Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] only for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It covered all land and air forces , but not paramilitary forces , on which the treaty framework provided only for an exchange of views to take place . |
| 2 | Indeed , as Table 3.9 suggests , manufacturing establishments where trade unions were recognised were slightly more likely to use fixed-term contract workers than those where they were not recognised , and the predicted relationship held only for agency workers in service establishments . |
| 3 | Mr Lamont said that the national lottery 's success would be kept under review , with the 12 per cent tax rate maintained only for its first year . |
| 4 | Now it turned out that Jacobi 's method worked only for even numbers of squares , and that the case of an odd number was much harder . |
| 5 | In one place Shakespeare stretches the hypocrite 's resourcefulness to the limits , when an aside about the wisdom of the young Prince meant only for the audience — ‘ So wise , so young , they say do never live long ’ — is overheard by the Prince himself — ‘ What say you uncle ? ’ — forcing Richard to improvise brilliantly : But this superiority of wit places the audience in any uneasy position : if we laugh with the deceiver we could share his dehumanizing of the dupe . |
| 6 | He was conscious that this loner of a man lived only for his work . |
| 7 | One Midlands wine wholesaler was ordered to clear dust from a warehouse floor used only for cased goods , the association said . |
| 8 | When education in the true sense existed only for the inheriting classes , acceptable spoken English was something one was raised with at home . |
| 9 | It is exceptional to find passages of any great length scored only for wind instruments , but short passages which lend themselves readily and easily to such treatment are of excellent effect and provide good contrast . |
| 10 | Many latifundia were , no doubt , ‘ abusive ’ ; but many were on poor land suited only for extensive and occasional cereal production and ranching . |
| 11 | It was simply that a bottle of brandy , even of the kind intended only for the kitchen ( by which I do n't mean something not fit to drink , I mean something one prefers not to drink ) , somehow always turns out in fact to have been drunk by somebody just when it is needed for cooking and has n't been replaced , while whisky is a supply which is more or less automatically re-ordered as soon as it runs out . |
| 12 | The queen-dowager hesitated only for a moment . |