Example sentences of "only [be] [vb pp] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the decision can not be impugned on the facts , it undoubtedly confirms the difficulties which inventor employees face where the employer 's sales can only be traced to a single main purchaser of the patented product . |
| 2 | The SD in the industrial town of Schweinfurt in Lower Franconia reported complaints in March 1941 from the poorer sections of the population that badges bearing a picture of the Führer could only be obtained through a sizeable contribution to Winter Aid collectors , and that there were too few to satisfy the demand . |
| 3 | ‘ Its success can only be ensured by a maximum effort from all those willing and able to work to that end . |
| 4 | One swim I know on the Hampshire Avon near Ringwood can only be fished on a quiet day , when few other anglers are around . |
| 5 | In the main , notices to be given under the Act can only be given in the prescribed form ( see the Landlord and Tenant 1954 Part II ( Notices ) ( Amendment ) Regulations 1989 ) . |
| 6 | Without probate of the will or letters of administration , neither executor nor administrator can take any steps in any other court of law , for the executor 's proof of his title , and the administrator 's title itself , can only be given by the Ecclesiastical Court . |
| 7 | Your protected rights can only be invested in a single contract , in contrast to your/ your employer 's extra or voluntary contributions which can be invested in as many different personal plans as you please . |
| 8 | The various parties involved in the peace process had tended to ignore the issue , working on the assumption that it could only be tackled at an advanced stage of a settlement . |
| 9 | For many Keynesians , and certainly Keynes himself , the celebrated ‘ problem of money wages ’ was essentially one which could only be tackled on a political as opposed to an economic front . |
| 10 | There would also be limits on coverage of uninsured deposits of more than $100,000 , as a means of reducing taxpayer exposure to losses from wealthy individuals holding multiple accounts and to deter risk taking ; in future uninsured deposits would only be covered by the FDIC if this was the least costly measure , and in rare cases of high risk by the Treasury and Federal Reserve . |
| 11 | The manner in which death came to men , including those innocent of any offence , could be so appalling that the final stroke could only be regarded as a merciful relief . |
| 12 | While most students not in receipt of a job offer were making applications and attending interviews at the time they completed the Initial destinations questionnaires , the fact that one third of students would be looking for employment at the end of the courses can only be regarded as a disappointing , and rather unexpected , finding . |
| 13 | For public transport flights it is a very small risk indeed , but it can only be regarded as a prudent action to take out personal life insurance before one voluntarily exposes oneself to the hazards of flight . |
| 14 | Furthermore , it was felt that the potential costs of providing the necessary microfilming equipment , plus additional staff time , would outweigh any benefits gained , particularly as this could only be regarded as an interim solution before progressing to greater computerisation . |
| 15 | In what can only be regarded as the ultimate pilot 's ‘ Jim 'll fix it ’ fantasy come true , he persuaded the RAF to let him go through key parts of the four-year course that ends with a posting to an operational fighter squadron . |
| 16 | The high prices for such things could only be explained by a separate blurb which claimed meat from ‘ English rare breeds ’ and a lot of stuff about natural rearing and hand finishing ( a bonus , I pointed out to my guest , a Texan with special interests in T.S . |
| 17 | The repeated blindnesses of critics can only be explained by a deep dissatisfaction in them with the very data of ‘ fairy-story ’ , an inhibition against accepting the conventions of romance . |
| 18 | Paisley has gone on record time after time to condemn the assassination of Catholics and has insisted that the potential violence represented by the old Protestant Volunteers and more recently by the Third Force should only be exercised in a defensive manner and in the event of a complete breakdown of law and order . |
| 19 | There is one area in which costing systems can do no more than provide the raw data , and that is in the treatment of overruns , variations and claims , which can often only be quantified by a detailed interpretation of the data recorded in the system . |
| 20 | As this inflow increases — a population movement which can only be compared to the millennial westward movement of peoples to Europe which ended with the defeat of the Mongols — a final answer will be given to our absorbing little debate about European identity . |
| 21 | The minimum and maximum periods for verification can only be determined for a particular installation . |
| 22 | A checklist of some strategic factors which may be relevant is not good enough — the appropriate factors and their relative weights can only be determined through a conceptual model of the market place . |
| 23 | and Otton J. ) affirmed his acquittal by the Crown Court ( which had allowed an appeal against conviction by justices ) on the ground that the defendant , when required to give blood , had raised an objection capable of amounting to a medical reason why blood should not be taken and that this could only be determined by a medical practitioner . |
| 24 | Access can only be denied for a maximum period of thirty-six hours . |
| 25 | Attitudinist and intuitionist agree that this could only be denied through the naturalistic fallacy . |
| 26 | The cosmic balance , which involved the regular recurrence of the seasonal phenomena , could , however , only be maintained by an unceasing control . |
| 27 | Britain , in common with the Allies , had learned from the First World War that international peace and stability could only be maintained by the early restoration of Germany to the comity of nations . |
| 28 | No appeal lies against decisions of the Supervisory Authority and its decisions may only be scrutinized in the ordinary course of justice if they relate to the suspension of quotation of securities at the stock exchange . |
| 29 | What was the error from which he could only be saved by the apocalyptic vision of the future world itself ? |
| 30 | On the downside , high performance can today only be achieved with a proprietary multi-chip implementation , early PowerPC implementations will not be performance leaders and IBM is caught up in internal conflicts over the AS/400 and its mainframes . |