Example sentences of "only that they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is certain only that they passed through Dulverton , and within a week were home once more , bringing with them ‘ many pleasant , and some of them droll enough , recollections ’ . |
| 2 | Bonefish Straker reckoned that some Bahamian kids must have stolen the boat as a means of getting home , but we would never know who had wrecked her , only that they had removed a dinghy load of gear including her chronometer , sextant , VHF , barometer , spare sails , lines , fenders , and even the mattress off the starboard quarter-berth . |
| 3 | They acknowledged only that they had been playing loud music and having innocent fun . |
| 4 | However , in an official joint statement Shar " and Genscher stated only that they had discussed " the situation in the Middle East , the state of the Middle East peace process and bilateral questions " . |
| 5 | But if a pay rise of 20 per cent was announced for town policeman tomorrow he would say only that they deserved it . |
| 6 | It shows that we must step up our efforts to ensure that everyone is fully educated , but not only that they know the facts , but that they start to act upon them . |
| 7 | It is dangerous to simplify law , but our understanding is that to convict someone of a serious crime like theft , we normally have to prove not only that they committed the alleged act , but also that they knew it was wrong . |
| 8 | Ellie could n't actually hear what they were saying , only that they seemed to be arguing . |
| 9 | He even posed for the newspaper photographers , insisting only that they refrain from taking behind-the-bars type pictures . |
| 10 | But , as prisoners see it , the new system means only that they receive negative replies to their complaints more quickly . |
| 11 | Well not only that they find that flat shoes or shoes with very little heel is a lot more comfortable to wear what happens eventually you take . |
| 12 | We had owned the Sumatras for just a few months , but already we had seen that they are volatile and eccentric birds , much given to sudden screech-ups and bouts of cackling , which in other chickens would denote the arrival of an egg , but from them seem to signify only that they have given themselves a fright . |
| 13 | It is not therefore assumed that people have a' consciousness ' ( false or otherwise ) or a system or knowledge about the outside world , but only that they have a more or less adequate collection of competences in dealing with particular instances of it . |
| 14 | A comparison of the three Gospels shows not only that they have a great deal in common but also that , in many cases , the wording of individual stories is either identical or very similar ( for example , compare Mark 2:3–12 ; Matt. |
| 15 | They have forgotten who they are , knowing only that they have been trapped by an evil enchanter . |
| 16 | This is not to say that the contributions which social scientists may make to solving particular technical problems , or enlarging the sphere of rational decision making , should be dismissed altogether ; only that they have to be seen in the wider context of political contestation and choice . |
| 17 | To say that these factors of context , conjuncture and wider conditionality are ‘ extra-discursive ’ does not mean that discourses do not enter into their determination , only that they involve processes which can not be reduced to this effect . |
| 18 | Now , I 'm not saying Wilko should drop these players ( actually I am about to say that but only for Hodge ! ) only that they did n't *sound* to play well ! ! |
| 19 | I knew only that they happened there in the darkness and only a few feet from the pavements . |
| 20 | He allows that they are individually necessary , and argues only that they need supplementing . |
| 21 | It is n't only that they enjoy commercial success and critical acclaim , but because they are , in the jargon of the trade , ‘ good copy ’ — talkative , controversial , witty and opinionated on a whole range of topics . |
| 22 | In what follows I shall claim that postmodern cultural forms do indeed signify , only that they signify differently . |