Example sentences of "but only [subord] [art] [noun sg] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end , what most people believed would happen did happen — but only after the manager had been led to think it would n't . |
| 2 | They could get hot water , but only after the fire had been going for a while and the back boiler had heated up . |
| 3 | At the end of the term the landlord is guaranteed possession by the Court , but only if the landlord has followed certain procedural steps correctly . |
| 4 | Some interesting and useful things can be done in the way of improving specific item search systems , but only if the catalogue has considerable " knowledge " of bibliographical items ( for example , one can envisage a catalogue which could say , " We have n't got Joseph Matthews on online catalogue screen displays , but there is an article in Library trends which might be of some interest " ) . |
| 5 | Following the safety line up to your guide boat seems to be the best possibility , but only if the line has not been cut on the sharp edges of the ice , or if the boat tender has not had to release the safety line to keep his boat from being capsized or dragged under the iceberg . |
| 6 | The president , Cory Aquino , confirmed weeks of rumour on March 21st when she said that the ban on Mrs Marcos would be lifted so that she could go on trial in Manila , but only when the government had decided what to charge her with . |
| 7 | The 1859 committee was dissolved a year later , but only because the government had decided to treat the press with greater subtlety . |
| 8 | Since 1989 the emission of pollutants has in fact fallen , but only because the economy has collapsed . |