Example sentences of "[vb mod] only [vb infin] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since they may only return to earth by replacing one of their number with a living child , mothers warn their off-spring never to follow the lights . |
| 2 | Very often the vagina and part of the uterus can be separated into two parts by a fibrous partition and this may only come to light after difficulty when intercourse first takes place , or sometimes at the onset of pregnancy . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Bachman says he 'll only talk to Damian . ’ |
| 5 | Prisoners offered the choice very rarely preferred death to the colonies but , because they were essentially treated in the same way as indentured servants , they could only go to America if a merchant was willing to take them on the basis of a calculation that he could sell their services at the other end . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | No such act of measurement could change what those spins already were ; it could only bring to light a state of affairs which had existed from the moment of separation . |
| 8 | It i my Lord Mayor , it is indeed colossal cheek and pure hypocrisy on the part of the Tory Group , and particularly on the part of Councillor , to be putting forward the resolution congratulating schools on their success in responding to the introduction of Local Management , when they and the Government , between them impose such conditions that could only lead to chaos and disorder . |
| 9 | They must n't go down this road again , it could only lead to disaster . |
| 10 | Somewhere deep in Robbie 's rapidly fading consciousness a little warning voice admonished her not to let this happen , that it would only lead to heartache . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | There was one hope which Rosen kept to himself and which would only come to light when Kennedy responded . |
| 13 | A Hungarian , Ms Erszebet Varga , who returned from Timisoara on Monday , told Hungarian television that on Sunday pregnant women taking part in the demonstration approached the bayonet wielding soldiers and , pointing to their swollen bellies , demanded that the unborn children be killed immediately as they would only starve to death when they were born . |
| 14 | It would only respond to matters referred to it . |
| 15 | Such scenes of domestic bliss would only turn to torments and she forced him to be a spectre at the back of her mind . |
| 16 | Obviously this would only apply to programmes which would be used by many language learners . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It is suspected that such a high figure would only apply to non-specialist journals such as Nature and Science , which rapidly report results at the forefront of science , and that the rejected papers were later accepted by specialist journals publishing less urgent research . |
| 19 | It is suspected that such a high figure would only apply to non-specialist journals such as Nature and Science , which rapidly report results at the forefront of science , and that the rejected papers were later accepted by specialist journals publishing less urgent research . |
| 20 | It would take a lot of variation to show serious differences in performance , in fact one could ‘ round down ’ the basic diameter to one metre ( 39in ) and , with a given 230g or 8oz load , the loading will only vary to 294g/sq m or 0.95oz/sq ft which in any circumstances is very light loading indeed . |
| 21 | He has no time for the fair-weather aid groups , who will only go to Romania in the summer and is annoyed by those who deliver basic supplies , take a few pictures and never return . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | These kinds of quantities will only go to Intel 's best customers . |
| 24 | They will only lead to frustration . |
| 25 | Ride along with it as philosophically as you can , and try not to take your own hurt feelings or sense of irritation out on your mother-in-law , as this will only lead to unhappiness for you all . |
| 26 | It said that further technical measures of this kind will only lead to increases in carbon dioxide emissions . |
| 27 | He also holds an engagement at Sandown on Friday but will only travel to Esher in the event of Chepstow — where it continues to rain heavily — being abandoned . |
| 28 | Some of these effects were immediate ; others will only come to light in time , if at all . |
| 29 | This can only lead to children growing up without knowing the difference between right and wrong — and ending up in court themselves . |
| 30 | Properly used , it seems to me that quantitative methods can only lead to advances in our subject . |