Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] [verb] only [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But occasionally , and forgiveably in a live commentary that may last only seconds , his tongue has played tricks . |
| 2 | All the corporation has suggested so far is a vague road and landscaping scheme that would affect only part of the pub garden and car park . |
| 3 | The European Community competition commissioner Karel Van Miert is endorsing proposals — bitterly contested in the more state corporatist member countries — for breaking up national telephone monopolies by 1998 to free markets for calls both within and between member states ; the idea of an interim deregulation that would affect only transborder traffic has now been abandoned ; the UK is the only Community member open to phone call competition ; Denmark will follow suit next year and the Netherlands is expected to move as well ; Van Miert wants the Community to set liberalisation priorities and a timetable by year end , including proposals for regulatory changes by the end of 1994 , with market-opening to start in 1995 . |
| 4 | Another aspect of Qaddafi 's theory of democracy is that parties were forbidden because they could only represent , and could represent only sectors of the people . |
| 5 | Restlessly Leith moved over to the window , but while the view from her room was quite exquisite , she saw nothing of it and could see only Naylor 's furious face as he accused her of leading Travis on . |
| 6 | It still retains all its working parts and would require only minimum repairs to put it into full working order . |
| 7 | The courts recognize and will enforce only acts of Parliament . |
| 8 | The Library will not provide multiple copies of books or journals , for individual Departments on the Inverleith site , but will purchase only Library copies . |