Example sentences of "would only [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Members heard financial bids made for City Challenge funding would only cover the hard engineering part of the anti-flood scheme at a cost of £800,000 . |
| 2 | In the case of the harder spectra , even high column densities ( N H =10 22 ) would only attenuate the coronal emission by a factor of 20–25 . |
| 3 | After over a year on the specialised endocrine ward here at Coronation Hospital , she was well aware of Deana 's deserved reputation as a malicious gossip , and knew that her heated denial would only pique the older girl 's interest . |
| 4 | In this reply and in the report British Labour and Communism submitted to the 1936 Annual Conference , the Labour Party stressed that acceptance of the application would only serve the Communist Party 's ends . |
| 5 | SEPARATED BY just a few miles in distance and a few hours in time , the West 's most powerful central banker and the Soviet prime minister were yesterday at one : immediate and full scale price reform would only confront the Soviet Union with runaway inflation . |
| 6 | That , sadly , is a market at work , and suppressing it would only bestow the seedy glamour of the underground . |
| 7 | During the talks the Unionist leaders argued hard for a reintroduction of internment , but the SDLP suggested that such a measure would only alienate the Catholic minority in the province . |
| 8 | Kicking the ball up field and ‘ hoping for the best ’ , as you put it , is fundamental to my strategy this season and a change in policy now would only disrupt the well-oiled machine I have created . |
| 9 | For the interest rate yeah , but it would only buy the same sort of mortgage that Tina 's got on it already . |
| 10 | He shook his head slowly , to show some reaction , staring past the druggist at the dark handcrafted old shelving , wondering if he should remember every detail of this place , and sadly realising he would only remember the huge can of chilli that appeared on the menu board as Home Made . |
| 11 | It was this sort of in-between authority that he could not tolerate as he felt that it would only increase the existing element of confusion . |
| 12 | We were not terribly surprised when he was informed that he would only receive the basic amount , since he had been lucky enough to get a golden handshake . |
| 13 | Inconsistent State practice would only defeat the entire purpose of the convention for a stable regime . |