Example sentences of "only [vb infin] [noun] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been SCOTVEC 's consistent view that centres can not only prepare students/trainees to the level of occupational competence , but can also model the requirements of the workplace . |
| 2 | Similarly we can only make inferences about the nature of learning from observing these changes . |
| 3 | Thinking can only make use of the patterns we have acquired in the past . |
| 4 | Even if later generations of beam weapons could provide better shields against nuclear attack , they would probably only buy time in the arms race . |
| 5 | ‘ I should think she would welcome a regular salary instead of her present partnership , which can only yield peanuts at the moment . ’ |
| 6 | Here the secondary process does not just operate through discourse , but is structured like discourse , while the primary process does not only discharge energy through the use of perceptual memories , but is structured like a ‘ perceptual field ’ . |
| 7 | Matallana , who emphasized that he was not a communist and had no regrets for his past anti-guerrilla role , stated that the M-19 had proved itself to be politically honest and now shared his belief that Colombia could only achieve change via the polls . |
| 8 | They could only speak Greek to the Romans , and it was for the Romans to decide whether they wanted an interpreter . |
| 9 | But the divine message will only bring gloom to the Greens . |
| 10 | In fact , the text can only give bones to the story . |
| 11 | Yet literature can only give access to the values entertained by the members of literate communities and in these only for persons able to apprehend what they read . |
| 12 | In the case of an irremediable breach the landlord need only give notice of the nature of that breach and then proceed to forfeiture . |
| 13 | There was so much about her that Louise admired , she could only suspend judgement on the rest . |
| 14 | Of course this is a work where even Karajan 's detractors can only suspend prejudice in the face of his two superlative versions on DG , but Rostropovich communicates a sense of stark yet searing tragedy which makes his performance , of the first movement in particular , very special . |
| 15 | Of course not all social security benefits may be regarded as part of the remuneration package — e.g. maternity benefits to a single man — in which case the labour supply curve will only shift part of the way back to its original position . |
| 16 | Like so many of the films that were to be made during the Second World War , The Four Just Men does n't only draw attention to the nature of the enemy ; it also presents an evocative picture of just what it is that is under threat — ‘ all the roads and rivers , fields add woods and hills that make up this funny old island . ’ |
| 17 | In the end , de Gaulle could only secure peace at the expense of a series of humiliating concessions to the FLN — concessions which could be justified only on the grounds that they averted the yet higher costs of not making them . |
| 18 | The fact that you can only hear behaviour on the telephone has both advantages and disadvantages . |
| 19 | It is a formal requirement that government departments should seek to preserve records to fulfil these functions , to be directed in that task by the state archive , and to only destroy material with the agreement of the national archivist . |
| 20 | Do not bring the neighbours and family around to see the newborns , as this will only induce stress in the dam which will be passed to the pups . |
| 21 | you can only have hayfever in the summer ca n't |
| 22 | Rachaela could only take Ruth to the school in the mornings ; at least she saw her to the gates . |
| 23 | But a crucial difference in the case of cricket is that the consultation process can only take place off the field . |
| 24 | Notice that the buying and selling of units can only take place between the trust and the original purchaser . |
| 25 | As Lothar was still only in the lower clerical orders , those of the deacon , he had to be ordained priest , which could only take place on the ember days , so accordingly the ceremonies were delayed until Saturday and Sunday 21/22 February , six weeks after the election . |
| 26 | The difficulty was that any additional building — of squash-courts , swimming pool , or even classrooms — could by now only take place at the expense of valuable playing-field space . |
| 27 | Almost all the chemical reactions in the cell such as the provision of energy or the synthesis of key molecules will only take place in the presence of special proteins , known as enzymes , which allow the reactions to occur . |
| 28 | Such a scene could only take place in The Wedding Present 's dressing room . |
| 29 | It was clear from the start that American aid would only take place in the context of commitments to economic reform within Europe . |
| 30 | Hence the chief designer would control the whole product space whereas the detail draughtsman could only change details within the box allocated to his specific part . |