Example sentences of "for only [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For only where there are seams of Belemnita quadrata chalk , covered by a layer of Tertiary debris , will the vines produce radiant crops on the Falaises , and grapes that can be turned into champagne which has champagne 's unique , inimitable flavour . ’ |
| 2 | For only when one is able to discriminate between what must be discarded and what still remains as valuable for the future will one also be able to decide whether one is ready to strike out in the new direction consciously and positively . |
| 3 | There is an approximate parallel in the history of religion : precise theological definitions of doctrine are called for only when doubters and heretics enter the picture . |
| 4 | It is not the purpose of this book to provide a history of coinage , however brief , but rather to focus on the methods by which coins are studied , for only when these methods are properly understood and applied can we realise the full potential of coins as an aid to interpreting the past . |
| 5 | Nor can we fundamentally question the rules of logic , for only when we assume them can we ask a question at all . |
| 6 | Every castle mustered its defences and stood by to repel the normal sharp and brief attack ; for only when they were insolently sure of their supremacy did the Welsh assay a siege . |
| 7 | It clearly precludes the collection of data for its own sake , or just in case it might turn out to be useful ; and it requires that information shall be kept for only as long as it remains relevant . |
| 8 | There are probably about 50 stars within radio range if we assume that they have had radio technology for only as long as we have . |
| 9 | The other alternative is to claim that the very constitution of individuals as intentional subjects serves to legitimate capitalist modes of production , for only if individuals perceive themselves as free agents will these alienating arrangements seem tolerable . |
| 10 | Kant , as we saw , held that the unity of the phenomenal world can be accounted for only if space and time are interpreted as forms of our intuition , not as properties of things in themselves , but that for this very reason we must accept that there is an extra-phenomenal as well as a phenomenal side to reality , with things in themselves being inaccessible to cognition . |
| 11 | Overseas markets too are affected , for only if they can reach ports at reasonable cost and efficiency can goods be readily exported . |