Example sentences of "only [subord] it [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rest came from increasing the electricity supply only until it met specific development needs . |
| 2 | All experience showed that an attack had some prospect of success only if it had numerical superiority in a ratio of at least 3 : 1 . |
| 3 | On the other hand we all know that any social and political change — call it revolution or not , it does n't really matter — is meaningful only if it builds new institutions . |
| 4 | for art historians , incomplete schemes or dismembered works such as altarpieces have the attraction of needing detective work ; but a critic takes an interest in a reconstruction only if it throws new light on surviving art . |
| 5 | As the reader will appreciate , a country can fund a continuing current account deficit only if it has limitless reserves of gold and foreign exchange or unlimited foreign borrowing power . |
| 6 | The Article 22 proposal for EEC funding of pilot schemes to demonstrate to farmers how they can achieve the objectives of development plans is to be welcomed but only if it includes environmental considerations as suggested by several witnesses to the House of Lords Select Committee . |
| 7 | Forestry is to a certain extent in conflict with agriculture not only because it removes large areas of land from farming for 50 or more years , but also because in its modern forms of organisation it tends to employ fewer local people . |
| 8 | In May , 1991 , the Digital Information Group 's Software Industry Bulletin reported that SelecTronics expects to report a ‘ significant loss ’ for its financial year ended 31 March and that it is restructuring its business so that it manufactures handheld devices only when it has firm orders from its distribution channels . |