Example sentences of "[vb base] only [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Friendships develop only when there is adequate exploration to know each other . |
| 2 | Moss and lichens grow only where the air is clean , which is a good sign in some ways , but moss can block gutters and valleys , eventually presenting all sorts of other problems too , particularly in heavy rain . |
| 3 | Compelled to re-enact rituals which appear only as stupid , trapped within the cyclic world of ‘ the love of created beings ’ , Eliot 's characters lead ‘ preord ’ lives of deep horror . |
| 4 | Time savings appear only if the best plays are looked at early on in the game . |
| 5 | — some word senses appear only when used in particular idioms or collocations ; Intersections — e.g. if ’ conduct ’ and ’ violin ’ appear together , this would suggest a different sense of ’ conduct ’ than if it appeared with ’ wire ’ ; |
| 6 | Sleep only when we 're safe . ’ |
| 7 | Andrew Telford , owner of Regal Diving , said : ‘ Perhaps we could have a compromise and dive only where there are no human remains . |
| 8 | I am the TCCB 's lackey , and I act only when they order me . ’ |
| 9 | But since in all of these examples the relevant traits act only as dispositions , the actual outcome in any given individual will depend on the interaction between vulnerability and other factors that trigger illness , leading to symptoms . |
| 10 | In contrast with cholera toxin , vasoactive intestinal polypeptide and prostaglandins are bound reversibly , and act only as long as their levels in plasma or in the intestinal lumen are raised . |
| 11 | He tells me , ‘ I conduct only when I am hungry . ’ |
| 12 | Speak only when spoken to . |
| 13 | For example , if the pupil maintains his or her definition of the classroom as threatening and hostile , he or she may say little and speak only when spoken to . |
| 14 | Although more representative of the whole unemployed population than the After Redundancy study , research on unemployment alone is insufficient to judge the specific impact of redundancy , especially on older workers — many of whom do not choose to declare themselves as unemployed , so register only while entitled to unemployment benefit — and the experience of economic insecurity following relatively secure employment . |
| 15 | By contrast , in a typical US company , both designing and cutting happen only after the second-generation prototypes are complete . |
| 16 | Debates on the economy usually happen only when panic has set in — which , so far , it has n't . |
| 17 | Reversion , complete only when all of the moorland plants return , may take a hundred years . |
| 18 | They had in fact stationed themselves in front of the doors which were the kind which open only if you press a button either from outside or inside . |
| 19 | A.1 The Vendor warrants and represents to and undertakes with the Purchaser that , save only as and to the extent disclosed to the Purchaser in this Agreement or in the Disclosure Letter , each of the Warranties : — |
| 20 | Watch only when pissed |
| 21 | At Macmillan College we select only because we are overwhelmed by applications and by selection we can thus ensure that we do have a fully comprehensive intake drawn from all parts of our catchment area . |
| 22 | Copepods Parabroteas sarsi and Pseudoboeckella poppei overwinter only as eggs in water bodies that freeze completely or become anoxic ; in large lakes they are active year-round , breeding in late winter to produce nauplii that feed on the early plankton bloom . |
| 23 | I wanted to be in a harder place , hearing the great murmur of shock and argument you hear only when people realize that life has changed forever . |
| 24 | Also , there are instructors with the Minister of Industry of Bangkok who teach machine knitting , but they teach only if you have a group of ten or more . |
| 25 | This must be why Parliament saw as necessary the duality of the parole system : without the advice and recommendation of a body capable of assessing the risk of early release the Secretary of State was not to act : but , having received such advice and recommendation , he was to authorise early release only if he himself was satisfied that it was in the public interest that he should . |
| 26 | The discovery of a Thomas Barton harpsichords throws fresh light on the scribbled information in the Talbot Manuscript taken from an instrument we know only as ‘ Jenny 's harpsichord ’ The stringing list is almost identical . |
| 27 | You know only as I say , it 's made easy for them . |
| 28 | 1 Entertain only if you have a good reason for doing so and only if you have something of value to impart to the guest . |
| 29 | A second example is the uneasy suspicion that we Christians believe only because we are less sceptical and therefore more shallow in our thinking . |
| 30 | There are intricate philosophical and logical disputes of the Hellenistic schools which we now understand only because Origen gave a clear account of the points at issue . |