Example sentences of "only [vb infin] [art] [noun] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The report makes recommendations on four areas which can only enhance the ability of schools and teachers to meet the needs of disruptive pupils . |
| 2 | If Gran wakes , she 'll only want a glass of water . ’ |
| 3 | Two days later the Communists saw the new grouping as an " essentially disruptive organisation which can only hinder the development of unity between existing political parties and organisations against the Chamberlain Government " . |
| 4 | the outcome of these disputes will not only affect the standard of living of the parties and their children , but will help to determine such matters as future accommodation , need to rely on state benefits , scope for obtaining employment , and even the prospects of re-marriage . |
| 5 | Responses to disruptive behaviour must not only recognise the importance of factors in the pupil and his background , but also the relevance of factors in the school itself . |
| 6 | He urged the millions of protestors to exercise restraint and respond rationally to a war which can only benefit the enemies of Islam . |
| 7 | They should only regulate the mix of house types when there are specific planning reasons for such control , and in so doing they should take particular account of marketing considerations . |
| 8 | It 's so cack When you 're doing the running , you 're running from behind , you can only see the behind of Taz you see the behind of Taz |
| 9 | The picture itself was so dark he could only see the image of Emily in the glass , naked and moving wildly , her buttocks pumping urgently against him . |
| 10 | The five weeks is structured to provide a fairly comprehensive picture of actor training though even so it can only provide an outline of classes at drama school . |
| 11 | But you can only offset the share of expenses that relate directly to the part of your home which is let . |
| 12 | The Turkish government continued to maintain that any re-opening could only follow the lifting of sanctions against Iraq by the UN Security Council . |
| 13 | An encounter without real warmth , without loving feelings , but exciting in its strangeness , may help achieve his climax within the woman but will only reinforce the message of prison that life is simpler without feelings . |
| 14 | As the company was not a party , discovery as understood in England was not available ; as it was not within the United Kingdom no subpoena duces tecum could be issued ( and that would only secure the production of documents at the trial , not for pre-trial inspection ) . |
| 15 | An implication of the preceding analysis is that the monetary authorities can only alter the level of output by engineering unanticipated variations in the money supply which , in turn , implies that they are continually altering their policy rule . |
| 16 | The Christian Pentecost would thus not only reverse the Curse of Babel ( Gen. 11:9 ) but be the antitype of the covenant inaugurated on Sinai through the giving of the law . |
| 17 | Apart from the occasional siren from the boats on the Thames , Blake could only hear the sounds of footsteps on the cobbled steps . |
| 18 | On days like this you 'll only hear the sound of frost crunching , not sandwich munching . |
| 19 | Parents today are far more responsible , they 're , they sort of say no erm we wo n't we 'll only have the number of children we can give a good start in life to . |
| 20 | In the history of the sciences in France , as in German critical theory , it is a matter at bottom of examining a reason , the autonomy of whose structures carries with it a history of dogmatism and despotism — a reason , consequently , which can only have an effect of emancipation on condition that it manages to liberate itself from itself . |
| 21 | Depending on the complexity of your operations this may only take a couple of man weeks and could be repeated at regular intervals to monitor progress . |
| 22 | It would only take a couple of houses to be knocked down and they could make it into a dual carriage way . |
| 23 | It 'll only take a couple of minutes — what I 've got to say . ’ |
| 24 | I thought it would only take a couple of days to clear up , but it was to take quite a lot longer . |
| 25 | But it 'll only take a couple of days . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It would only take a change of attitude amongst men to improve the situation out of all recognition . |
| 27 | I 'm very shy and I can only take a lot of people in small doses . |
| 28 | The chaotic narration is therefore in harmony with such a fractured representation : conventional syntax and punctuation would only conceal the discontinuity of experience . |
| 29 | It must allow plenty of ventilation or the condensation that will form inside the tank could not only encourage the spread of disease but also , in extreme cases , drown the caterpillars . |
| 30 | By seeking partners to develop a project , the sponsor can not only spread the risk of failure ( and also the rewards of success ) but also achieve the best balance of expertise and contribution . |