Example sentences of "only for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There should be no more nonsense about one or other of them moving out for a matter of days or weeks only for the unsatisfactory relationship to resume just as unsatisfactorily as before . |
| 2 | The collection of essays edited by Joyce ( 1987 ) is an important contribution to the history of work , not only for the satisfying ways in which it challenges orthodoxy about the social and political role of work , but also for its advocacy of the need to rethink work as a social construct . |
| 3 | There follows the observation that the need for responsiveness to rapid technological change and fluctuating economic climate requires management to involve employees in the process of making decisions , if only for the practical reason that there will be great difficulty in carrying through decisions against resistance by trade unions . |
| 4 | Help was duly forthcoming — if only for the practical reason that the dollar was bound to suffer in the event of a sterling crisis . |
| 5 | Our investigations of characteristics of user establishments were made only for the private sector , since we assumed non-market forces to be of too great importance in the public sector to permit most of the relevant propositions to be tested . |
| 6 | The appointment of Stewart as vice-captain , opening batsman and wicketkeeper collapsed when Gooch missed the second Test , with Blakey consequently keeping wicket in two Tests when he was intended only for the one-day internationals . |
| 7 | It rests also on the insight that income " transferred " by this means was not used only for the minimum relief of destitution , for the old , widowed , orphaned and infirm , but also for the purchase of some " decencies " , for the supplementation of the earnings of the underemployed as well as the relief of the involuntarily unemployed , and for the apprenticing of the children of the poor . |
| 8 | The Mail in 1971–3 did not give the radio schedules , while the Times usually printed the wrong day 's schedules and then only for the General Service ( English ) , omitting altogether the Home Service ( Zambian languages ) to which the majority of its readership listened most of the time . |
| 9 | Often , it was argued that science degrees qualified students to enter ‘ general ’ jobs such as management as well as specialized scientific ones , whereas arts students could apply only for the general jobs . |
| 10 | 1983 was a year of historical significance in the development of the BDA not only for the above events but because , by a happy coincidence , it was the year when Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales agreed to become the BDA 's first Royal Patron . |
| 11 | Only for the black bean aphid Aphis fabae has it been possible to develop over the last 25 years an effective system to predict migration several months ahead to advise farmers when to spray . |
| 12 | For ease of reference , a separate list of fees and compensation fund contributions is set out in Part I. These fees apply only for the practising year 1992/93 . |
| 13 | The surveyor accepts responsibility to the applicant and the society only for the stated purposes that the report will be prepared with the skill , care and diligence reasonably to be expected of a competent chartered surveyor , but accepts no responsibility whatsoever to any person other than the applicant and the society . |
| 14 | The surveyor accepts responsibility to the client and the society only for the stated purposes that the report will be prepared with skill , care and diligence reasonably to be expected of a competent chartered surveyor , but accepts no responsibility whatsoever to any person other than the client and the society . |
| 15 | Students on the part-time course will work from home , visiting Middlesbrough only for the final examination . |
| 16 | Only for the tattered bundle of throwaway lamb . |
| 17 | Cheap fares were available only for the westward journey , so that the disincentive to return to the East was considerable . |
| 18 | Such was the prophetic hope , not only for the Suffering Servant or the Messiah of Israel but for the whole people of God . |
| 19 | This connection between high status employment work and present dissatisfaction with housework holds only for the middle-class women , but there is evidence that the tendency to be dissatisfied with housework in relation to the status of one 's previous job may involve the question of a ‘ reference group ’ . |
| 20 | The first was for Exeter 's own services to be concentrated on Digby and Wonford House Hospitals , with Exminster to provide only for the other Devon districts . |
| 21 | It raised the more general and important question whether the determination of a statutory tribunal with a limited jurisdiction could give rise to issue estoppel at all , or only to cause of action estoppel ; in other words , whether it could give rise to an estoppel for all purposes or only for the limited purpose for which the jurisdiction to make the determination was conferred . |
| 22 | The All Indonesia Labour Federation ( FBSI ) , a tame ‘ yellow ’ union created by the Suharto regime , signed a collective labour agreement with Caltex , but only for the small elite of core workers . |
| 23 | A malinger round the monument is worth your while , if only for the extraordinary view down Loch Shiel and to reassure yourself that you will soon be leaving behind all the people milling idly around their coaches , to whom 1745 means quarter to six . |
| 24 | Reflection upon the experience is not only for the individual student however . |
| 25 | Knight became aware in April last year that Betts was producing the assembly for L'Oreal , but only for the European market . |
| 26 | Even if not in any way competitive , STACK membership is advantageous for the individual stunt flyer , not only for the informative manual , but also for its newsletter with a regular calendar of activities worldwide and tips on team flying . |
| 27 | However , longer Morse sequences yielded an advantage for the left ear , but only for the experienced operators . |
| 28 | I would recommend them only for the casual observer who wants little apart from views of lunar craters . |
| 29 | Mozart , in contrast , is held up as a kind of plaster saint , a spiritual being who lived through his music , pausing only for the occasional game of billiards . |
| 30 | I have been convinced for a long time that people could not love , accept or respect me for the person I am , only for the amazing amount of exercise I can do . |