Example sentences of "[vb base] only [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , when a rendezvous is finally arranged , a date at an icecream parlour , the couple arrive only to find the shop has run out of icecream . |
| 2 | Even if he acted in ignorance of basic board workings , Councillor Buchanan 's actions serve only to undermine the dignity of the board . |
| 3 | As a patient , I would like to think that the presence of a doctor 's name on the list would also offer me some sort of guarantee that he or she would not subject me to unnecessary or unjustifiably harmful treatment — whether that treatment be labelled alternative or mainstream , labels that serve only to confuse the issue . |
| 4 | Large amounts of coffee , alcohol and cigarettes as well as usage serve only to aggravate the problem , particularly if they are taken in place of a meal . |
| 5 | In my view these characteristics serve only to require the court to be more than ever cautious before concluding that Parliament really intended to exclude one of the immunities which I have listed ; and as I have suggested , the words of the Act of 1987 admit of no doubt . |
| 6 | As you will see from my strategies — all of which , let me repeat , are derived not from my own beliefs but from what teachers say they actually do — what works for one person may seem quite bizarre to another , and serve only to increase the distress of a third . |
| 7 | And if there 's anything I can do — or Mr Mentiply — anything at all , you 've only to say the word . ’ |
| 8 | I wish only to make the point that I think it wrong that Opposition Members should seek to criticise my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford , who has fairly raised a matter that carries with it considerable concern in all strata of society . |
| 9 | I wish only to encourage the development of an already existing trend which recognises that personal self-worth depends not only on relations with others , but also on the development and mastery of creative , intellectual and physical interests . |
| 10 | I do not accept either the Right-wing proposition that we need only to make the country better off as a whole without making any special effort in the inner cities . ’ |
| 11 | To check the statements ‘ comparison with the etching turn out to be optimistic ’ ( Schatborn ) and ‘ there is not a line that resembles Rembrandt 's other drawings of the period ’ ( Royalton-Kisch ) , readers have only to compare the treatment of the back in the drawing with the etching to see that the explanation offered by the experts that they are the product of two separate artists working independently in , ‘ a joint session of study from the model ’ is far fetched . |
| 12 | About 1300 journalists registered at this years ' show , and you have only to read the number of column entries and to hear the radio and to see the television to know that the content of this year 's Royal Show stands second to none in the technical content of agricultural exhibitions across the world . |
| 13 | We have only to administer the law as we find it , and no court could pronounce a judgment as to the validity of an act of Parliament . |