Example sentences of "[vb pp] only [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his Beverly Hills suit and hand-painted 1950s tie , Kaufman looked like a divorce lawyer in ‘ LA Law ’ ; his presence at the Tory Party 's autumn festival could be explained only by the need to earn a crust ; he had been invited by the BBC , no doubt , to comment on the proceedings . |
| 2 | By contrast , in the Rose Theatre case the judge seems to have been influenced to deny standing partly by the fact that the Trust had been formed only for the purpose of campaigning for the preservation of the remains of the theatre ; whereas the same judge in another case accorded standing to challenge a grant of planning permission to a representative of a snake-preservation society which had been active on the site in question for many years and had ‘ put money into it ’ . |
| 3 | Modulation to keys on the flat side is usually limited only to the subdominant , so that a chord progression something like the following is used : |
| 4 | Note that , if the key that has been requested is not present on the file , the unsuccessful search length is potentially limited only by the size of the file . |
| 5 | It does rather sound as though DTP is where you 're heading , and your choices are limited only by the memory in your machine and your budget — in that order . |
| 6 | An open question invites a ‘ free ’ answer , recorded in full with the detail limited only by the space on the form . |
| 7 | The kinds of worlds that can be created are limited only by the multimedia software designed to generate them and the computer processing power available to bring them to life . |
| 8 | Normal free-sparring in the training hall is limited only by the number of people there , so you can pick up bad competition habits through using space uneconomically . |
| 9 | Officials describe the exodus as ‘ quota-driven ’ , meaning that numbers are limited only by the number of places made available in resettlement countries . |
| 10 | The clinical usefulness of the polymerase chain reaction thus seems to be limited only by the power of our imagination in identifying specific targets . |
| 11 | Most people use their own bodyweight as a stretching aid , with the number of different ways to stretch being limited only by the imagination . |
| 12 | The creative element in such notes is limited only by the imagination of you , the user . |
| 13 | The survey — ‘ mapping the universe ’ — which Geller and Huchra began a few years ago is not yet complete but they have seen enough to conclude that ‘ the size of the largest structures we detect is limited only by the extent of the survey ’ . |
| 14 | He says : ‘ Tinnitus ( Latin for ringing ) is the name given to the subjective ( heard only by the person concerned ) experience of hearing sounds in the ear or head which have no basis of reality in the environment , that is to say , the sound can not be accounted for by vibrations coming from objects external to the patient . ’ |
| 15 | The information received typically referred only to the riot 's location , and not specific incidents . |
| 16 | He did not believe that a long period of purdah was necessary , and the general rule that such a record could not be published until thirty years after the event was indeed ridiculous , since it has been honoured only in the breach . |
| 17 | This facility can be started/stopped only by the LIFESPAN Manager . |
| 18 | The scene had been altered only by the season . |
| 19 | It could have been taken , he reckoned , from the very spot where he was standing , capturing the scene much as it now was , altered only by the onset of winter . |
| 20 | Dr Nathanson said that a reply had been received only on the eve of the press conference and did not alleviate all its concerns . |
| 21 | The range of the signals depends on conditions , but in any case , they can be received only in the area served by an electricity substation . |
| 22 | Clearly , such a drastic change in the law could be undertaken only by the legislature . |
| 23 | These are the Department of Education and Training ( DET ) , responsible for providing education to African children living in ‘ white designated areas ’ ; the departments responsible for education in the so-called ‘ self-governing states ’ or bantustans/homelands ( Kwazulu , Lebowa , Gazankulu , Kangwane , Kwandebele and Qwaqwa ) ; and finally there are Ministries of Education in the so-called ‘ independent states ’ of Transkei , Bophuthatswana , Ciskei and Venda , whose ‘ independence ’ is recognized only by the South African government . |
| 24 | Topics are likely to be examined only from the viewpoints held within the individual disciplines . |
| 25 | The size of the palazzo , and the intricacy of its design ensured a very long building period , the main staircase being completed only at the end of the century , after Alessi 's death . |
| 26 | Even these can be criticized only upon the basis of other assumptions . |
| 27 | In the end , de Gaulle could only secure peace at the expense of a series of humiliating concessions to the FLN — concessions which could be justified only on the grounds that they averted the yet higher costs of not making them . |
| 28 | Alternatively , when the costs of transport are high and local production can be justified only by the creation of a single plant , competitors may choose to collaborate , as in the case of consortium oil refineries . |
| 29 | The expense involved will , however , be justified only by the demonstration of a good long term outlook after such a management approach . |
| 30 | Round in 67 , he was irritated only by the fact that he had left it too late to play a postal part in the election . |