Example sentences of "only [be] [vb pp] [prep] a [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 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The minimum and maximum periods for verification can only be determined for a particular installation . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Access can only be denied for a maximum period of thirty-six hours . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Dynamic equilibria , whether physical or chemical , are characterised by a number of features : the dynamic equilibria consist of forward and reverse processes ; the forward and reverse processes are balanced ; the overall properties of a system in dynamic equilibrium are constant ; the equilibrium can be achieved from either the forward or reverse direction ; dynamic equilibrium can only be achieved in a closed system . |
| 20 | This can only be defined by a large claw-like grasp on his left forearm , which could be identified as a tentacle of the Hydra . |
| 21 | It can only be altered by a separate legal document called a ‘ codicil ’ . |
| 22 | But although it is such a widespread condition , endometriosis is often overlooked because it can only be diagnosed by a minor surgical procedure called laparoscopy ( the insertion of an illuminated instrument through a small incision in the abdomen ) and many suffers do have problems getting their GPs to refer them to a specialist who can do the these for them . |
| 23 | It could only be followed for a limited period of time . |
| 24 | In Bucharest as in Pyongyang , it may well be that severe repression can in the first instance only be challenged by a well-aimed bullet . |
| 25 | In Bucharest as in Pyongyang , it may well be that severe repression can in the first instance only be challenged by a well-aimed bullet . |
| 26 | It is vicious because , as I have just argued , the external relation that constitutes the meaning of the mental content is not something that the subject himself can apprehend : it can only be constructed from a third-person perspective . |
| 27 | If these currents are confined , at every point along the beach the addition of more and more water could only be handled by a continuous acceleration of the current , which does not occur . |
| 28 | Application may only be made by a foreign lawyer , i.e. a person who is not an English ( or Welsh ) solicitor or barrister but who is a member , and entitled to practise as such , of a legal profession regulated within a jurisdiction outside England and Wales . |
| 29 | Summing up his goodwill mission , Benavides said that the sharp differences between the two sides would only be overcome by a political decision made at highest level . |
| 30 | Equitable Life Assurance Society in Guernsey ( 0481 716021 ) has designed International Investment Plan written under Guernsey life law and which can be on joint lives ; while International Personal Pension Plan written under Guernsey pensions legislation can only be written on a single life . |