Example sentences of "only [vb pp] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite some significant developments by BBC and Marconi engineers , the system still did not give better quality than 78rpm discs ; it only succeeded because it gave longer running-time , and it had lower running-costs because the tape could be magnetically erased and reused . |
| 2 | In contrast , the value of the option contract can not be negative since it is only exercised if it has a positive value . |
| 3 | The world is a patch-work of different colours : the animal is only camouflaged if it settles in the right place . |
| 4 | Wind was measured at 11.00 and 15.00 each day , but only counted if it kept up for an hour or more . |
| 5 | ‘ Another device fell onto a huge pile of clay , and was only extinguished after it had fired the clay solid . ’ |