Example sentences of "only [vb infin] [prep] [adj] [noun] " 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 | And Street is sure that the Premmia range can only build on this success . |
| 3 | I can only build on this hill . ’ |
| 4 | I can only think of two things small enough and valuable enough : precious stones or drugs . ’ |
| 5 | I can only think of two adverts with Black children on . |
| 6 | But somehow Folly could only think of one person who might have sent her so tantalising a message . |
| 7 | At one point the heroine wants to go out , but can only think of one place to go with a baby in a pram : the launderette . |
| 8 | They could only think of another children 's home . |
| 9 | This would only make for higher scores which ca n't be good for the game . |
| 10 | It could only make for bad blood between the Li clan and himself and shatter the age-old ties between their families . |
| 11 | It would only make for more difficulties later on . |
| 12 | Almost fainting from lack of air , she could only answer in choked gasps . |
| 13 | At the same time , influential psychodynamic doctrine held that children can only relate to one set of parent figures and that psychological ties are more important than biological ones . |
| 14 | No longer is the customer at the end of the line , nor does the supplier only relate to raw materials . |
| 15 | Jade is scarce because it can only crystallize in that form under geological conditions of heat and pressure which were confined to certain faults in the earth 's crust . |
| 16 | However , since the company itself can only act through human agents , a transaction carried out for the benefit of the company , will mean that those acting for it will be liable under the CSA 1985 . |
| 17 | I might remember not to treat people as if they could only act in one way . |
| 18 | Tracy has a thing I can only describe as Non-specific pain . |
| 19 | Yes , I , I 'd give you two , one is my favourite of all shrub roses which is Fantan la tour which has what one can only describe as loosened sort of shaggy shell pink flowers with the most exquisite perfume , it 's a , it 's an untidy flower like the old shrub roses really should be the best of them erm and a very pale shell pink , a wonderful variety , not particularly repeat flowering , relatively short flowering season but so wonderful when it is in flower and the other one , er she says she does n't like red , now is n't really red , it 's a very very deep reddish purple and it 's a variety called Tuscany Superb and I grow Tuscany Superb in my garden alongside er some fennel , a foliage fennel plant and the feathery fennel together with , almost the aniseed aroma of the fennel together with these deep deep purple flowers of Tuscany Superb is absolutely wonderful , it 's actually on the edge of my herb garden . |
| 20 | When Bill Koch 's latest boat , Kanza , halted Conner 's run of four wins , it was evident Conner can only win by superior sailing not superior speed . |
| 21 | Until now historians believed that the woolly mammoths of that time could only survive in freezing conditions . |
| 22 | Brando is like a creature from a different world and time , a lumbering dinosaur who can perhaps only survive in post-modern MTV Hollywood as a kind of comic carnival turn . |
| 23 | Natural selection favours the habit in stickleback males because female sticklebacks will only mate with territorial males . |
| 24 | But you can make it different , George , if you 'll only cooperate with this television thing . |
| 25 | Because of the size of the Recital Room , the Concert Halls could only appeal to limited groups of musicians . |
| 26 | Appeals If an Industrial Tribunal 's decision goes against you , you can only appeal in limited circumstances . |
| 27 | MANY mothers agreed with Helen Bullock that men can only focus on one thing at a time . |
| 28 | Erm it would be for the the policy itself to define the criteria such that it did only refer to exceptional circumstances and the occasional one or two cases . |
| 29 | I will only refer to 2 projects in the short time available . |
| 30 | Moving to a new area may not only result in lower rent and rates but also lead to reduced transport and travelling costs and perhaps lower labour costs . |