Example sentences of "only [to-vb] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , being left-handed I 'm well used to the pitfalls : reading reviews of great-looking and top quality guitars only to find at the end of the review , ‘ No left-handers available ’ or , more niggling , ‘ 10% extra ’ . |
| 2 | On each of her periods at Hillmarden he had still clung to the faint hope that she was improving , only to find at the end of a week or a fortnight she had made no progress at all and that when Harry — good baby that he was — occasionally cried , this was enough to make Celia so distraught that Brian was forced to accept that it was better for all concerned if mother and baby remained parted . |
| 3 | I 'm sorry Mr , I think we have to press you on this , can I can I take it from what you have said We have to press you because for the reasons we explained on Friday morning , we have to go through the sector sites , if only to find at the end it can not be done . |
| 4 | They came close to ending the European famine last season only to falter at the end . |
| 5 | One has only to look at the regularity with which courses on modelling now appear on the MRS lists . |
| 6 | Once at the Tate , they usually had time only to look at the sea and river pieces , the Turners and the Whistlers . |
| 7 | You have only to look at the shape and solidness of a barbel to see where he gets his speed and power . |
| 8 | But this is only to look at the question as a matter of law . |
| 9 | It brought both of the Lorrimores to their feet in an incredulous rush , but they had only to look at the faces crowding behind her to know it was true . |
| 10 | ‘ SSDs need only to look at the legislation to see they should be meeting the needs of the black community through mainstream budgets ’ . |
| 11 | I had only to look at the farmer 's face to know that the cow was worse . |
| 12 | This is n't the case at all , and to see why , one need only to look at the composition of the rocks involved . |
| 13 | To see and support British effort , one has only to look at the Chelsea Show which starts on May 25 , where the National Farmers Union stand is so impressive with the huge pyramid of vegetables , fruit and flowers . |
| 14 | One has only to look at the United States , where they take sex education very seriously but seem to have got everything wrong , with the most appalling results to the nation 's health . |
| 15 | We have only to look at the animal kingdom ; a creature in the wild will never overeat and , even if it has had to put effort into the hunting and killing of its prey , it will stop eating when it has had enough and walk away from the food . |
| 16 | We have only to look at the string of sell-offs of assets of the former National Bus Company groups after privatisation to demonstrate conclusively that those are not far-fetched fears or exaggerated concerns . |
| 17 | One has only to look at the contradictions between the rich north and the starving south ; between capitalist industry 's ceaseless drive for higher productivity and the health of the biosphere ; those contradictions at the heart of the EC ( the ERM , the battles over farming and fishing , etc ) ; and the fierce struggle over world trade in GATT , which will soon break out again . |
| 18 | The illegals have only to look at the plight of the large Korean minority — 690,000 of Japan 's 1.1 million registered foreign residents — to know they will never be accepted in this xenophobic land . |
| 19 | To illustrate this one has only to look at the account of a pupil pursuit in a school which had thought through clearly its broad curriculum and made plans accordingly . |
| 20 | ‘ It ca n't be that time , ’ she said , bounding up , only to clutch at the table as her head started up again . |
| 21 | If you have decided not only to start at the starboard end , but also to tack onto port as soon as possible , then a different set of priorities apply . |
| 22 | Her eyes flashed swiftly to fitzAlan , only to recoil at the look of blazing fury and contempt he turned on her . |