Example sentences of "it would only [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet the value of such a ‘ special circumstances ’ doctrine is limited , since it would only cover insider dealing in face-to-face transactions and so provide no remedies to those dealing though impersonal stock exchange markets . |
| 2 | Once the Government had approved the NVQ it would only offer NVQ training assistance . |
| 3 | The sessions largely consisted of assurances from DEC of its continued commitment to the OSF/1 operating system on the MIPS line , in the face of surprisingly strong customer reaction to the news of DEC 's recent pronouncements that it would only offer OSF/1 for Alpha ( UX No 386 ) . |
| 4 | I thought she 'd be shocked but she was n't , although she said she thought I should try to forget him because it would only mean unhappiness for me . ’ |
| 5 | I do n't want to go into it , Ken , it would only complicate matters . |
| 6 | The sums involved made it difficult to prevent the inflows from boosting the money supply by selling bonds , and in any case , if this were attempted it would only prevent interest rates from falling and keep the currency attractive to those anxious to get out of dollars . |
| 7 | Okay , A gives up two units of reproductive success , a food item to B. This benefits B by three units of reproductive success , whereas it would only benefit A by only two units of reproductive success . |
| 8 | It would only make matters worse , she said . |
| 9 | She knew that it was no use offering to make it : it would only make Bella angry . |
| 10 | It would only make Luke think that she was distrusting him again . |
| 11 | After I 'd thrown the bag in , I read the instructions and the small print said it would only remove nitrates down to 20ppm . |
| 12 | You would have put £10,000 towards a good cause — but it would only have cost you £6,000 , because you would have saved the rest in tax . |
| 13 | However , the Israeli government maintained that it would only release Shia " prisoners " held in Israel or in its self-declared " security zone " in southern Lebanon in return for seven Israeli servicemen listed as missing in action ( MIA ) in Lebanon . |