Example sentences of "but only [subord] [art] [noun sg] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The amendment differed from the original Human Life bill by allowing abortion in cases of incest , and after rape , but only if the rape was reported within seven days . |
| 2 | Odd-Knut agreed , but only if the bottle was found tomorrow rather than today . |
| 3 | It remained technically possible for an Australian to be knighted , but only if the Queen were to make an award within her own personal order ( the Victorian order ) , an honour which was also available to non-Commonwealth citizens . |
| 4 | Guillaume believed in Modigliani 's gift and felt convinced that the price of his work would appreciate , but only if the painter was allowed to develop in peace . |
| 5 | stated that if the Minister were acting administratively natural justice would not apply , that the Minister was in fact acting quasi-judicially but only because the situation was ‘ triangular ’ in that the Minister was deciding a lis inter partes between the local authority and objectors . |