Example sentences of "be [verb] only [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parliamentary sovereignty was felt to be compatible with the rule of law primarily because ‘ the commands of Parliament … can be uttered only through the combined actions of its three constituent parts ’ and that , ‘ unlike a sovereign monarch who is not only a legislator but a ruler , that is , head of the executive government , has never hitherto been able to use the powers of the government as a means of interfering with the regular course of law ’ . |
| 2 | The practical accuracy of this result , which is central to the determination of the fine structure , constant , is believed to be limited only by the residual dissipative current due to hopping through localised states . |
| 3 | Restaurants , with one or two exceptions , tend to be located only in the small towns . |
| 4 | Yet another victim , no doubt , of this Government 's crippling monetary policies , policies which have been driving this country to economic ruin for the past 13 years , and which can be alleviated only by the immediate election of a Labour government . |
| 5 | The court held that the false description 40 days later was not associated with the sale and therefore no offence was committed under section J. This does not mean that the offence can be committed only by the immediate supplier . |
| 6 | Walesa 's call was supported by the Citizens ' Parliamentary Club , a pro-Walesa parliamentary caucus , and by the Centre Alliance and the Green Party , but was opposed by the Democratic Party and the Democratic Left parliamentary groups which argued that the dissolution issue should be broached only after the electoral law and constitutional amendments had been adopted . |
| 7 | If a decision has been taken to sell or terminate an operation and the reporting entity is demonstrably committed to the sale or termination , then provisions should be made only for the direct costs of the sale or termination and any operating losses of the operation up to the date of sale or termination ; provisions for future operating losses may not be made in other circumstances . |
| 8 | REMEMBER — IN BRITAIN , IMAX CAN BE SEEN ONLY AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY , FILM AND TELEVISION , BRADFORD |
| 9 | This is known , for reasons that I 'll point out in a second , as a macroscopic technique , and the currents were usually identified through replacement of ions selectively , and of course this can generally be done only in the external medium , because you do n't have control over the internal medium . |
| 10 | In other words , the Lords said , Parliament intended that teachers should be taxed only on the marginal cost . |
| 11 | Certain tasks can be performed only through the combined efforts of a number of people working together — e.g. a police or a medical operation . |
| 12 | Not only does this pick them out , but the underline can be used only for the main emphasis of the sentence . |
| 13 | The provision of trains that were solely first and second class , and therefore expected to be used only by the imperial race , helped this arrangement . |
| 14 | As a safeguard against apostasy ( 17:7 ) , sacrifice might be offered only in the proper place , and to the proper Person . |
| 15 | Any other arrangement can be based only on the assumed requirements of each sex , an approach which we consider to be incompatible with equal status ’ . |
| 16 | It is widely agreed that such psychoactive plants or preparations from them were much used in religious ceremonies , where their effects were taken as evidence for religious reality ; visions of Paradise which could be reached only by the faithful . |
| 17 | The good effects of war can be detected only in the long term , and there were bad effects too , while the consequences of coalition for the party were immediate and almost wholly negative . |
| 18 | The law states that the power to exclude a pupil from a county , voluntary or maintained special school may be exercised only by the head teacher . |
| 19 | In front of the Temple was the court of the priests , to be entered only by the male priestly caste . |
| 20 | The inner sanctuary or Holy of Holies could be entered only by the High Priest , once a year on the Day of Atonement . |
| 21 | Syria also appeared to have accepted the US proposal that the conference could be reconvened only with the full approval of all participants . |
| 22 | The date of these events can be inferred only by the episcopal chronology of the bishops of the eastern Angles . |
| 23 | Track could be laid only during the brief summer months . |
| 24 | Even your supporters are becoming alarmed by the destabilising effect of general practitioner fundholding , as you top slice cash from the central reserve and ensure that it can be spent only on the limited number of services that general practitioners are allowed to purchase directly . |
| 25 | Cigarettes , soap , even guitarstrings , could be found only on the black market . |
| 26 | Basic foodstuffs were in short supply and the local vodka and wine ( not to mention imported liquor ) that used to be readily available before the revolution in Tehran and a number of other centres were prohibited and could be found only on the black market . |
| 27 | Tree logs are to be found only in the shallow waters and in Urquhan Bay , Lochend and Dores , where they have been driven by the prevailing wind . |
| 28 | For him , the vital aesthetic principle of individuation can now be found only in the esoteric discontinuities of modern art , and is alone capable of subverting the status quo . |
| 29 | Modern teaching , with its use of projects and assignments , relies heavily on the use of reference books and newspapers and other periodicals which will largely be found only in the public library . |
| 30 | The slow pace of sales under the affordable-housing programme can not be ascribed only to the cumbersome RTC bureaucracy . |