Example sentences of "[subord] only [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This endorsement should be applied to policies covering properties which are leased out but where only the Contents are covered . |
| 2 | But it 's a rugged landscape where only the animals and the hardiest of peasants can exist . |
| 3 | The conclusion on the whole matter seems to be that trustees , albeit only the representatives of ulterior beneficial interests , are assessable generally in respect of the trust income under Rule 1 of the Miscellaneous Rules applicable to Schedule D ; but that — just because they represent those beneficial interests they may have a good answer to a particular assessment , as regards some share or part of the income assessed , on the ground that such share or part arises or accrues beneficially to a cestui que trust in whose hands it is not liable to Income Tax , e.g. a foreigner under Case V , Rules 1 and 3 . |
| 4 | It was Batuan who explained that , although only the Gods can own land , they can lend it to man for his temporary use . |
| 5 | The valour is unquestioned , and although only the decorations of those officers and men mentioned in the unit histories of Appendix 7 are shown in this . |
| 6 | Although only the vestiges of her original Pomfret Lodge lie behind this Regency update , it was her obsession with the Gothic that lingered on and produced this pale pink confection . |
| 7 | As a peasant from the Kursk guberniia put it in 1922 : ‘ We are not for priests nor for the church , but if only the Comrades would give us a little of what they promise : they promise a school and Socialism , but our hands are still as empty as ever . ’ |
| 8 | If only the women could grasp my points of view . |
| 9 | If only the clothes had been plainer and more suitable for the vicar 's wife of such a poor parish , ’ Sophia lamented , holding up the lame cocktail dress whose belt Faustina had now taken out into the hall . |
| 10 | If only the nurses were less … were a little more gentle . |
| 11 | ‘ If only the leaves of these trees , ’ he murmured , ‘ could turn to tongues , what story would they tell ? ’ |
| 12 | I like to compare him with a footballing genius , putting through passes others are too slow to take , and making moves that would be brilliant if only the rules were different . |
| 13 | If only the lights were brighter . |
| 14 | If only the photographers had n't been there , we might have been able to hush it up . ’ |
| 15 | If only the pros knew how they suffered . |
| 16 | If only the stars would n't spin so , and the fountain . |
| 17 | ‘ If only the Russians do n't come here , we could bear everything else ’ , was a commonly heard sentiment . |
| 18 | ‘ They are doing this by the usual process of blaming the Unionists for it all and insinuating that if only the Unionists would talk to the SDLP and through them to Dublin , then everything would calm down and peace and good would reign supreme . ’ |
| 19 | If only the delights of San José had held Lori for one more week ! |
| 20 | If only the markets and the media would get over their obsession with the current account numbers then the Government too could forget about them . |
| 21 | If only the politicians seeking our vote on Thursday had achieved a fraction as much . |
| 22 | If only the police and the criminal could reach an agreement on punishment or rehabilitation there and then , the sergeant sometimes thought , justice would more often be done . |
| 23 | It made coping with locally severe unemployment difficult , since only the resources of the rate-paying parishioners could be drawn on . |
| 24 | Its chairman , Hysni Milloshi , was arrested by the Tirana police on July 22 and charged with illegally carrying a gun , since only the chairmen of existing parties were allowed to do so . |
| 25 | Lots of meaningful glances and repressed passion as only the Victorians knew how . |
| 26 | The fire which had started early that morning must have been very fierce as only the walls were left standing and from the ruins there was that horrible fire-damp smell which pervades the site for weeks after such an occurrence . |
| 27 | The results of this meta-analysis confirm the 1987 World Health Organisation recommendation to give vitamin A to children with measles in countries where vitamin A deficiency is a recognised problem — a statement released when only the results of Barclay et al 's study , which were not statistically significant , and of that by Ellison , which was non-randomised , were available , but the sum of current evidence is now too strong to justify further trials in hospitalised measles patients in developing countries . |