Example sentences of "[conj] only on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can we kill them with impunity , or only on set occasions in a special manner , or are they sacred and untouchable ? |
| 2 | Day 2 Chairs — The issue is do we record them when the purchase is made or only on delivery which is the next day . |
| 3 | It is acknowledged that the deadline of this April will largely be achieved , if only on paper . |
| 4 | Shah said that he was later offered Edwards 's 51 per cent holding , which Knighton has agreed to buy for around £10m , but only on payment of a £6m premium . |
| 5 | yes , but only on holiday |
| 6 | All these species ( except Woodlarks and Red-backed Shrikes ) breed in other habitats , for example Stonechats in downland scrub , and Nightjars and Tree Pipits as commonly in young forestry plantations ( many of which were once heathlands ) ; but only on heathland do they form a distinct community , which is rapidly declining . |
| 7 | Criticism was allowed in certain territories at certain times , but only on sufferance . |
| 8 | But only on account of the smooth running of the business , she realised . |
| 9 | The family was willing in principle to loan or sell some of the most important contents of the staterooms to a hotel , but only on condition that they were given proper conservation safeguards . |
| 10 | Both China and India were signatories , but only on condition that they received substantial assistance from the West ( both financial and technological ) to ensure that they were not penalized economically for having to use the more expensive alternatives to CFCs . |
| 11 | He was willing to submit these terms to arbitrators to vary as they thought fit , but only on condition that he was to retain full power and jurisdiction . |
| 12 | The rebels were forced to sue for peace — and they received it , but only on condition that they too took the cross . |
| 13 | He underwrote a loss of £1,500 on Ronald Duncan 's play , Stratton , but only on condition that Duncan was not told . |
| 14 | For Leavis , Cambridge English offers a way forward for the discipline as a whole by virtue of its emancipation from " linguistic grinds " and Anglo-Saxon , but only on condition that it now becomes infused by a " general discipline " addressed to the growth of " intelligence and sensibility " . |
| 15 | In his inaugural speech in May Lee offered to abandon the " three no 's " policy ( no contact , no compromise , no negotiation ) , but only on condition that the mainland renounced the use of force against Taiwan and implemented political and economic reforms [ see p. 38190 ] . |
| 16 | In this case , exactly as one would expect , the adjective is acceptable in predicative position but only on condition that it bears the meaning it has as a non-separative . |
| 17 | POWYS councillors are being recommended to approve the installation of a cattle grid at the Lake Vyrnwy Reserve , Y Gadfa , following representations from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds , but only on condition that the RSPB is responsible for all the costs involved in the construction of the grid . |
| 18 | The Old Frog had further insisted that his son command British troops , on which point the Duke had also been forced to yield , though only on condition that reliable British officers were appointed to serve on the Young Frog 's staff . |
| 19 | For only on foot does one detect the subtle rise and fall of ground to which the earliest settlers were so sensitive , or alignments in the town scene that may throw light on some fundamental change of plan : or the names of streets and lanes that set the mind working at once . |