Example sentences of "[vb infin] only at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Man 's cultural development can arise only at the cost of a persisting lack of satisfaction of those sexual impulses which are seen as improper by men and women — the higher the degree of civilization and education , the greater the number of unsatisfied impulses . |
| 2 | There is nothing but House and Seven , hence the House can grow only at the expense of the Seven . |
| 3 | He regarded all existing churches as false , believing the true church would emerge only at the end of the 1,260 years in the wilderness ( Revelations xii . |
| 4 | The changes will take several months to make much difference to most people 's lives ( price controls remain on basic foods , heating and transport ; the auctions of small businesses will begin only at the end of January ) . |
| 5 | As resource allocation is a ‘ zero sum game ’ ( that is , authorities can gain only at the expense of others ) it seems essential to be able to explain why different formulas produce different results in terms other than the composition of the formulas . |
| 6 | ‘ Authorities can gain only at the expense of others . |
| 7 | However , such a transfer can happen only at the expense of the central authority . |
| 8 | The club will open only at the weekends , but the organisers eventually hope to extend the service to seven days . |