Example sentences of "[conj] only [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A variant of this method is the ‘ cool canvass ’ , where only certain groups of people are canvassed , i.e. those who are more likely to buy since they possess some qualifying feature ; for example , only companies over a certain size may be judged viable prospects . |
| 2 | The reason for this is that it permits buyers to set aside a bad bargain following the seller 's breach of condition where only slight consequences have ensued . |
| 3 | There was a small regional dimension to these results , with the swing to Labour varying from 3.2% in the Northern standard region , where only 4 districts held elections , to 8.8% in both the East Midlands and the North West . |
| 4 | On 1 January 1982 a Government Decree made it lawful for private trading by ‘ collaboration of persons for economic purposes ’ , and indeed the 1988 Act itself calls unlimited partnerships where only individual persons participate the same name . |
| 5 | Some goods are obtainable only at special shops where only western currency is accepted . |
| 6 | His funeral took place at SS Peter and Paul , Yeadon where only five months before he had celebrated the silver jubilee of his ordination . |
| 7 | Where only one sponsor is required , alternative sponsors should be sought on at least an annual basis ; |
| 8 | This saves a bit of space and avoids giving a whole profile where only one characteristic is actually used . |
| 9 | Where only one person lives in a property there will be a 25 per cent reduction . |
| 10 | The main problem over income tax allowances derives from the failure of married couples , where only one person is working , to take advantage of the flexibility available since the advent of separate taxation in the 1990/91 tax year . |
| 11 | Analyzing the energy components of the transition energy , it is found in passing from the B I to the B II state , roughly 0.5–1.5 Kcal/mol of stacking energy is lost at junctions where only one strand is in the B II state , whereas 5–9 Kcal/mol are lost when both phosphates transit . |
| 12 | In the simplest systems , where only one program is running at a time , this means merely expediting the changeover from one program to the next . |
| 13 | The first relates to the desirability of undertaking central development work where only one college is involved . |
| 14 | where only one player |
| 15 | The more stringent requirements may not be needed for all processes , but , where only one supply is available , this has to meet the strictest limits ( see Table II ) . |
| 16 | A revealing refinement in collecting membership data is to take notice of the number of full families ( where husband and wife are both Christians ) in the total as distinct from part families ( where only one partner is Christian ) ( McGavran 1970:92 ) . |
| 17 | The Spaak Report was unveiled for public debate in March 1956 in a special session of the ECSC Common Assembly , where only one vote was registered against its proposals ( though it should be noted that the extremes of the political spectrum were not represented in Strasbourg ) . |
| 18 | Underlined , bold letters are used to display residues where only one sequence deviates from the consensus . |
| 19 | Intel Corp , obliquely confirming nagging reports that Pentium chips will be in critically short supply at least until October , now says it will ship only about 100,000 of the chips by the end of the year , where only two months ago it was talking ‘ hundreds of thousands ’ of parts this year ; Intel now sees 10,000 Pentiums going out by the end of June , 40,000 in the third quarter , and some 50,000 in fourth . |
| 20 | This may come more naturally and easily to some than to others , but it is possible that where a prolonged conscious effort has been made to tap this creative source , greater understanding and appreciation result than where only little work has been needed . |
| 21 | Abrashes are usually found in monadic and village items , where only small amounts of yarn can be dyed at any one time , and are not a sign of inadequate craftsmanship . |
| 22 | Petty Sessions or Quarter Sessions : a criminal court , as opposed to a magistrate 's court where only short sentences could be imposed . |
| 23 | Europe as a whole lags way behind the USA , where only unleaded fuel is sold and all cars run on it . |
| 24 | These also tended to be " open " primaries , where any registered voter could participate , as opposed to " closed " contests where only registered party members were entitle to vote , another factor thought to favour Duke . |
| 25 | Pray God that her fancy prove untrue ! — he was immured in one of those gruesome buildings where only ready money could save its unwilling patrons from abject penury . |
| 26 | These operations bring out effects of many kinds and on different levels of abstraction : high-quality or low-quality products or services ; radically new products or only small improvements in the old ones ; high or low job satisfaction among employees ; commercial profit or loss . |
| 27 | Unless the range of possibilities is very limited , or only simple questions are asked ( ‘ Is this compound X ? ’ or ‘ Is this sample of compound X pure ? ’ ) , large numbers of standard spectra are needed for comparison . |
| 28 | Where no warranties , or only limited warranties , are likely , for example , on a purchase from a receiver , Newco will wish to make a particularly thorough investigation . |
| 29 | This is often impossible to obtain , however , as many of the torture techniques leave few visible injuries , or only superficial injuries which disappear during the long period in police custody . |
| 30 | The study of recall over time has been used to find whether there are separate system underlying short-term and long-term memory or only one system functioning at different levels ( Baddeley , 1976 ) . |