Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] [vb infin] only [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The expenditure base defined above includes wealth transferred , but it has sometimes been argued that the base should include only consumption , which would be equivalent to entering only receipts net of transfers on the left-hand side of ( 9–2 ) , as one would if one treated the dynasty as an integrated unit . |
| 2 | This was specified because such descriptions might reflect only recruitment of previous knowledge about the junction . |
| 3 | Only long cloaks blowing , up on top of the young dunes , a gaze of strange cold eyes , a flash of spear-points — then the rain drove across , and Ruth could see only night . |
| 4 | He confirmed that the Scottish Office money could cover only cash flow difficulties from the oil funds — not the producers . |
| 5 | If not in priority need , particularly if considered for the purposes of the Act to have become ‘ intentionally homeless ’ , persons may receive only advice and ‘ appropriate assistance ’ , leaving much to an authority 's discretion . |
| 6 | In Social Security Appeal Tribunals , the claimant will receive only compensation for loss of earnings ( if any ) and travelling expenses . |
| 7 | England in 1920 , it testified to a similar recognition by him that the amateur ideal in the arts , however admirable in the abstract , and however rich its achievements under earlier structures of society , under the conditions of mass democracy could mean only amateurishness in technique , and thin-skinned insolence in debate . |
| 8 | Although Simmons indicates that such an approach may encompass only part of the traditions of study in geography , it would allow man 's impact on individual taxa and ecosystems , on biotic resources their conservation and protection ( Simmons , 1980 , p. 148 ) |
| 9 | She inspected the rooms and found them perfectly tolerable and assured Wilson the ladies would require only coffee in the morning and would otherwise dine elsewhere . |
| 10 | For example , some colleges will offer only EFL while others , mainly those in the adult education sector , concentrate on highly subsidized ESOL courses . |
| 11 | Smaller sizes of drain pipe ( 82mm , for example ) can be used where the drain will carry only waste ( and not soil ) water . |
| 12 | These days the official recommendation is that babies should have only milk up to at least three months , preferably four , and that weaning can begin any time between four and six months . |
| 13 | Lucien could smell only incense . |
| 14 | For Oxfordshire residents who are registered unemployed or retired the fees are waived for part-time associate study , and from 1988 — 89 part-time degree students will pay only half ( £24 ) the normal rate per credit . |
| 15 | To lecture the material would bring only boredom and rebellion , which is why outright dictation is usually only practised with the most self-selected , high ability groups . |
| 16 | This is all very well for the youngest generation of mountain lovers , but there are surely many grown-up readers , to whom metric measurements will convey only inaccuracy and confusion . |