Example sentences of "[vb mod] only [verb] to [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a reference , firstly , to ‘ other forms of homosexual behaviour ’ , and secondly , to the fact that the proposed process of decriminalisation should only apply to adults . |
| 2 | It will be noted that section 37(3) refers to ‘ assets located within that jurisdiction ’ , a reference which reflects , but does not directly confirm , the understanding of the position which prevailed in 1981 , that an injunction could only attach to assets within England and Wales . |
| 3 | It went on to warn against any general attack on fiscal incentives ( or , as ICAS says the report negatively and unhelpfully refers to them , ‘ fiscal degradation ’ ) : there is no level playing field in the EC and so less successful economies have to offer incentives to compete , ICAS said , and any attempt to eliminate them would only lead to governments using non-tax ones which will be harder for others to identify . |
| 4 | It would only respond to matters referred to it . |
| 5 | Such scenes of domestic bliss would only turn to torments and she forced him to be a spectre at the back of her mind . |
| 6 | Obviously this would only apply to programmes which would be used by many language learners . |
| 7 | The amounts as well as qualifying ages have been altered several times since 1986/87 , so any rebate would only apply to allowances that would have been due to you at the time . |
| 8 | What with some villains that will only go to houses with something like that , because they think , they see that you 've got something worth having . |
| 9 | It said that further technical measures of this kind will only lead to increases in carbon dioxide emissions . |
| 10 | This can only lead to children growing up without knowing the difference between right and wrong — and ending up in court themselves . |
| 11 | Properly used , it seems to me that quantitative methods can only lead to advances in our subject . |
| 12 | The DTI consider that although the title of the Directive applies to all contracts involving consumers , the recitals and indeed parts of the text , imply that it can only apply to contracts for the supply of goods and services . |
| 13 | But I am content to rest my conclusion in rejecting it on the simple ground , which closely reflects the reasoning I have already deployed in rejecting the board 's construction of section 18 , that the words in subsection ( 2 ) ‘ an order for payment … to the unassisted party … of the costs incurred by him in the proceedings ’ can only apply to costs incurred by the unassisted party in his capacity as such . |
| 14 | Now , the , there , it appears that there 's a whole variety of phenomena er which suggests that sentence divides up in this way and that can be explained on hypothesis we just call such a division a constituent , and then we stipulate that , as certain operations can only apply to constituents . |
| 15 | Paul Himmelstein , the AIC 's president , says his organisation can only respond to complaints , and never received one in this case . |
| 16 | Most pubs in the country are owned by the big six breweries , so Glennie Brewery can only sell to freehouses . |