Example sentences of "only [vb infin] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If one could only graft the best aspects of Scimone and Devos onto one another , the roof would really lift off ! |
| 2 | Insurance may ONLY cover the current market value of your car , not what you paid for it . |
| 3 | Members heard financial bids made for City Challenge funding would only cover the hard engineering part of the anti-flood scheme at a cost of £800,000 . |
| 4 | MID-RANGE motorcycles may only cover the 25O-65Occ class , but there 's nothing average in the type and style of biking they offer . |
| 5 | Although he made a partial recovery in 1926 , he could only conduct the One-Year course at Wells , where he lived . |
| 6 | Whether you can only spare the occasional day or are prepared to help on a regular basis , Chapter 12 , Voluntary Work , lists a fund of suggestions you might like to consider . |
| 7 | Of course , it 's also impossible to predict revolution , and we can only recognise the revolutionary character of a particular development after it has happened . |
| 8 | Can this be the same tragic Lady Rothermere at whose inquest it was revealed had a stash of 2,000 pills lying round her French villa , who refused to travel abroad unless accompanied by massive quantities of prescribed drugs and who was so exhilarated by her fast-moving lifestyle she could only survive the small hours by swallowing incautious numbers of sleeping tablets ? |
| 9 | The Bill , however , will not only abolish the current registration arrangements , but introduce an extensive rebate scheme , allowing rebates of up to 100 per cent . |
| 10 | For the interest rate yeah , but it would only buy the same sort of mortgage that Tina 's got on it already . |
| 11 | ‘ When he was beaten his Dad did n't only buy the winning kart he bought the entire team for his son . |
| 12 | But he will only attack the other fish if it trespasses onto his territory : if the first fish trespasses onto the other male 's territory the roles are reversed . |
| 13 | The debate on fox hunting has become unnecessarily complex and that can only suit the pro hunters because the basic objections to hunting are obscured . |
| 14 | It will not only include the functional constraints listed above , but will use the product control facility in order to ensure that changes maintain the integrity of the design . |
| 15 | That , sadly , is a market at work , and suppressing it would only bestow the seedy glamour of the underground . |
| 16 | We can only identify the proper criteria correctly if we accept that medical treatment in general ought to be divided , for our purposes , into two classes . |
| 17 | Equally with a sensation , saying ‘ by ‘ pain ’ I mean that ’ will only achieve the desired effect if we have some means of separating characteristics which are to be relevant from those which are not . |
| 18 | Second , whereas a rejection of the goods supplied under a contract of sale entitles the buyer to claim a refund of the price , if already paid , termination of a contract for work and materials or for services will normally only entitle the innocent party to claim damages for the breach . |
| 19 | That could only prevent the sheer miracle of grace from standing as it must on its own as God 's free and loving initiative and movement towards us . |
| 20 | In the case of the harder spectra , even high column densities ( N H =10 22 ) would only attenuate the coronal emission by a factor of 20–25 . |
| 21 | Campaigners say that can only fuel the alarming interest in Hitler 's propaganda . |
| 22 | However , the structure of attitudes does not only comprise the explicit justifications and criticisms which might be advanced by the attitude-holder . |
| 23 | Even for those most deeply committed to the official view , these revelations could only reopen the vexed question of why the Scottish police and the FBI had changed their minds so comprehensively after claiming for at least 18 months that the bombing had been carried out by Ahmed Jibril 's PFLP — GC at the instigation of Iran and Syria . |
| 24 | It is expected that this combination will not only ensure the continuing existence of the profession but also identify a high potential for information managers and librarians and a rapid growth in the requirements for their services . |
| 25 | At Feros Lighting , Parsons Street , Banbury , you 'll not only see the largest selection of domestic lighting in the area , they can also advise you on the best way to light your office , so if it 's one lightbulb , your whole home or a complete office , for the complete look go to Feros Lighting in Parsons Street , Banbury . |
| 26 | A history which limits ‘ progress ’ to the sphere of a certain conceptualization of individuality can only see the collective associations of conventions and repetitions as regressive ; they represent the manipulative mould of mass society , together with a pseudo-archaism which that society uses to establish its historical credentials . |
| 27 | You can only see the splendid tapestries inside by appointment . |
| 28 | The darkness was almost complete now ; she could only see the faintest outline of his features , enough to know that they 'd taken on a hard , determined cast . |
| 29 | If you are not prepared to project it properly , it is most likely that people will only see the wrong parts ! |
| 30 | Inconsistent State practice would only defeat the entire purpose of the convention for a stable regime . |