Example sentences of "[coord] [modal v] only [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the World Health Organisation suggests that all children should not use fluoride mouth rinses and should only have toothpaste portions the size of a small pea . |
| 2 | So now when our crews came back from their missions and we heard snatches of their conversations about long lines of refugees , about cities being devastated , and miles and miles of fires , I remembered Kings Cross and could only feel pity for what these civilians were now enduring ; French , Dutch , German or whatever . |
| 3 | Her mother never tired of speaking of her own father , Don Humberto , who had been a gentleman adventurer and a favourite at the court of King John , but she had never met Dom João and could only assure Sara that if he was at all like his grandfather or his Uncle Pedro ( the one who had died at sea ) he would be a man of great charm , intelligence and wit . |
| 4 | It is financed by the film industry , and will only grant certificates to movies which it considers are within the limits of public acceptability . |
| 5 | Captain America 's main man EUGENE KELLY got in touch to tell us the latest development , namely the withdrawing of the sleeve , and added : ‘ I have for a long time been a devoted customer of C&A and will only wear socks and pants with the C&A label . |
| 6 | It can have no practical effect and will only divert attention from where it should be pressed by those who feel strongly about it . |
| 7 | Others certainly did : Metternich remarked , ‘ in the great Confederation , there is arising a smaller union , a status in statu in the full sense of the term , which will only too soon accustom itself to achieve its own ends by its own machinery … and will only pay attention to the objects and machinery of the Confederation insofar as they are compatible with the former ’ . |
| 8 | Moreover , with its restrictions on night work and part-time work and its minimum wage policy , it is a throwback to the damaging socialist policies of the 1970s , and will only cause unemployment . |
| 9 | They say it 'll do little to bring long-term trade to the city , and will only encourge tour operators to use Oxford as a picturesque bus-stop . |
| 10 | This invaluable experience and can only stand people in good stead for when they return to the UK . ’ |
| 11 | In Germany , both the Minister for Internal Affairs and the Ministers of Culture in the Lander can take independent decisions , while the Russian part of the commission is a consultative body and can only make recommendations which are subsequently ratified at State level . |
| 12 | The house is small and can only take max 25 people at one time . |
| 13 | In an intensely competitive world it is the " master-buyer " who has the power ; the " servant-seller " is weak and can only gain strength by providing a service superior to that of his competitors . |
| 14 | the Problem Solver has access to all problem reports but may only list reports assigned to him . |
| 15 | Foreigners could also buy property , but could only purchase land leasehold . |
| 16 | After beating him , they ransacked the house , but could only find £10 's worth of coins . |
| 17 | She looked and looked at the place where the fire had been , searching for the future , but could only see ashes . |
| 18 | In the communiqué the UN said that the unblocking of international aid to the south of Sudan was a matter of urgency but could only take place if all parties to the conflict there agreed to co-operate with the UN and other humanitarian organizations . |
| 19 | She might get over this present illness but would only fall victim to the first virus that came along . |
| 20 | For instance , shipping conferences or consortia are not intrinsically anticompetitive , but would only get EC clearance if member firms still had to compete with independent lines on any given route and if the cost savings and other spin-offs from collaboration were passed on to clients and consumers . |
| 21 | It implies that those movements in aggregate demand which are predictable will have no effect on real output and , by implication , employment or unemployment , but will only affect prices . |
| 22 | Hygiene factors are concerned with dissatisfaction with environmental issues so that , for example , improvement of pay or working conditions will not motivate but will only remove dissatisfaction . |
| 23 | Selection will be primarily influenced by the availability of software i.e. the programs needed to operate the microcomputer e.g. if a microcomputer has an information retrieval program which is fast , reliable , user friendly but can only retrieve items by searching under one term i.e. a book or slide set on SPACE can only be found by entering the keyword MOON or the keyword STARS but the pupils can not combine keywords and search for all items under MOON and PLANETS , then this program and this machine does not meet the needs of the school . |
| 24 | Experience of itself has no significance but can only have significance attributed to it . |