Example sentences of "but [modal v] only [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | the Problem Solver has access to all problem reports but may only list reports assigned to him . |
| 2 | Foreigners could also buy property , but could only purchase land leasehold . |
| 3 | After beating him , they ransacked the house , but could only find £10 's worth of coins . |
| 4 | She looked and looked at the place where the fire had been , searching for the future , but could only see ashes . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She might get over this present illness but would only fall victim to the first virus that came along . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Experience of itself has no significance but can only have significance attributed to it . |