Example sentences of "only [vb infin] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was so much the sort of remark one could only make to a girl friend , but Rupert took it very nicely and said with only slightly forced heartiness , ‘ Jolly good , and it 's an excuse for me to have a better meal than usual , too . |
| 2 | He waited in growing irritation while a woman minutely described her missing cat , and impressed on the desk-sergeant that it would only answer to the name Roger . |
| 3 | It was successfully argued that the phrase " is or " could only relate to a customer when the soliciting is taking place . |
| 4 | The structures of the Pentateuch were good but a stable and wealthy economic society could only flourish to the extent that Israel was obedient to the whole of the law and its commandment . |
| 5 | Since dogs have paws and not hands , ‘ him ’ can only refer to the vet ; and since , on configurational grounds , ‘ he ’ and ‘ him ’ can not co-refer , ‘ he ’ must refer to the dog . |
| 6 | It is clear from their context and from the structure of criminal appeals that these judicial doubts as to the right of the appellant/respondent to raise non-certified questions before the House of Lords can only refer to the situation exemplified by Berry ( No. 2 ) — viz , where grounds of appeal have been argued before but not determined by the Court of Appeal . |
| 7 | Hirst ( 1981:p. 55 ) reports that informants agreed that ‘ it ’ could only refer to the wine , and not to the table . |
| 8 | However , it is notable that the individual practitioner has far more discretion in legal advice than legal aid , and need only refer to the Area Director where he or she requires an extension to the financial limit placed on the amount of advice which can be given . |
| 9 | However in apportioning the cost Lothian Regional Council 's share is based on our desire to only contribute to the operation of buses between the regional boundary and Penicuik . |
| 10 | Trade union education can only contribute to the regeneration of the movement ; first , if it is prepared to subject what now exists to sustained debate and analysis , and if its development is tied to a thorough and far-reaching commitment to more campaigning , participatory and decentralised forms of trade union organisation and action . |
| 11 | With such a man as their representative , Albanians can only look to the West for help before it is too late . |
| 12 | These identifiers need not be valid and need only approximate to the range required , as LIFESPAN PMR will start and finish the report with valid identifiers which are nearest to those specified but which do not exceed the range given by them . |
| 13 | These identifiers need not be valid and need only approximate to the range required , as LIFESPAN PMR will start and finish the report with valid identifiers which are nearest to those specified but which do not exceed the range given by them . |
| 14 | These identifiers need not be valid and need only approximate to the range required , as LIFESPAN PMR will start and finish the report with valid identifiers which are nearest to those specified but which do not exceed the range given by them . |
| 15 | These identifiers need not be valid and need only approximate to the range required , as LIFESPAN PMR will start and finish the report with valid identifiers which are nearest to those specified but which do not exceed the range given by them . |
| 16 | These names need not be complete module names and need only approximate to the range required , as LIFESPAN PMR will start and finish the report with valid names which are nearest to those specified but which do not exceed the range given by them . |
| 17 | These identifiers need not be valid and need only approximate to the range required , as LIFESPAN PMR will start and finish the report with valid identifiers which are nearest to those specified but which do not exceed the range given by them . |
| 18 | Ultimately , this state of affairs can only work to the advantage of our trainees , who will come out at the end of their programme with an eminently marketable collection of skills . |
| 19 | [ The first postulate of classical economics ] means that , with a given organisation , equipment and technique , real wages and the volume of output ( and hence employment ) are uniquely correlated , so that , in general , an increase in employment can only occur to the accompaniment of a decline in the rate of real wages . |
| 20 | Capacitor C1 will only fit to the board layout if it is the type specified in the parts list . |
| 21 | We must be tolerant of others who do not have our gifts or drive as each of us can only perform to the extent of our own personal capacity . |
| 22 | In common with most other animals , including ourselves , the eyes of most snakes can only respond to the radiation which we call light . |
| 23 | But beyond this , I think the prohibition in regulation 143 against making an order ‘ forthwith ’ can only apply to an order which is to take immediate effect and that a suspended order which the Legal Aid Board has the opportunity to contest in no way contravenes the regulation . |
| 24 | Subsequent PRINT statements will now only print to the screen . |
| 25 | Storing things up will only lead to a build-up of anger . |
| 26 | It can only lead to the suspicion that there are dangerous men on both sides who believe violence is the only way forward . |
| 27 | The growth in the sum of will only lead to an increase in the price of consumer goods if the sum of grows too . |
| 28 | They were men of such unyielding integrity ( they would only admit to a fault in order to show how it might be overcome ) that the wavering personality of a child could not rest for long against those monumental shoulders . |
| 29 | The lights upstairs were still on ; if she could only get to a window she might be able to see what the men outside were doing . |
| 30 | He sought to show how the laws imposed by certain countries to attract internationally mobile inward investment could only operate to the detriment of other states . |