , said : ‘ Perhaps we could have a compromise and dive only where there are no human remains . |
| 15 | Apart from Simon Hughes 's redoubt in Southwark and Bermondsey , the Liberals today are strong only where the Liberals were strong in the '50s and '60s — in Scotland , the West Country and parts of Wales . |
| 16 | We will approve major motorway or trunk road investments only where it can be demonstrated that alternative transport provision can not meet the need at lower economic and environmental cost . |
| 17 | An exception arises only where there are concomitant changes that confer an advantage on the rarer types . |
| 18 | Hamilton 's theory indicates that since altruism is only of survival value if it enhances fitness , it can evolve only where the recipients are relatives . |
| 19 | Stalin 's argument was part of a broader one that he derived from Lenin : the right of national self-determination was valid only where countries were passing from feudalism to capitalism . |
| 20 | Only where there is a strong ‘ in-house ’ maintenance capability , and good liaison between users and the machine supplier , is it wise to treat chemicals as products in isolation . |
| 21 | Most grammar schools were single sex ; mixed schools were usually provided only where the sparseness of the population made it impracticable to provide separate schools for boys and girls . |
| 22 | ‘ Marriage can succeed for an artist only where there is enough money to save him from taking on uncongenial work and a wife who is intelligent enough to understand and respect the working of the unfriendly cycle of the creative imagination . |
| 23 | Then , if cartilage is made only where there are peaks , a basic pattern will be established which could then be modified by positional information to give the characteristic patterns of the humerus , radius and ulna , wrist , and hand . |
| 24 | It is a primeval wilderness tamed only where men built boundary walls two centuries ago , finding and cutting the stone they needed , feeding and sleeping on the site , and all for a few pence a day . |
| 25 | Your questions and general approach should draw out of each subordinate how they intend to proceed , giving guidance and information only where this is essential . |
| 26 | When it came to structuring the District Health Authorities in the form which existed until 1990 , the Department of Health stipulated that ‘ it is important to make appointments only where it is likely that prospective members will have the health and vigour to make an effective contribution throughout their term of office . |
| 27 | Only where under-provision has resulted in really serious deficiencies is it likely that a librarian can argue successfully for extra funding to put the balance right . |
| 28 | Between 2000 m and 1600 m above sea-level , vegetation recovery is more rapid but only where erosion is at a minimum and even then it may take between 5 and 8 years after seeding . |
| 29 | Planning conditions should be imposed only where relevant , enforceable , precise and reasonable . |
| 30 | Consultation with the CEO is required only where the post involves work of 16 hours or more per week . |