Example sentences of "[vb mod] only [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 If you hold a full Great Britain licence but are currently disqualified in GB you may only apply for a provisional licence .
2 Any actuarial calculation must therefore be discounted to allow for the chance that he may only live for a shorter period .
3 During the course of the day the Bank 's objective will be to provide enough assistance to the money market ( through outright bill operations and the other techniques discussed below ) to relieve the overall expected shortage , but purchases of bills by the Bank at the early rounds of assistance during the course of the day might only account for a small proportion of the overall assistance provided , for four main reasons .
4 Warned that she could only stay for a few moments , Laura had sat down quietly in a chair beside the bed , taking her cousin 's inert , pale hand and praying , as she had never prayed before , that Liz would be able to survive her ordeal .
5 Martin Cruz Smith has an intriguing hero to play with ; if he could only Strive For a Decisive Upswing in Plot Design , his mastery of the chilly thriller would be complete .
6 Again , the benefits of being landlord , so far as they can enure to an owner who has parted with the property , would only continue for a former landlord who had continuing liability .
7 After the model had been repaired , Watt discovered that it would only work for a few stroked and then stop .
8 That will not happen immediately or alternatively it will only happen for a short period of time .
9 Now Rebecca 's family can only hope for a suitable kidney from an accident victim .
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