Example sentences of "only [verb] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can not only compensate for declining liquor sales , but can even arrest and reverse that trend . |
| 2 | It could only make for bad blood between the Li clan and himself and shatter the age-old ties between their families . |
| 3 | Although technically possible on magnetic tape , logarithmic searches are too slow to be economic , so they are normally only considered for direct access devices . |
| 4 | Home responsibilities protection only counts for full tax years , which is a disadvantage , since most of us do not arrange our lives from April to April . |
| 5 | The man 's hair mass rocks back and forth on his rigidly stationary head like a wildly excited toupee and is only matched for unusual activity by his furiously trembling eyebrows and the cracked black toe-caps of his shoes moving up an down like wasps ' abdomens about to insert their stings . |
| 6 | This means not only looking for good practice in the present but also looking for indicators for the future . |
| 7 | We are very big and therefore we 're only looking for big business , is that , is that fair comment ? |
| 8 | The slightly damp , hygroscopic pages of a book provide excellent storage for peels which are either awaiting permanent mounting or are only needed for temporary examination . |
| 9 | This is compounded when it ‘ not only exists for private consumption , but is publicly displayed … [ or ] forced on the attentions of those who have not even volunteered to be voyeurs ’ ( para 7.7 ) . |
| 10 | Where was that traditional British reserve only abandoned for cloying camaraderie under the influence of injuriously vast quantities of alcohol ? |
| 11 | We will only pay for alternative accommodation if this is NECESSARY . |