Example sentences of "[be] [adj] only [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two-layer structure will be stable only if the density of the cool , clear upper layer is less than the bulk density of the sedimenting lower layer . |
| 2 | The Entrance Examination produced the usual number of candidates ( about 350 ) , but of these half would be interested only if a bursary or some other sort of aided place could be provided . |
| 3 | The Commission , however , raised the possibility that importers ( e.g. an auctioneer ) could benefit from the temporary importation arrangements : VAT would be payable only if the item were sold , and it would be deductible . |
| 4 | General grants would be appropriate only if the grantor felt that all local services were merit goods . |
| 5 | They will go on doing so , but they can be effective only if the fighting which seems to have broken out and the looting that I described cease . |
| 6 | However , funds provided in the third category would be available only if a country 's domestic policies were adjusted to that prescribed by the Community 's Council of Ministers . |
| 7 | A major influence was undoubtedly the personality of the dean himself , but the essential catalysts were the decision by the department of anatomy that it could no longer continue to operate two separate curricula — one for the traditional course and one for the parallel track — and the decision by several of the charitable funders of the new pathway that future grants would be available only if the scheme was adopted throughout the school . |
| 8 | This criticism is part of a wider attack on the use of classification of functions as a criterion for deciding issues such as the availability of judicial remedies to control administrative action ( the remedy of certiorari was at one time said to be available only if the decision-maker was under a duty to act ‘ judicially ’ ) , or the applicability of the rules of natural justice in particular circumstances ( sometimes said to apply only to ‘ judicial functions ’ ) . |
| 9 | 281 but , in any event , it can , in my opinion , be accurate only if the husband and wife cases are treated as being in a separate category . |
| 10 | However , the new ruling will be relevant only when the court is satisfied that the law is ambiguous or obscure . |
| 11 | Thus the inference from ( 16 ) to ( 17 ) will be valid only if the speaker index and the time index are held constant ( see e.g. Montague , 1968 ; Scott , 1970 ; Lewis , 1972 ) . |
| 12 | But such a big change would be desirable only if the structure of local government was reformed , to make it more responsive to local opinion . |