Example sentences of "only [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is n't only queers that get AIDS you know . |
| 2 | One can only presume that another , more competitive product was needed to counter the twin stem camming devices made by Hugh Banner and Faces . |
| 3 | They give the appearance of a ‘ setting sun ’ under the D string and , as everything else appears to line up okay , I can only presume that the markers themselves are off-centre . |
| 4 | I had n't even noticed the pickets and I can only presume that they had parted before me as I walked towards them as they still do today . |
| 5 | All over the country hurt and disillusioned journalists and would-be journalists wondering why they had never received a reply could only presume that they had been rejected . |
| 6 | Moser ( 1978 ) typically deals with the way information is broken down in interpretation from sentences and context into meaning , and one can only presume that she proposes a similar process for the reconstruction of the message in the second language . |
| 7 | The crypts were small , too small to have needed a central pillar to support the ceiling , so we can only presume that the pillar had a symbolic significance to the Minoans ( Plate 18 ) . |
| 8 | Maybe the Russians were screening something from him ; he could only presume that they were . |
| 9 | I could only presume that as this was April they were concerned with spawning and were only doing all the strange things that other species do when pre-occupied with that activity . |
| 10 | It was not only fear that drove her forward . |
| 11 | I am only suggesting that you take a little time off , shall we say , until you are quite well again ? " |
| 12 | Do n't you think they 're only using that as |
| 13 | He was never told why he lost his captaincy and I can only think that the committee felt that a more adventurous approach was needed . |
| 14 | I can only think that I mean it sticks to the sides of the bin at the bottom |
| 15 | I can only think that the teacher wanted to get as much mileage from the whole thing as she could . |
| 16 | Instead of worrying about what fitzAlan might do to her after her last defiant outburst , she could only think that he might be in danger . |
| 17 | However , standing in the church behind her cousin , Laura could only think that Liz must be totally and blindly in love ! |
| 18 | Here , I can only think that he was saying , ‘ well , we do n't know that there 's the full authority of the city council in this view ’ , but erm I 'm not going to put up a defence , I just think that what we do is basically stress from yourself and from the chief officer that we do want this file known . |
| 19 | We can only stress that no reputable antiques dealer would ever conduct business on a doorstep . |
| 20 | ‘ We can only stress that such information from the public is vital if we are to bring people like Watson to trial . |
| 21 | I can only stress that when we return to our dingy little squats after a hard day baiting rock gods and ignoring letters from readers , there 's nothing we like better than a long listen to Pink Floyd 's ‘ Animals ’ or Mr Oldfield 's ‘ Ommadawn ’ while soaking our horny feet in a scalding bowl of mushroom chow mein . |
| 22 | He may prefer only to claim that they apply once ethical language and judgement are understood in the way he recommends . |
| 23 | Note 2.4.4 The rather pedantic observation that ( ab ) c = a(bc) is included here only to emphasise that the associativity of unc depends heavily on that of . |
| 24 | It is good for leaders to be aware of these if only to see that to gather together towards the Lord may take some time . |
| 25 | This is harassment , plain and simple , ’ she charged him grittily , only to see that insolent grin appear on his face . |
| 26 | I have tried the Theakston 's brewed at the Masham brewery in recent weeks , and can only comment that I prefer the Gallowgate product . |
| 27 | We are unable to explain why vitamin B12 absorption decreased during treatment with loperamide oxide , but can only comment that the magnitude of the change was relatively small . |
| 28 | At the very least , conditioned inhibition training is likely to differ from latent inhibition training in that the former is likely to convey the information that a given event ( a given US ) will not occur whereas the latter could only convey that no event will occur . |
| 29 | The link with sovereignty and with the ultra vires doctrine is provided by implication : parliament only intended that such discretion should be exercised on relevant and not irrelevant considerations , or to achieve proper and not improper purposes . |
| 30 | After farmer Desmond Drayton granted use of his fields adjoining the original site , it returned in '86 with a hurriedly assembled bill featuring The Mission , Killing Joke , FM , Saxon , New Model Army , It Bites and Hawkwind , only to confirm that Reading was suffering from a massive non-identity crisis . |