Example sentences of "[adj] only with [art] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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1 | Such research has become possible only with the advent of tunable lasers , which can emit light over a range of wavelengths . |
2 | Walpole , who had kept his hands almost clean , began the task of rebuilding , a task that was possible only with the cooperation of the Bank of England and the East India Company in taking up some of the over-issued stock . |
3 | Darwinism destroys the presumption that a separate organism functions primarily to preserve itself ( as do simpler homeostatic systems which do not reproduce ) ; it shows me that even at the biological level my spontaneity only secondarily and partially serves myself , and invites the reflection that behaving consistently to my own advantage became conceivable only with the clarification of my viewpoint in contrast with others , which in turn implies that I have been assuming other viewpoints from the beginning of self-consciousness . |
4 | Although the USA had been successful in persuading the UN Trusteeship Council ( where the Soviet Union had no power of veto ) to declare the trusteeship terminated in 1986 , little diplomatic recognition had been extended to the FSM or to the Marshall Islands , since the view was widely held that termination could become effective only with the approval of the Security Council . |
5 | Peter Brachaki 's TARDIS control room set made up the bulk of the design requirements , leaving Cusick only with the task of constructing two dormitory rooms . |
6 | In that case , this House was concerned only with the position of the Crown in law enforcement actions . |
7 | This sketch is concerned only with the framework of the solid objects , no attempt is made to suggest blocks of light and shade as this would inhibit the application of paint to these pre-defined areas , denying the paint its freedom to run , bleed and react with the previously described qualities of the paper . |
8 | This sketch is concerned only with the framework of the solid objects , no attempt is made to suggest blocks of light and shade as this would inhibit the application of paint to these pre-defined areas , denying the paint its freedom to run , bleed and react with the previously described qualities of the paper . |
9 | This is no less true in the surveying profession , and those who were once concerned only with the responsibility of quality control and personal time apportionment will have found that a position of seniority in an expanding work sector now requires a far broader range of management skills . |
10 | Many feel a certain warmth for Kant 's idea that the only thing which is good without qualification and in all circumstances is a good will , without accepting that a good will is one concerned only with the performance of duty for duty 's sake . |
11 | Moral considerations are the responsibility of others to pontificate on ; I can be concerned only with the advancement of knowledge . |
12 | Thornburgh , who was about to leave the government in order to contest a Senate vacancy , insisted that he was concerned only with the jurisdiction of federal judges , and not with the rights or wrongs of the abortion issue . |
13 | During Hart 's time the responsibilities of the customs had been concerned only with the collection of duties and the prevention of smuggling ; Chinese officials were responsible for banking the revenue and for its use in the service of loans and other financial obligations to foreign governments for which it was security . |
14 | Homage was not concerned with spiritual functions : it was concerned only with the tenure of land , and the act of homage was one of the main foundations of social organization . |
15 | Mr Gorbachev 's adviser on military affairs , Marshal Sergei Akhromeev , has said that the allied operation contravenes UN resolutions , which are concerned only with the liberation of Kuwait . |
16 | It is compatible only with a system of production and a society moving within narrow limits which are of natural origin ’ ( Marx , 1976 , pp. 927–8 ) . |