Example sentences of "be [adj] only to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Particles larger than this are subject only to saltation and surface creep . |
| 2 | ‘ I am subject only to grief , Nicholas said . |
| 3 | Moreover , unless the United Kingdom is taken to be consciously disregarding the very international obligations on the basis of which it claims that the requirements at issue are compatible with Community law , the fact that those requirements are applicable only to fishing vessels tends to show that , in the United Kingdom 's eyes also , they are not the sole requirements suitable for ensuring the existence of a ‘ genuine link ’ as required by international law . |
| 4 | She had herself spent several weeks alone in her cottage when she had just bought it and when she returned to mix with people she had found that her vocabulary had deserted her , that without stimulation she had completely lost the art of conversation , had been able only to mutter inanities in monosyllabic form . |
| 5 | However , it could be argued that an organisation is badly structured because it is poorly managed , and even if it were restructured , poor management would continue to depress the organisation 's performance — ie. performance may not be attributable only to structure . |
| 6 | Many commentators predicted that a majority of women voters , regardless of party loyalty , would be alienated by a decision to overturn Roe v. Wade , and that this could damage Bush , who believed that abortion should be available only to rape victims or if the woman 's life was in danger , and whose judicial appointments , the latest of whom was Clarence Thomas , might have created an anti-abortion majority on the Supreme Court . |
| 7 | One answer is that unions also provide other goods which are private to the extent that they are available only to union members . |
| 8 | While , for a time , they were available only to manufacturing companies or allied service industries , these restrictions have been relaxed to include most types of business . |
| 9 | Even at this stage it is preferable only to sketch in secondary details , fragmentary accompaniment ideas , etc. , before completing a whole section of the main subject matter . |
| 10 | The Attorney General is answerable only to Parliament for his decisions . |
| 11 | ‘ Secondly , the Commission is answerable only to Parliament , and to no other group nor individual . |
| 12 | In the UK , in 1984 a bill was introduced in parliament seeking legal safeguards to ensure that computerised personal health data about patients is available only to health professionals and not to groups such as the police , tax authorities , industry , and social services personnel . |
| 13 | 47 Tucanæ ( NGC 104 ) is inferior only to Omega Centauri . |
| 14 | From that date , warehousing will be available for imports of non-Community goods which are liable only to import VAT ( p 108 ) . |
| 15 | From that date , warehousing will be available for imports of non-Community goods which are liable only to import VAT . |