Example sentences of "[adj] only [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , self-build schemes are really possible only where a number of energetic persons , usually young , coincide . |
| 2 | Such matters are to a great extent determined conventionally by syntax , and become noticeably expressive only when a writer makes a graphological choice which is to some degree marked or unconventional , such as a deliberate misspelling . |
| 3 | The Entrance Examination produced the usual number of candidates ( about 350 ) , but of these half would be interested only if a bursary or some other sort of aided place could be provided . |
| 4 | The use of such terminology is , however , appropriate only when a relationship between behaviour and contingent events has been empirically demonstrated . |
| 5 | the misleading price indication related to a recommended price , which did not apply to the price at which the item was available from the defendant , and which the defendant could reasonably believe was generally being charged , and which was false only because a supplier was not following the recommendation . |
| 6 | There is now a substantial body of evidence that the expression of gluten hypersensitivity as enteropathy may be minimal , measurable only if a count of intraepithelial lymphocytes is performed . |
| 7 | He returned to the offensive only when a Polish general in Hungarian service , Józef Bem , took most of Transylvania out of the hands of the local Austrian commanders . |
| 8 | However , funds provided in the third category would be available only if a country 's domestic policies were adjusted to that prescribed by the Community 's Council of Ministers . |
| 9 | The second question — relevant only if a majority preferred a new constitution — asked voters to approve certain ground rules for the Constituent Assembly : a limited term , the obligation to submit its draft to another referendum , a clear separation of powers between the assembly and the provisional government whose president it would select . |