Example sentences of "only [be] [verb] [adv prt] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the initiators had a reasonably clear idea of what they wished to achieve and of the means by which this might be pursued , the fine detail could only be thrashed out as the project proceeded . |
| 2 | If any modules are offline , the time to the next scheduled online/offline run will be displayed and all modules will only be read out when the offline modules within the package come back online . |
| 3 | If any modules being read out are offline , the time to the next scheduled online/offline run will be displayed and all selected modules will only be read out when the offline modules within the package come back online . |
| 4 | If any selected modules are offline , the time to the next scheduled online/offline run will be displayed and all selected modules will only be read out when the offline modules within the package come back online . |
| 5 | Such tasks as these can only be carried out when the engineer has also derived methods of organising his knowledge on a wide range of subjects such as efficiency , reliability , safety , economics , elegance , marketability etc. in a coherent way . |
| 6 | If , for example , a client discloses to a solicitor , in confidence , the fact that a child is being abused by another person , this information can only be passed on if the public interest in protecting children from serious harm outweighs the public interest in maintaining confidentiality between solicitor and client . |
| 7 | Now you ca n't possibly test a medicine on ten thousand people before you start to sell it , so that sort of risk , as rare a risk as that , will only be picked up when the medicine has actually been in use and on the market and been properly prescribed for some years , and what we are doing now , and what is particularly interesting , is to start to use computers to pick up these adverse reactions so that we know much more quickly in future if a medicine is doing any harm and we can either stop prescribing it for the people who are going to suffer from it , and that 's the most likely thing , or else take it off the market altogether if it 's if we do n't if we ca n't pick out the people who might be at risk . |