Example sentences of "[vb mod] only [verb] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Section 16(8) of the Act says the search may only extend to the purpose for which the warrant is issued . |
| 2 | In these few words we may only point to the kaleidoscope of enthusiasm and activity by secondees that has been generated across the country in such a short space of time . |
| 3 | The vendor should only account to the purchaser for post-taxation income earned during the interim stage . |
| 4 | ‘ Aye well , miss , if I do n't see her the night on the quiet , I 'll only come to the shop the morrow , an' I 'll put it plainly to her da . ’ |
| 5 | Hirst ( 1981:p. 55 ) reports that informants agreed that ‘ it ’ could only refer to the wine , and not to the table . |
| 6 | The structures of the Pentateuch were good but a stable and wealthy economic society could only flourish to the extent that Israel was obedient to the whole of the law and its commandment . |
| 7 | He sought to show how the laws imposed by certain countries to attract internationally mobile inward investment could only operate to the detriment of other states . |
| 8 | A master printer need only say to the artist , ‘ We need more yellow ’ , to qualify for ownership rights to any reproduction of the image that has emerged under his hand . |
| 9 | He waited in growing irritation while a woman minutely described her missing cat , and impressed on the desk-sergeant that it would only answer to the name Roger . |
| 10 | Capacitor C1 will only fit to the board layout if it is the type specified in the parts list . |
| 11 | The reason I make this point is that while a retired architect may be covered by the PI policy of the firm he has left , that cover will only extend to the work he was involved with while a member of that practice . |
| 12 | ‘ Bachman will only talk to the chairman of the board himself ? |
| 13 | We must be tolerant of others who do not have our gifts or drive as each of us can only perform to the extent of our own personal capacity . |
| 14 | Trade union education can only contribute to the regeneration of the movement ; first , if it is prepared to subject what now exists to sustained debate and analysis , and if its development is tied to a thorough and far-reaching commitment to more campaigning , participatory and decentralised forms of trade union organisation and action . |
| 15 | Since dogs have paws and not hands , ‘ him ’ can only refer to the vet ; and since , on configurational grounds , ‘ he ’ and ‘ him ’ can not co-refer , ‘ he ’ must refer to the dog . |
| 16 | It can only lead to the suspicion that there are dangerous men on both sides who believe violence is the only way forward . |
| 17 | In common with most other animals , including ourselves , the eyes of most snakes can only respond to the radiation which we call light . |
| 18 | Ultimately , this state of affairs can only work to the advantage of our trainees , who will come out at the end of their programme with an eminently marketable collection of skills . |
| 19 | ‘ On the contrary , a house of such character can only add to the development , ’ he replied . |
| 20 | Failure to clear it can only add to the guilt because it is also robbing a relationship the transparency that it lives on . |
| 21 | Using microcomputer programs to produce " real " newspapers can only add to the motivation of pupils as well as to the quality of the final product . |
| 22 | With such a man as their representative , Albanians can only look to the West for help before it is too late . |
| 23 | [ The first postulate of classical economics ] means that , with a given organisation , equipment and technique , real wages and the volume of output ( and hence employment ) are uniquely correlated , so that , in general , an increase in employment can only occur to the accompaniment of a decline in the rate of real wages . |