Example sentences of "only [vb infin] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We would only need to witness a marked increase in trade and there will certainly be an increase in demand why do you think trade has increased ? and trade is n't a necessary condition it 's just that trade has tended to grow at the same time as erm as demand is growing . |
| 2 | The employer may only opt to use the patented invention in his business , perhaps because of the specialised nature of the invention and the business itself . |
| 3 | With the old logo on the cover , though , we figured that many people would only expect to find the old-style pages within . |
| 4 | At the surface of radius r the term ( ) in the Schwarzschild metric becomes zero ; the curvature of space–time is so severe that we can only hope to give a consistent account of conditions using GR . |
| 5 | But live , for the first time viewer , they can only hope to achieve a possible connection via the actual presentation and general ‘ sound ’ . |
| 6 | You have to be a specialist , and even then , you can only hope to have a proper grasp of a small proportion of the scientific theories . |
| 7 | The assassination may only have accelerated the inexorable drift towards partition . |
| 8 | The assassination may only have accelerated the inexorable drift towards partition . |
| 9 | Thus , if pursuant to the will of X the property is vested in Y as legatee and Y subsequently sells the property for £550,000 , Y will only have made a taxable gain ( subject to the indexation allowance ) of £50,000 . |
| 10 | It may be that bizarre , self-destructive and anti-social behaviour which would once only have afflicted the true psychotic will increasingly come to typify what would otherwise have been purely neurotic disorders had they been internalized as hitherto . |
| 11 | Given the already appalling and growing rate of homelessness and lack of hostel facilities in London , when more people than ever will not only have to endure the freezing nights of the coming winter on the streets , but perhaps permanent homelessness , it was terrible to see the situation being exploited for a joke by your advertisement : ‘ Just the thing now the evenings are drawing in . |
| 12 | A final price ( striking price ) is chosen at which all the shares will be sold ( even those tendering higher prices for the shares will only have to pay the striking price ) . |
| 13 | The user does not only have to overcome the physical aspect of dependency , manifest in withdrawal symptoms , but also psychological dependence . |
| 14 | Even if " organizational unity " with the ILP had been carried through , this would at best only have doubled the small membership of the Communist Party . |
| 15 | Given these factors , any attempt to brand the Celtic Church heretical would only have entailed the complete loss of Ireland . |
| 16 | ‘ If she had married before she died , the sister would only have got a small legacy . |
| 17 | Any real star — which would never be perfectly spherical — could therefore only collapse to form a naked singularity . |
| 18 | We can only try to provide an efficient service if we are clear what it is you need and are given sufficient time to do something about it . |
| 19 | There are no easy answers at High Rocks , but privately negotiated fee deals can only serve to make the right solution even harder to find . |
| 20 | We canvass the widest number of manufacturers possible , and are always aware that many retail outlets can only afford to display a limited range to their customers , so we give contact address and phone numbers as a matter of course . |
| 21 | If you can only afford to buy a certain amount of organic produce , potatoes would be a good choice . |
| 22 | And in twelve years as an experienced shop steward , I can only recall having a full time officer in I think on three occasions . |
| 23 | Changes to the data may only involve changing the relevant parts of the database , and the many programs that may use the data will not need to be changed . |
| 24 | This negative and careless attitude on the part of the teacher can only help to stimulate a negative response among his students . |
| 25 | Nurses can , they can only they can only say evaluate a certain proportion of the erm |