Example sentences of "[vb mod] only [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ironically , though Sweeney appears to promise a way out , he may only lead the sensitive reader back into the circle of sexual-religious speculations . |
| 2 | Insurance may ONLY cover the current market value of your car , not what you paid for it . |
| 3 | MID-RANGE motorcycles may only cover the 25O-65Occ class , but there 's nothing average in the type and style of biking they offer . |
| 4 | Only users which were specified during the configuration of LIFESPAN RDBI may view LIFESPAN information within the relational database , and they may only view the same information as they have access to in LIFESPAN . |
| 5 | It must be remembered that a child with an IQ of 50 may only have the mental age of nine when they leave school , although their social abilities may be reasonably comparable with their actual age . |
| 6 | Now , I have put down reports about the finance committee er as it were but I think the responses from the churches and districts sort of calculator will be there , we think that it would seem as though we should only offer the same amount as last year . |
| 7 | Now , in the absence of ordeal , they could only await the final vindication of their cause in heaven . |
| 8 | Population was increasing , trade and industry growing ; it was an expanding economy with wonderful new opportunities for making money if one could only strike the right spot . |
| 9 | Although he made a partial recovery in 1926 , he could only conduct the One-Year course at Wells , where he lived . |
| 10 | That could only prevent the sheer miracle of grace from standing as it must on its own as God 's free and loving initiative and movement towards us . |
| 11 | Some studies stated quite explicitly that they had chosen to study young men only because they felt that as male ethnographers they could only portray the male point of view . |
| 12 | Even for those most deeply committed to the official view , these revelations could only reopen the vexed question of why the Scottish police and the FBI had changed their minds so comprehensively after claiming for at least 18 months that the bombing had been carried out by Ahmed Jibril 's PFLP — GC at the instigation of Iran and Syria . |
| 13 | The darkness was almost complete now ; she could only see the faintest outline of his features , enough to know that they 'd taken on a hard , determined cast . |
| 14 | Behaviour motivated by such economic criteria , it was argued , could only harm the doctor-patient relationship . |
| 15 | He could only hear the distant sound of police whistles , screaming for help . |
| 16 | One need only read the 1908 debate — as I have done — to see clearly that the Liberal Government addressed that question . |
| 17 | The hon. Gentleman does not need to rely on my words to rebut every word that he has just said ; he need only read the latest edition of the in-house magazine of the Confederation of Health Service Employees , where it is written : ’ The Mid-Glamorgan District Linen Service is efficient because it has no choice . |
| 18 | Members heard financial bids made for City Challenge funding would only cover the hard engineering part of the anti-flood scheme at a cost of £800,000 . |
| 19 | In the case of the harder spectra , even high column densities ( N H =10 22 ) would only attenuate the coronal emission by a factor of 20–25 . |
| 20 | After over a year on the specialised endocrine ward here at Coronation Hospital , she was well aware of Deana 's deserved reputation as a malicious gossip , and knew that her heated denial would only pique the older girl 's interest . |
| 21 | In this reply and in the report British Labour and Communism submitted to the 1936 Annual Conference , the Labour Party stressed that acceptance of the application would only serve the Communist Party 's ends . |
| 22 | SEPARATED BY just a few miles in distance and a few hours in time , the West 's most powerful central banker and the Soviet prime minister were yesterday at one : immediate and full scale price reform would only confront the Soviet Union with runaway inflation . |
| 23 | That , sadly , is a market at work , and suppressing it would only bestow the seedy glamour of the underground . |
| 24 | During the talks the Unionist leaders argued hard for a reintroduction of internment , but the SDLP suggested that such a measure would only alienate the Catholic minority in the province . |
| 25 | Kicking the ball up field and ‘ hoping for the best ’ , as you put it , is fundamental to my strategy this season and a change in policy now would only disrupt the well-oiled machine I have created . |
| 26 | For the interest rate yeah , but it would only buy the same sort of mortgage that Tina 's got on it already . |
| 27 | He shook his head slowly , to show some reaction , staring past the druggist at the dark handcrafted old shelving , wondering if he should remember every detail of this place , and sadly realising he would only remember the huge can of chilli that appeared on the menu board as Home Made . |
| 28 | It was this sort of in-between authority that he could not tolerate as he felt that it would only increase the existing element of confusion . |
| 29 | We were not terribly surprised when he was informed that he would only receive the basic amount , since he had been lucky enough to get a golden handshake . |
| 30 | Inconsistent State practice would only defeat the entire purpose of the convention for a stable regime . |