Example sentences of "[conj] only [subord] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Geologically this seems unlikely , if only because the Campanian chalk is widely distributed in the Paris Basin and is certainly not confined to the Montagne de Reims . ’
2 Peripheries in relatively advanced societies which have undergone the process of homogenisation described by Shils may be susceptible to investigation by pluralist methods , if only because the overwhelming predominance of a specific value-system ensures that peripheral conflict is usually limited to items which do not impinge on the central elite values .
3 Most pundits , so far at least , rule out the prospect of a neutral unified Germany , if only because the Federal Republic is too deeply rooted in the West to distance itself from its allies .
4 There was considerable irony in the fact that it was Baden-Powell , the maverick hero of Mafeking , who should come to rescue England from its Hooligans , if only because the feverish excitement of the jingo crowds and the ‘ Mafficking ’ that accompanied the South African campaign was thought to be no less of an affront to the English sang froid than ‘ Hooliganism ’ itself .
5 Inevitably , he will emerge as a different artist , if only because the full extent of his achievement simply has n't been seen together .
6 The media item can be used again , but only if the Offline Manager re-initialises it and allocates it a new , unique identifier in VMS , then re-introduces it to the Offline System .
7 The media item can be used again , but only if the Offline Manager re-initialises it and allocates it a new , unique identifier in VMS , then re-introduces it to the offline system .
8 Praise was never given to an individual child but only when the entire class did well .
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