Example sentences of "[vb mod] only [verb] that [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should only hope that the minister does n't start using the Book of Revelations as his appointments diary . |
| 2 | If judicial review is seen as going further and being concerned with the protection of groups as well as individuals , standing rules should only require that the applicant show that he , she or it shares some interest with others . |
| 3 | If the baseline is for the purpose of a critical design review of a computer game program , then the assessor might only check that the modules are unambiguous and complete . |
| 4 | I could only suppose that the collapse of space-time in my own day was slowly spreading outwards from source , like a bloodstain oozing across an old sheet , threatening many deep-seated continuities . |
| 5 | Now he could only hope that the heavy crop of elderberries , which heralded the end of summer , did not mean that all the leaves had fallen . |
| 6 | Lanfranc could only hope that the papal Curia would come to recognize the substantial strength of this papally inspired practice of primacy going back to the seventh century . |
| 7 | One could only hope that the Earl of Gloucester would realise the futility of remaining isolated in Normandy when Matilda 's cousin was already anointed and crowned , an act that even the Pope acknowledged as irrevocable , despite his disapproval of Stephen 's methods . |
| 8 | But in 1938 he could only suggest that the manyattas be brought as far as possible under administrative control and the moran ‘ encouraged in any activities to maintain their manliness such as sports , road work , or their lion-hunting with spears ’ . |
| 9 | Capricious and Lothian , two of the flotilla 's escort frigates , swung at their buoys , which could only mean that the Jan Mayen had gone out to bring the submarine in . |
| 10 | Cadfael had already been considering the same question , and could only conclude that the abbot had indeed total faith that the Gospels would justify Shrewsbury in possession of its saint . |
| 11 | Puzzled as to why the DEA and CIA would choose to do this through a front operation in Nicosia rather than through official channels , Coleman duly reported all this activity to Control , but the response was so muted he could only conclude that the DIA knew about it already . |
| 12 | It was improbable in the extreme that Brian 's sterling qualities had come to the notice of the Comptroller of the Household , and she could only assume that the summons had been the consequence of her father 's having been an RA . |
| 13 | He could only guess that the mood was one of retrenchment and retreat , with a desire to preserve at all costs a ‘ rather narrow , English concept of academic excellence ’ . |
| 14 | At the very least , conditioned inhibition training is likely to differ from latent inhibition training in that the former is likely to convey the information that a given event ( a given US ) will not occur whereas the latter could only convey that no event will occur . |
| 15 | He said that he understood this and was sorry , but could only add that the deaf community regarded the birth of each and every deaf child as a precious gift . |
| 16 | Willis could only pray that the writers of such letters , stranded in ports which the war had passed by almost without notice , would never return , to be betrayed by so much change . |
| 17 | JVC could only say that the matter was still being considered . |
| 18 | Today , the Foreign Secretary could only say that the Prime Minister is still ’ mobilising ’ — though what he is mobilising is not at all clear , because very little appears to be happening . |
| 19 | After a master class which included warnings about ‘ unusualness ’ and ‘ surprise qualities ’ from a keen young Frenchman , we could only agree that a taste like unfortified fino sherry was certainly out of the ordinary . |
| 20 | The prosecution need only prove that the physical action took place , and after that the defendant is expected to put forward a good reason or excuse for his action to escape conviction . |
| 21 | If ‘ made ’ or ‘ adapted ’ is used the prosecution need only prove that the accused had it with him . |
| 22 | Last night Scotland Yard would only confirm that a quantity of jewellery was stolen . |
| 23 | Yesterday a spokesman for the bank would only confirm that the theft had taken place . |
| 24 | This was n't a reflection of his feelings about me , I knew that , and when pressed he would only say that the most resounding impression she gave was of her innate class . |
| 25 | ( 1987 : 29 ) I would only add that the value of what we can not understand is only recognized by reference to what we can . |
| 26 | If this should occur it will only mean that the symptoms will intensify a little further , making it even more difficult to ignore the stress , forcing you to act to reduce the level . |
| 27 | Until all that has died down , I will only say that the only thing I 'm bothered about is the well-being of the club . |
| 28 | One can only conclude that the story about the two-way radios is entirely false . |
| 29 | Well , we have our own gifts , but the presentation of food is not one of them , and since French cooks and food purveyors so often appear to lose the lightness of their touch in this respect when they leave their native land and settle abroad , one can only conclude that the special stimulant which brings these gifts into flower is in the air of France itself . |
| 30 | At type II promoters we can only conclude that the precise nature of the interactions between CRP and the truncated and wild-type polymerases , and their role in the activation mechanism , remain to be determined but that the C-terminal part of the α-subunit of RNA polymerase is not involved in this process . |