Example sentences of "[vb -s] only to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Music dictionary contributes only to the recognition of Music text . |
| 2 | The ceramic and soil contain minute quantities of uranium , thorium and potassium which are radioactive , and when these decay they produce alpha , beta and gamma radiation ( potassium contributes only to the beta and gamma components ) . |
| 3 | Completed family size sometimes refers only to the number of surviving children . |
| 4 | It is via these windows that the system informs the Offline Operator what is happening and requests a media item to be physically mounted or dismounted on the appropriate media unit ; in this case mounting refers only to the action of placing a media item onto a media unit . |
| 5 | It refers only to the cause of a difference not to a whole course of development . |
| 6 | ( 8 ) Appeal lies only to the Court of Session on a point of law . |
| 7 | Kenny makes a similar point when arguing that we can talk of animal wants only to the extent that they are restricted to their conscious needs . |
| 8 | With regard to secondary benefits , we need worry about secondary benefits or costs only to the extent that market prices fail to reflect marginal costs and benefits . |
| 9 | There may be a freedom to protest — but it exists only to the extent that it is permitted by the police . |
| 10 | The chink in this otherwise disarming argument is that Nature exists only to the extent that we comprehend it . |
| 11 | Indeed , as we have already seen , normal science ultimately leads only to the recognition of anomalies and to crises . |
| 12 | In these cases , the absolute privilege attaches only to the maker of the statement : when it is reported or broadcast , the organisation which does so is protected by a privilege which is qualified and not absolute . |
| 13 | It should be clear that nenko seido , the combination of lifetime employment and seniority-based wages systems , applies only to the core employees , almost all of whom will be males ( Matsuura , 1981 ) . |
| 14 | ( This applies only to the expert 's tortious liability to the party with whom he has no contractual relationship : see 14.11.2 . ) |
| 15 | The change of name applies only to the company and its subsidiary and is not intended to affect the rights to any trade name or mark or the reference to ‘ ABC ’ on the product . |
| 16 | The ‘ rigour ’ of the law applies only to the mass , not to the elite . |
| 17 | ( 4 ) This is a limited disqualification and applies only to the granting of a licence for premises of which the member of the board is owner or tenant . |
| 18 | The term ‘ permanent ’ is something of a misnomer , for the content of any pasture is constantly changing as conditions become more favourable for one species and less for another ; it applies only to the fact that a pasture remains in grass for an indefinite period . |
| 19 | The argument based on time symmetry applies only to the frame of reference of a person on the surface of the object and moving with it . |
| 20 | This extra bonus applies only to the war boar and not to the Orc rider . |
| 21 | Ideally , this provision should be deleted , or at the very least it should be amended so that it applies only to the consent of a mortgagee or superior landlord actually required under the terms of an existing mortgage or superior lease . |
| 22 | The seller 's lien relates only to the price . |
| 23 | Moreover , the Commission made no mention of this Directive in its action for failure to fulfil obligations , which relates only to the nationality requirements . |
| 24 | Sometimes it can be difficult to decide whether a statement relates only to the future and therefore can not infringe section 14 or whether on the other hand it relates partly or entirely to some past or present fact . |
| 25 | Our discussion relates only to the efficiency losses arising from imperfect competition . |
| 26 | extends only to the property of guests who have engaged sleeping accommodation at the hotel ; |
| 27 | But the sooty is ‘ blacker ’ above with a white forehead that extends only to the eye , while on the bridled the white forehead extends over and a little way beyond the eye . |
| 28 | He reports only to the President of the USSR . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ The merit of Mr. Audubon 's work yields only to the size of his book , ’ he said , ‘ while Mr. Gould 's work on the Birds of Europe , inferior in size to that of Mr. Audubon 's , is the most beautiful work on Ornithology that has ever appeared in this or any other country . ’ |