Example sentences of "[vb mod] only [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These covenants may be : ( a ) absolute — where the tenant agrees not to assign or sublet at all ; or ( b ) qualified — where the tenant may only assign or sublet with the consent of the landlord ; or ( c ) fully qualified — as in ( b ) but the landlord may not withhold consent unreasonably . |
| 2 | This distinction can be put briefly by saying that whereas an appellate court has power to decide whether the decision under appeal was ‘ right or wrong ’ , a court exercising supervisory powers may only decide whether the decision under review was ‘ legal ’ or not . |
| 3 | A trustee may only resign because of ill-health , ceasing to be a qualified insolvency practitioner or because of some conflict of interest ( r 6.126(3) ) . |
| 4 | Crossings took the traditional form ( Figure 6.11 ) : there is no doubt here as to whom the road is for , or that walkers may only cross when permitted to do so by car drivers . |
| 5 | Reid J. referred to previous authority in the area of labour relations , and concluded that the court should only intervene if the Board 's decision could not be rationally supported on a reasonable construction of the legislation . |
| 6 | We should only hope that the minister does n't start using the Book of Revelations as his appointments diary . |
| 7 | It had various elements : detention upon arrest should only continue if the person was unwilling to identify himself or herself ; or if there was a likelihood that he or she would not turn up at court ; or if there was a need to prevent the continuation or repetition of the offence ; or if the arrest was essential to protect the arrested person or other persons or property or to secure evidence by questioning or other means . |
| 8 | You should only criticise when you 're |
| 9 | But for priority shareholders — customers of companies who will qualify for the 10p discount on each of the subsequent 70p part-payments should only sell when the price has risen as high as 150p to 160p . |
| 10 | If judicial review is seen as going further and being concerned with the protection of groups as well as individuals , standing rules should only require that the applicant show that he , she or it shares some interest with others . |
| 11 | The release the release of green fields should only happen when there is no other solution . |
| 12 | Strange that this bird sits there and sings While we must only sit and plan Who are so much the higher things — The murder of our fellow man … |
| 13 | must only eat or drink in areas of your office designated by your manager ; |
| 14 | We humans , however , are not given the power to look into the mind of a penguin and must only accept that this is the best way to ensure survival of the species . |
| 15 | We 'll only garrison that if we 're forced back to it . ’ |
| 16 | My friend said I 'll erm , I 'll only go if you 'll come too . |
| 17 | And I 'll only go when it , the rain 's not torrential . |
| 18 | And you can it 's alright , it 'll only ask and say I do n't like it , put the proper one in , silly idiot . |
| 19 | It 'll only work if we give in our hundred percent , it 'll only work if you give your hundred percent . |
| 20 | It 'll only work if we give in our hundred percent , it 'll only work if you give your hundred percent . |
| 21 | Bennett has also made a good recovery from a torn thigh muscle but insisted : ‘ I 'll only play when I 'm 100pc right . |
| 22 | ‘ He 'll only run if Flown is so impressive at Fontwell tomorrow that Richard Dunwoody , Morley Street 's regular rider , decides to ride him instead , ’ explained Balding . |
| 23 | If the baseline is for the purpose of a critical design review of a computer game program , then the assessor might only check that the modules are unambiguous and complete . |
| 24 | That these implications of Moore 's methodology seem strange might only show that it can guide us to unexpected ethical truths . |
| 25 | Ginny could only suppose that Ralph thought he was protecting her from a possible nuisance . |
| 26 | If Alina was looking cynical , Angelica could only suppose that it was because she 'd earned the right to be . |
| 27 | I could only suppose that the collapse of space-time in my own day was slowly spreading outwards from source , like a bloodstain oozing across an old sheet , threatening many deep-seated continuities . |
| 28 | Sara could only suppose that her initial suspicion had been stilled , and that she accepted her , Sara , as part of the permanent scenery around the place . |
| 29 | Corbett could only nod and turned to lead his horse from the abbey gates , when Selkirk called out , ‘ Mind you , Corbett , for an English clerk , you have some good qualities , and that is praise indeed from a Scotsman ! ’ |
| 30 | They had no land of their own , they had nothing to harvest of their own , they could only go and harvest , and glean what the harvesters left behind . |