Example sentences of "[vb pp] only [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The strength of Gloucester 's hold on the duchy connection can not , however , be explained only by reference to the situation within the duchy itself . |
| 2 | The strength of Gloucester 's hold on the duchy connection can not , however , be explained only by reference to the situation within the duchy itself . |
| 3 | " My life was formed only by means of the public library which provided me with my only uncensored access to books . |
| 4 | Japan 's plan to build ‘ fifth-generation ’ computers , which started the British debate , was formulated only after discussions with people representing many sectors of society who have nothing directly to do with computers . |
| 5 | But because of the economies of the crab fishery and the dim awareness of conservation within the Chilean government , the Committee believes that the hunting can be stopped only by pressure from governments that buy the crab . |
| 6 | So two questions need to be resolved on my analysis : first , is prevention ordinary treatment ? and , second , if preventive care depends on data drawn from special treatment , does this mean that special care may be undertaken only under conditions of limited , controlled research , which is what I suspect is what care of the VLBW baby really is , rather than by adopting the current haphazard approach which may wrongly dissipate resources ? |
| 7 | Search unemployment can be seen as part of the annual turnover of the job market — firms rid themselves of workers who have proved to be unproductive or unsatisfactory in some way , and workers quit jobs which have failed to meet their expectations or which were intended only as stop-gaps in the first place . |
| 8 | Any hypothetical choice situation which requires agreement among the parties will have to impose strong restrictions on the grounds of choice , and these restrictions can be justified only in terms of a conception of the good . |
| 9 | Courts , if they had been called upon to investigate people 's employment protection rights , might well have deemed some of them to have had one continuous employment relationship broken only by shortages of work rather than a series of different relationships . |
| 10 | The right to a trade mark can be assigned only in connection with the goodwill of the business concerned in the goods for which it has been registered , and comes to an end with that goodwill . |
| 11 | I lay for what seemed hours on the bed , sustained only by cups of tea brought by an auxiliary nurse . |
| 12 | The tokens are given only on completion of a specified desirable behaviour . |
| 13 | He also emphasises that there is no question of the drawings going on the market , and that the agreement to publish and exhibit was given only by virtue of the moral role Noel Alexandre exercises in the name of his father and of Modigliani . |
| 14 | Further hospital clinic follow up is arranged only in cases of particular need ; otherwise the patient is discharged back to prompted community care . |
| 15 | They are included only in relation to the same investments as listed institutions . |
| 16 | Vaccinations were recommended only for people at special risk . |
| 17 | Vaccinations were recommended only for people at special risk . |
| 18 | ‘ They can not be considered only with respect to their potential ability to reduce accidents , but must be designed and evaluated while taking into account their impact on other factors capable of improving people 's ‘ feeling ’ towards the area they live in : practicability ( access , parking , orientation , etc. ) , satisfaction of basic needs of the residents ( communication , rest , play , pleasantness of the environment , etc. ) and avoidance of nuisances . ’ |
| 19 | In the course of the 1930s language was increasingly considered only in relation to the literary work , no longer to social and cultural policy ; a transition seen most notably in the reception given to the writings of F. W. Bateson ( see p. 90 ) . |
| 20 | Earlier sections of this chapter have indicated the existence of recent , major changes within manufacturing in the UK economy , in the geography of manufacturing and in uneven development more widely ( for uneven development can not be considered only in relation to manufacturing — and later chapters will add to this wider picture ) . |
| 21 | While fashion , be it in clothing , home environment , or food , remains the domain of capital and thus primarily the old world , any movement or change within it is meaningless when considered only in relation to itself . |
| 22 | direct debits under the instruction will be originated only in respect of premiums payable as notified in advance and agreed by you ; |
| 23 | He is going through a dry patch at the moment as he has won only on match in the five tournaments he has played so far this year but I am sure he will work his way back again , he has got it in him . |
| 24 | Khieu Samphan was injured and he and Son Sen , the two Khmer Rouge SNC delegates , were rescued only with difficulty by police and security forces after Hun Sen himself had gone to the scene to appeal for calm . |
| 25 | The letter continues : ‘ Any increase in connection and rental charges above the RPI will act as a disincentive to pensioners — since the state pension is uprated only in line with the RPI . |
| 26 | In an action for recovery of land , if there is no one in occupation , or where the property is occupied only by virtue of the presence of furniture or other goods , the summons may be served on request ( N 220 ) and if so ordered by the court , by affixing it to a conspicuous part of the property ( Ord 7 , r 15(4) ) . |
| 27 | This means that the stimuli can be discriminated only by differences in their orientation and implies that insects have neural mechanisms for abstracting this parameter . |
| 28 | For size and splendour Wanstead was excelled only by Versailles in the 1660s , and it earned London the sobriquet of the English Le Nôtre . |
| 29 | Some matters are no doubt decided only by reference to their intrinsic merits , others on purely political grounds . |
| 30 | In recent years a major balance-of-payments crisis had been prevented only by assistance from foreign governments and loans from multinational institutions ( particularly the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank ) . |