Example sentences of "[vb -s] only [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To determine to which technical level an element belongs , one needs only to count the number of nodes downwards from the origin ( each element constitutes a node ) : the unique first element constitutes level 1 , all elements one node removed from the origin constitute level 2 , all elements two nodes removed constitute level 3 , and so on ( in a non-branching hierarchy , there is only one element at each level ) : |
| 2 | One has only to substitute the name of Jesus for ‘ love ’ in that chapter to see that the whole thing is a pen picture of Christ 's way of life . |
| 3 | ‘ If Kenny Dalglish wants Roy Keane he has only to dial the club , ’ he added . |
| 4 | Specifically , it is to query the new received wisdom , that the alternative party to the Conservatives in British politics has only to take the consumerist road , and present itself as the protector of the individual against Big Business and Big Government . |
| 5 | Much more will be said of the houses of the poor in chapter 3 , but the basic contrast can be readily tested — one has only to compare the range of interiors in the novels of Richardson or Jane Austen with the range in almost any one of Dickens 's novels . |
| 6 | Iago 's manipulation of the verbal sign was never more brilliant , for he has only to offer the Signifier , ‘ Lie ’ — which could mean ‘ tell an untruth ’ — for Othello to snatch the Signified , ‘ lie with ’ , which has been planted in his consciousness so remorselessly . |
| 7 | One has only to read the correspondence of F.J. Osborn with Lewis Mumford over these years ( Hughes , 1971 ) to appreciate the single-minded zeal that could be generated for the attainment of the new Jerusalem . |
| 8 | One has only to read the letter of Robert Scott Macfie , a middle-aged company chairman with degrees from Cambridge and Edinburgh Universities , who stayed in the ranks as a senior NCO , when he wrote of an action on the Somme in 1916 : ‘ The want of preparation , the vague orders , the ignorance of the objective and geography , the absurd haste and in general , the horrid bungling were scandalous . ’ |
| 9 | The options are provided in the menu : the user has only to select the option required by pressing the appropriate key ( following the question mark ) . |
| 10 | It 's the expression of a negative dynamic , in which the cycle of action and reaction between teacher and pupil seems only to confirm the pupil in the disruptive role and of escalating sanctions which consume energy , time and morale in large amounts . |
| 11 | ‘ Now it seems only to worsen the coil ! ’ |
| 12 | But the question then arises as to whether all this interactive effort serves only to facilitate the internalization of linguistic knowledge , as Long appears to imply , or whether it does not also develop the executive ability referred to earlier , whereby the learner can access that knowledge in a range of communicative contexts . |
| 13 | The current structure of local government , with its varying patterns of single-tier and two-tier authorities and annual and quadrennial elections , serves only to confuse the issue . |
| 14 | This negative approach serves only to deny the health authority some service from potential employees . |
| 15 | The hearing learner then seeks only to master the interlanguage , which has no cultural base , and which therefore lacks the social depth of either language . |
| 16 | The merchant unwittingly parodies Christ 's resurrection in his withdrawal to his counting-house to review his affairs : He descends only to join the rest of the household in a superficial scanting of Christian ritual between the call of the business world and the lure of socializing : Note the distraction and reluctance implied by the " " But … " " at the beginning of line 251 in comparison with the consecutive " " And … " 's that introduce more pleasing activities . |