Example sentences of "[noun prp] [modal v] only [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some requesting States may only accept evidence taken in a particular way and the Convention tries to ensure that a request for a special procedure ( for example , for verbatim transcripts or , on the other hand , for a summary of the evidence in deposition form ; or for video-taped evidence ) will not be refused merely because it is inconvenient to the requested State . |
| 2 | China 's view was that Taiwan could only enter GATT as part of China . |
| 3 | Lord Justice Scott can only invite witnesses to attend . |
| 4 | Floodlighting can only discourage vandalism . ’ |
| 5 | Mauriac could only explain de Gaulle 's decision as the product of impatience . |
| 6 | Maggie would only keep knives there . |
| 7 | England can only hope Warne does n't learn too much more too soon . |
| 8 | But new rules for NHS dentists are delaying her new set and Ivy can only take liquids . |
| 9 | Wilcox and Hill set up the move , Stowell could only block Shearer 's shot and Sellars followed up to put Rovers ahead . |
| 10 | Paddy would only change hands as part of a specific economic debt contracted outside the field of kinship relations . |
| 11 | Dr Greene would only permit Faye to be at home if she kept to a stricter schedule of bed-rest . |
| 12 | Well you see Fred will only eat H P beans so |
| 13 | The bitter battles of the past are gone and these days Bill Morris can only sing Rover 's praises . |
| 14 | ‘ A renewal of confidence in the UK will only take place through a change in Government policy , ’ he said . |
| 15 | Matallana , who emphasized that he was not a communist and had no regrets for his past anti-guerrilla role , stated that the M-19 had proved itself to be politically honest and now shared his belief that Colombia could only achieve change via the polls . |
| 16 | Narudon Detpradiyut , a senior Thai Supreme Command official , that a transfer of power to civilian rule in Myanma would only take place after a new constitution had been drafted and fresh elections held . |
| 17 | UI is rightly concerned that constantly harping on the about the incompatibilities between Destiny and Solaris will only demoralise software houses and lose applications for Unix . |
| 18 | But it was also true that Great Britain could only view events in Europe with detachment or indifference if the balance of power there remained undisturbed . |
| 19 | Chief Lebanese delegate Suhayl Shammas said that Lebanon could only address Israel 's security concerns within the framework of UN Security Council Resolution 425 . |
| 20 | In the end , de Gaulle could only secure peace at the expense of a series of humiliating concessions to the FLN — concessions which could be justified only on the grounds that they averted the yet higher costs of not making them . |
| 21 | The fact was that , driven by an impulse that was not artistic at all , but critical , Euripides could only produce work that was thoroughly inartistic itself . |
| 22 | Worshippers could only play music on Fridays and Sundays , were banned from having a bass drum , and could only use the church between 8am and 10pm . |
| 23 | This revealed that the EC would only challenge BAe to honour Rover 's plans if there were significant variations , and even then would limit the amount to be reimbursed by the company . |
| 24 | With good cause did Kine Weekly subsequently hail the film for giving ‘ promise of a genuine reaction against the deeply-rooted Wardour Street superstition that America will only buy pictures similar to her own . ’ |
| 25 | The Turkish Grand National Assembly votes war powers , but Turkey will only use troops against Iraq in self-defence if attacked . |
| 26 | Rostov could only nod acquiescence . |
| 27 | By contrast Gloucester could only kick goals . |
| 28 | Despite the fact that Hilton says in chapter ten of Mixed Life that the nobleman who is like Jacob married to Rachel and Leah will only become Israel " is verri contemplatif " ( 33.374 – 5 ) , if he is released from worldly responsibilites there is no ground for suggesting that he meant to rule out the possibility of the most profound kind of contemplative experience for the man in mixed life . |
| 29 | By the end of July 1989 Tesco will only stock aerosols that are CFC-free . |
| 30 | Birds can only change colour by moulting , and may have breeding plumage as well as a more cryptic pattern ; mammals tend to have fixed coloration , although man ( and woman ) spends millions trying to prove otherwise . |