Example sentences of "[adj] [modal v] only [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Improved forensic science standards and public sector laboratories equally available to the defence and prosecution — this may only go part way to ensuring an equality of arms between the prosecution and defence , which is essential in an adversarial system . |
| 2 | Here purists were deliberately challenging official arguments which opposed fresh legislation or greater public discussion on the grounds that this would only draw attention to sex and incite immorality . |
| 3 | For financial periods beginning after 1 October 1991 , companies must also disclose the fees paid to auditors for non-audit work , although this will only cover services provided in the UK . |
| 4 | Do not bring the neighbours and family around to see the newborns , as this will only induce stress in the dam which will be passed to the pups . |
| 5 | This will only cause problems with consultation with the members and they 're the most important , the bloody members , but it could lead to and a scramble for jobs . |
| 6 | And a single parent with a child over 12 can only receive £67.15 before coming into VAT rating . |
| 7 | ‘ That 'll only make things worse . |
| 8 | Well , to tell you the truth , your boys asked me when had I last seen my father alive and I said Friday instinctively , and then by the time I 'd realized my mistake , it was all written down , and , you know , I thought if I changed it , that 'd only create trouble . ’ |
| 9 | What we need is not so much a point irregularity such as a foreign atom , because that could only facilitate movement at one point , but rather a line defect which will allow the army of molecules , as it were , to sweep forward on a broad front . |
| 10 | But these will only reduce smell and run-off , not cure them , and they wo n't have much effect on grass contamination . |
| 11 | But the poor can only produce children . |
| 12 | ‘ We did n't think , for instance , it should be necessary for umpires to inspect the ball every over in all levels of cricket — that would only waste time . |
| 13 | But the wave of publications of this kind which began in the 1850s could only gather strength as the century went on and public interest in foreign policy questions grew . |