Example sentences of "only [subord] it [vb -s] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the same reasons , a person who has HIV infection should inform their GP of this only if it becomes relevant for diagnosis or treatment . |
| 2 | for it is difficult to see how the native could have any interest in the project of unveiling what can go on existing only if it remains veiled . |
| 3 | On the other hand we all know that any social and political change — call it revolution or not , it does n't really matter — is meaningful only if it builds new institutions . |
| 4 | The very work that solicitors are called to perform , which includes doing certain nasty things to people , can not be expected to make them universally popular , ; so the profession can retain public respect only if it observes high ethical standards , which not all practitioners do . |
| 5 | for art historians , incomplete schemes or dismembered works such as altarpieces have the attraction of needing detective work ; but a critic takes an interest in a reconstruction only if it throws new light on surviving art . |
| 6 | Thus informed and protected you are ready — but only if it seems right for you — to embark upon a sexual journey that will last in one way or another for a life time . |
| 7 | The purpose is to improve work performance and is justified only if it has that result . |
| 8 | As the reader will appreciate , a country can fund a continuing current account deficit only if it has limitless reserves of gold and foreign exchange or unlimited foreign borrowing power . |
| 9 | The point is that an orderly community can exist only if it shares many practices , and that in all modern pluralistic societies a great measure of toleration of vastly differing outlooks is made possible by the fact that many of them enable the vast majority of the population to accept common standards of conduct . |
| 10 | This way of putting the question reveals a sound judgement of the school curriculum : it has to be related to a child 's needs , and justified if and only if it satisfies those needs . |
| 11 | UEFA ARE ready to listen to radical new proposals for a European super league , but only if it benefits all clubs and not just the rich elite . |
| 12 | UEFA are ready to listen to radical new proposals for a European Super League , but only if it benefits all clubs and not just the rich elite . |
| 13 | The Article 22 proposal for EEC funding of pilot schemes to demonstrate to farmers how they can achieve the objectives of development plans is to be welcomed but only if it includes environmental considerations as suggested by several witnesses to the House of Lords Select Committee . |
| 14 | The lysosome is called a ‘ suicide bag ’ said Prof Mayer , not only because it digests any waste materials by the use of powerful enzymes but also because this cocktail can kill off the cell . |
| 15 | Transgressive reinscription will always remain controversial , if only because it raises such disturbing questions about desire itself , making it profoundly social and thereby asking equally disturbing questions about culture , representation , and social process . |
| 16 | Forestry is to a certain extent in conflict with agriculture not only because it removes large areas of land from farming for 50 or more years , but also because in its modern forms of organisation it tends to employ fewer local people . |
| 17 | The UK government will issue health warnings about low-level ozone pollution only when it reaches 200 parts per billion — more than twice the safety threshold of 75 parts per billion set by the World Health Organization ( WHO ) . |
| 18 | In May , 1991 , the Digital Information Group 's Software Industry Bulletin reported that SelecTronics expects to report a ‘ significant loss ’ for its financial year ended 31 March and that it is restructuring its business so that it manufactures handheld devices only when it has firm orders from its distribution channels . |