Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [modal v] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was agreed that law and order should be restored immediately , that the conflicts could only be resolved in accordance with the USSR and Moldavian Constitutions , and that moratoriums should be declared on the resolutions by all sides which had produced the crises ( not only the Gagauz and Russian secession declarations , but also Moldavia 's August 1989 language law — see p. 36855 ) . |
| 2 | The defenders could only watch . |
| 3 | But the courts will only agree that they 're living apart if the husband and wife run totally different lives . |
| 4 | Moreover , the courts will only uphold an expulsion where the power has been exercised in good faith in the interests of the firm . |
| 5 | However he said that the courts will only do so if the covenant is " intrinsicaly just and reasonable " . |
| 6 | The courts can only act when asked to by the Attorney General . |
| 7 | The courts could only intervene if the authorities ' decisions could be shown to lack " reasonable foundation " , it declared . |
| 8 | A spokesman said : ‘ Obviously the bikes can only be used by those fit enough . |
| 9 | The Austrians would not accept an eviction ; the Russians could only remove Ferdinand , if he did not resign , at the cost of a general war . |
| 10 | It has been suggested that The Times can only bear the cost of its price cut with the aid of subsidies from other parts of Rupert Murdoch 's empire . |
| 11 | The commanders would only give the pilots a grid reference of the target and instructions to drop the bombs on the flares dropped by advance fighters . |
| 12 | The investments will only be profitable when the following conditions apply : . |
| 13 | One unresolved issue is the extent to which price discriminatory practices can be taken as evidence of market dominance , since one view is that the authorities should only be concerned about such practices if the firm has a dominant position . |
| 14 | The Phillips curve was regarded as an inescapable constraint on policy action which the authorities could only ignore at their peril . |
| 15 | It has been argued that it is the individual not the institution who is creative and that the schools can only adopt the ideas of individuals . |
| 16 | Most commonly , the units will only use family labour , but if wage-labour is employed , there is likely to be a large differential between wage rates in the periphery and those paid in the centre . |
| 17 | But when he sent his ambassador to see if she were indeed as beautiful as men told , the Venetians would only show him the princess at nightfall , in an unlighted room . |
| 18 | And the porters will only leave a message in the piggyholes if she lives on campus . |
| 19 | The knees should only move slightly — it is the head and upper body movement towards the knees which produces the best results . |
| 20 | Western Samoa dominated the second-half when the Scots could only add another Townsend penalty . |
| 21 | After all , elections only occur once every 5 years , and the parties can only attend to the broad lines of policy and so do not represent particular interests in any meaningful way . |
| 22 | In the opening récit the oboes could only have played on the three-part ritournelle , presumably two treble oboes and a bassoon , as in the numerous wind trios in Lully 's later works . |
| 23 | There is also a time bar : the Commissioners may only investigate a complaint if it is made within 12 months from the date the aggrieved person first had notice of the matter complained or , but a Commissioner has power to accept a complaint outside the time limit if he considers that there are special circumstances which make it proper to do so . |
| 24 | It is unfortunate that papers presented a couple of months before our entry to the Communities should only appear in print some eighteen months after Community law began to have effect in the UR . |
| 25 | Fasting and abstention from intoxicating drink and drugs is also invaluable since the senses can only be kept under control when they are contained . |
| 26 | The matter is discussed in detail in Chapter 9 , where it is suggested that the quality of stock on the shelves can only be maintained through extensive stock revision , and that most public library authorities would at present benefit from allocating at least 40% of their bookfunds to stock revision . |
| 27 | But the troops will only go in for humanitarian reasons including the protection of supplies . |
| 28 | This shuttling back and forth between the personae could only be done so adroitly by a poet exceptionally sensitive to the status and function of pronouns . |
| 29 | Probably about ten per cent , if his memory of his own days still held ; perhaps less , considering the government 's attitude that the universities could only justify their existence by pre-packaging high-level robots for industry . |
| 30 | The worms can only live in compostable material so there 's no fear of them making a bid for freedom and eating their way through the vegetable patch . |