Example sentences of "but only [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vadim 's Et Dieu Créa La Femme ( 1956 ) was the watershed film which liberalized the cinema , but only after it had run into censorship trouble everywhere , especially in the United States where the Hollywood decency code still insisted on separate beds for married couples . |
| 2 | In the course of time the pirates turned merchants became a great hereditary patriciate , and Venice came to rule a mercantile empire much akin to that of ancient Athens , even in the end to acquire a large contado along and behind the Italian coast — but only after it had depended for centuries on piracy and trade for its food and livelihood . |
| 3 | Papinian does not say that intention alone is what matters , but only that it must be considered . |
| 4 | This is not to say that the position is wrong but only that it is arguable , or in other words , open to conceptual evaluation . |
| 5 | There is no provision that a third party organisation 's assent can be presumed , but only that it must be governed by the rules of the organisation . |
| 6 | This is not to say that we need take so unconscionable a time to establish industrial democracy , but only that it would be naive to suppose that there will be no doubts and difficulties — and that it would be a great mistake to let them deter us from starting from present worse to go to prospective better . |
| 7 | We should note here that Lyotard does not maintain that the unconscious does not signify but only that it does not signify like a language . |
| 8 | Once the discretion arises it is for the court to conduct the necessary balancing exercise between what would otherwise be required by the Convention and the interests of the children , but only where it can clearly be shown that the interests of the children require it should the court refuse to order their return . |
| 9 | Mitsubishi is also hoping to sell a lower-spec Sigma in the UK — but only if it can secure the cars from the factory in Japan , and negotiate an increase in its UK import quota . |
| 10 | Schoolchildren are entitled to special equipment , but only if it is expressly provided for in their formal statement of needs . |
| 11 | The Independent Television Commission does suggest that Channel 5 might offer local television to individual cities at certain times of the day , and that it might wish to base itself outside London , but only if it chooses . |
| 12 | I am not against physical punishment if it is needed , but only if it is called for . |
| 13 | The Article 22 proposal for EEC funding of pilot schemes to demonstrate to farmers how they can achieve the objectives of development plans is to be welcomed but only if it includes environmental considerations as suggested by several witnesses to the House of Lords Select Committee . |
| 14 | Giving students skills , information and conceptual abstractions is worthwhile but only if it is usable in the various circumstances of their future lives . |
| 15 | One might ( perhaps ) be able to teach a dolphin to peel a banana , but only if it was incorporated into a sequence of actions required to achieve some goal considered meaningful to the mind of the dolphin — food , affection , play or whatever ! |
| 16 | Ice cream ( but only if it is a simple , honest old-fashioned ice not one of those staggeringly exotic multi-storey jobs , rising with layer upon layer of heaven-knows-what and terminating with a big blob of shaving cream ) 150 |
| 17 | After the jump , no doubt I might simply regret not having died , but only if it no longer matters to me how I die , only if I am past caring about the value of my acts . |
| 18 | But only if it was going begging of course ! ’ |
| 19 | I know you mean well and I do appreciate all you 're doing , but I really am in the middle of a thought and it 's very difficult for me when you keep … look , if it 's really , really important , then please do interrupt me — but only if it 's urgent , OK ? |
| 20 | UEFA ARE ready to listen to radical new proposals for a European super league , but only if it benefits all clubs and not just the rich elite . |
| 21 | UEFA are ready to listen to radical new proposals for a European Super League , but only if it benefits all clubs and not just the rich elite . |
| 22 | The idea of a broad free trade area was , on the whole , acceptable to the Six , but only if it was supplementary to , and not a replacement for , the EEC . |
| 23 | Concurrent Computer Corp says it is continuing to work with its financial advisers on a series of initiatives to strengthen further its capital structure , improve profitability and provide financial flexibility , but only if it does not dilute shareholders ' interests in the company , which reported better than expected third quarter figures — in Company Results , page seven . |
| 24 | Thus informed and protected you are ready — but only if it seems right for you — to embark upon a sexual journey that will last in one way or another for a life time . |
| 25 | A given lexical form may appear at more than one structure point in a proportional series , but only if it is ambiguous : |
| 26 | But only if it comes easily . |
| 27 | We would certainly be pleased to see them making a greater contribution , but only if it can be shown that there would be genuine environmental benefits in so doing . |
| 28 | We would certainly be pleased to see them making a greater contribution , but only if it can be shown that there would be genuine environmental benefits in so doing . |
| 29 | Knowledge could prove a useful ally in the battle between Good and Evil — but only if it falls into the right hands . |
| 30 | Leskov was prepared to accept the utility of the term " liberal " , but only if it referred to advocates of moderation . |