Example sentences of "[vb mod] only [vb infin] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may only conjecture about the degree to which these subjective assessments were influenced by prior experience of the school in other contexts , the existence of good or bad relations between the reporter and the staff of the school , and the personal prejudices and preferences of the individual concerned . |
| 2 | Section 16(8) of the Act says the search may only extend to the purpose for which the warrant is issued . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ The Commission may only deal with the matter after all domestic remedies have been exhausted , according to the generally recognised rules of international law . ’ |
| 5 | I 'd always understood that land should only go into the greenbelt if it was necessary to be kept permanently open , by reason of it performing one of the five purposes . |
| 6 | However campers should only stay for a night or two , be unobtrusive and sensitive to wildlife , and leave no litter . |
| 7 | The vendor should only account to the purchaser for post-taxation income earned during the interim stage . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 9 | I 'll only get in the way . |
| 10 | you might only lose about a paragraph of work |
| 11 | The company was bound by the representation and could only rely on the exclusion clause to exclude liability for damage to beads and sequins . |
| 12 | He said that councillors had no idea what was going on , and could only rely on the advice of the council 's officials . |
| 13 | There were large and small holes and we could only go through a hole once . |
| 14 | He contended that pleasure could only arise from the satisfaction of an impulse and that therefore there could be no pleasure , and no possibility of satisfying a desire for pleasure , unless there were impulses towards things other than pleasure . |
| 15 | He could only think of the confessional 's stock-in-trade : ‘ Did you find pleasure in it , Luke ? ’ |
| 16 | Rosemary Roche , 35 , of Gillingham , Kent , endured five years of pain and for a while could only walk with a stick , said Deputy High Court Judge Morrison . |
| 17 | It was successfully argued that the phrase " is or " could only relate to a customer when the soliciting is taking place . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm taking you in my arms , ’ he returned with a calmness she could only envy from the bottom of her heart . |
| 19 | We could only travel at the rate of the slowest ship , and once out in the Irish Sea were ‘ blacked out ’ . |
| 20 | It was so much the sort of remark one could only make to a girl friend , but Rupert took it very nicely and said with only slightly forced heartiness , ‘ Jolly good , and it 's an excuse for me to have a better meal than usual , too . |
| 21 | At first many people , including Israel himself , argued that since black holes had to be perfectly spherical , a black hole could only form from the collapse of a perfectly spherical object . |
| 22 | Its concern with adolescent love , and the way in which its idealism and purity can not evade the sullying effects of adult realities , paralleled Minton 's own fear of lost youth , his obsession with adolescence and desire for a love that could only exist in a state untrammelled by adult responsibilities . |
| 23 | She could only guess at the operation . |
| 24 | Although he could only guess at the enemy 's destination Hawke did not hesitate , as his despatch to the Admiralty next day confirms : ‘ I have carried a press of sail all night , with a hard gale at south-south-east , in pursuit of the enemy , and make no doubt of coming up with them at sea or in Quiberon Bay . ’ |
| 25 | There was still that bleak emptiness about his eyes , and Lissa could only guess at the torment he was going through . |
| 26 | The history of my birth is unclear because NHS records have now been lost , so doctors in later years could only guess at the cause of my disability which became evident a few week after I was born . |
| 27 | But since he had only a vague idea about the length of the Tarvaras day , he could only guess from the position of the sun and the length of the shadows that it was mid to late afternoon . |
| 28 | ’ The announcer could only guess from the urgency in the Chief Constable 's voice that the situation was very , very serious . |
| 29 | In Kober 's pianos the check could only function as a hammer rest and not as a true check because the hammer pointed towards the player . |
| 30 | He predicted that the Sparc market could only benefit from the presence of a set of viable suppliers of Sparc chips — LSI Logic Corp and Cypress Semiconductor Corp having demonstrated ‘ less of a clear roadmap for the future ’ . |