Example sentences of "only [be] [verb] [conj] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twentieth-century evolutionists such as George Gaylord Simpson have argued that Darwin 's theory of adaptive evolution is incompatible with a belief in the necessity of progress , but in the late nineteenth century a philosophy of universal change could only be accepted if the changes were assumed to have a purposeful goal . |
| 2 | Items marked with an asterisk [ * ] would only be given if the adventurers had overcome Drachenfels himself . |
| 3 | The power of entry and search section 17(1) ( d ) of PACE can only be exercised if the police are in pursuit of the patient . |
| 4 | In reply to Trevelyan 's comments about this land being sufficient for the new building , Hall made the astonishing remark that this could only be determined after the plans were sent in by the competing architects . |
| 5 | The National Curriculum may introduce a greater degree of consistency in respect of subject content , but quality in the way such content is treated will only be achieved if the anomalies at the various levels — LEA support , school curriculum management and development , classroom provision — are attended to . |
| 6 | ( 2 ) That a secure accommodation order could only be made if the provisions of subsection ( 1 ) were satisfied and the justices had to consider the statutory criteria and then formulate their reasons within the criteria ; that the justices ' reasons clearly demonstrated that they had not considered whether the order was necessary to protect the child from harm if he was likely to abscond from other types of accommodation ; and that , therefore , the appeal would have to be allowed but the court would make an interim order restricting the child 's liberty for three weeks within which time the matter should be reheard ( post , pp. 93C–F , 94H — 95B , 96G–H , 98D ) . |
| 7 | Oppression can only be overcome when the producers themselves manage production , when workers and peasants exercise self-management . |
| 8 | Disadvantage : the chute can become fouled and therefore should only be built if the users are willing to keep it clean . |
| 9 | It could only be assumed that the prints were obtained in a clandestine manner . |
| 10 | They can also be used to induce the birth of kids , but plainly this must only be done when the kids are due . |
| 11 | But the beneficial impact of such initiatives will only be felt when the punters start discriminating positively in favour of those taking a lead . |
| 12 | It could only be hoped that the mooring-ropes were in better case than the anchors . |
| 13 | Nobody discovered , pre-opening , that the hair-dryers provided in one luxury provincial hotel could only be used if the guests bent double or sat on the bedroom floor . |
| 14 | This phase will only be entered if no errors were detected during the prepass phase and the user has selected to continue at the end of the prepass phase . |
| 15 | At present , road blocks can only be set if the police have reasonable grounds for believing a serious offence is about to be committed , or if they are searching for someone who intends to commit an offence . |
| 16 | But a certificate can only be produced when the results have been received from presenting centres . |
| 17 | But a difference between the two conditions ( the two INT groups of the figure ) could only be found if the effects of aversive conditioning were context-specific ; and , as we have already seen , aversive conditioning ( at least with a moderate level of initial training and a mild shock as the US such as Kaye et al . |