Example sentences of "[conj] only for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It raised the more general and important question whether the determination of a statutory tribunal with a limited jurisdiction could give rise to issue estoppel at all , or only to cause of action estoppel ; in other words , whether it could give rise to an estoppel for all purposes or only for the limited purpose for which the jurisdiction to make the determination was conferred . |
| 2 | The battle of the Catalaunian Plains was proof that the imperial policy could work , if only for a limited period of time . |
| 3 | If a killer thinks , even if only for a split second , that it is face to face with an owl or an eagle , it is very likely to back away and this may give the harmless bluffer enough time to escape . |
| 4 | When the slings and arrows of outrageous everyday life buffet our heads , we escape to Assynt , even if only for a long weekend , and always return refreshed , perspective regained . |
| 5 | Mungo could not explain why but he felt a sense of release at being out of the village , if only for a short time . |
| 6 | Some diets are not successful at all but some are , even if only for a short time . |
| 7 | His new civility did not last , but , as Daisy Yates remarked one day in the following week , it had been pleasant not to have such a right little God Almighty in Cas. , if only for a short time . |
| 8 | Well , of course this option must be open , but the needs of the women who choose to stay at home , if only for a short time , can not be ignored . |
| 9 | Freedom , if only for a short time , and she would have a chance to speak to Rose , whom she had not seen since their evening out together up West . |
| 10 | It is good that we can walk into that world again , even if only for a brief interlude . |
| 11 | Fifty years later they captured Delphi , if only for a brief period . |
| 12 | On second thoughts , it might not be such a bad idea , if only for a different reason . |
| 13 | Stay , if only for a little while . ’ |
| 14 | A malinger round the monument is worth your while , if only for the extraordinary view down Loch Shiel and to reassure yourself that you will soon be leaving behind all the people milling idly around their coaches , to whom 1745 means quarter to six . |
| 15 | There follows the observation that the need for responsiveness to rapid technological change and fluctuating economic climate requires management to involve employees in the process of making decisions , if only for the practical reason that there will be great difficulty in carrying through decisions against resistance by trade unions . |
| 16 | Help was duly forthcoming — if only for the practical reason that the dollar was bound to suffer in the event of a sterling crisis . |
| 17 | The whole book is worth buying if only for the fourteenth-century teddy bear and cuddly elephant in colour in plate 27 . |
| 18 | Each time Celia re-entered the clinic he could not deny a feeling of overwhelming relief , although he still tried to spend at least one night at home mid-week , if only for the brief half-hour in the morning , which he was able to devote to Harry . |
| 19 | In the exercise of that right the landlord may exclude the tenant from occupation , but only for a reasonable time , and only if to do so is essential for the execution of the work ( McGreal v Wake ( 1984 ) 269 EG 1254 ) . |
| 20 | Grimsbury Secondary Modern was on the other side of the town , and had to be accommodated — I believe it was , successfully — within the plans , but only for a transitional period . |
| 21 | They had provided her with a local map , pin-pointing the exact location of the Château La Tour Monchauzet , and explaining she should take the Villereal road out of Issigeac , but only for a short distance . |
| 22 | In the end we all agree that AZT is an effective drug , but only for a short period . ’ |
| 23 | It seems that Gainsborough produced such works as favours for important clients , but only for a short period in his career , later preferring oil on paper for smaller portraits of this sort . |
| 24 | But they do , they get paid a lot of money but only for a short period of time . |
| 25 | In the event , two professors — Moorcroft and Coleman — were appointed , but only for a brief period . |
| 26 | He had seen her weep before but only for a sick horse , and he was awe-struck . |
| 27 | The two of them had once shared a mistress in Lewisham , but only for a little while . |
| 28 | Knight became aware in April last year that Betts was producing the assembly for L'Oreal , but only for the European market . |
| 29 | The All Indonesia Labour Federation ( FBSI ) , a tame ‘ yellow ’ union created by the Suharto regime , signed a collective labour agreement with Caltex , but only for the small elite of core workers . |