Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] only [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This came under heavy fire for implying that small firms set up without planning permission should only have enforcement orders issued against them if alternative premises were available . |
| 2 | In contrast , Article 16 provides that a diplomatic officer or consular agent may only take evidence , without compulsion , of nationals of the State in which he exercises his functions , or of third States , if a competent authority in the requested State has given its permission , either generally or in the particular case , and subject to any conditions imposed . |
| 3 | His conclusion that there was no duress where the defendant could only put pressure on the plaintiff by the institution of proceedings , to which proceedings there would have been available the defence which ultimately prevailed , was , in my view , unimpeachable since there is ample authority for the view that a mere threat of action does not per se constitute duress . |
| 4 | It costs £49.95 , but an agent would only pay £30 . |
| 5 | It was clear from the start that American aid would only take place in the context of commitments to economic reform within Europe . |
| 6 | Irrespective of the cause of anxiety , punishing the horse will only make things worse . |
| 7 | The British Association for Shooting and Conservation says it will campaign against changes to current regulations , arguing that setting up a complicated bureaucracy to control shooting will only cause confusion . |
| 8 | It is normal practice , subject to negotiation , for contracts to be executed on the basis that completion will only take place once the relevant consents have been obtained or approvals given . |
| 9 | In relation to a fixed charge , the purchaser should insist that completion will only take place if a deed of release in terms satisfactory to the purchaser is delivered at or before completion . |
| 10 | Despite the wide definition of " income " in s670 , the Revenue can only charge tax if they can find an appropriate Case and/or Schedule . |
| 11 | Thinking can only make use of the patterns we have acquired in the past . |
| 12 | Your mind can only focus attention on one area of the swing until it becomes muscle memory and works naturally . |
| 13 | On fixed frames , the weaver can only make rugs in sizes smaller than the inner dimensions of the frame ; adjustable frames allow one or more of the beams to be extended so that larger items can be woven . |
| 14 | This Condition can only have effect if it is called into operation by the party wishing to rely on it giving written notice to the other to that effect . |
| 15 | Whereas biochemical studies can measure enzyme activities , immunohistochemistry can only provide information on enzyme protein , some of which may be inactive . |
| 16 | The identikit can only match faces already stored in the memory bank . ’ |
| 17 | A government department can only spend money specifically approved by the House of Commons . |
| 18 | Such a scene could only take place in The Wedding Present 's dressing room . |
| 19 | However , the quarter of an inch strain gauge could only record stress on one small portion of the club , while simulation can simultaneously display stress levels on over 1,000 grid points . |
| 20 | The machine could only take material of a certain size — not a whole figure , for example — and so fragments were collaged together . |
| 21 | In the absence of any express provisions once employment has ended the law will only protect information within the second class . |
| 22 | That bloody young fool will only bring Sharpe if he thinks it 'll cause trouble . |
| 23 | In conclusion , the 1989 Children Act can only go part of the way towards changing the direction and ethos of child care in the nineties . |
| 24 | Personal spirituality can only make progress if it is in partnership with social spirituality . |
| 25 | Mining can only take place where the commodity is available , although transport of and returns on the exploited material will always dictate if resources are mined or not , together with whether people think the resources important or not . |
| 26 | The standard answer to suggestions that the judiciary is less than a representative cross-section of society is that the Lord Chancellor can only fashion judges from the timber he finds on the list of QCs . |
| 27 | Although the borrower is expected to meet the obligations of the debt out of his general resources , in the event of default the lender can only obtain repayment by enforcing his rights against the particular security which is identified in the loan agreement . |
| 28 | Sabbatical leave , further training for teacher trainers themselves , and the buying in of linguistic expertise could only go part way in breaking the vicious circle . |
| 29 | It is unfortunate that the influential Dudek could only illustrate Leonard 's work by quoting from the admittedly despondent poem ‘ Rededication ’ , without a reference to the many other elements of positive delight that the book — and Leonard 's work elsewhere at that time — demonstrates . |
| 30 | The file may only contain NC details and a set of checking instructions . |