Example sentences of "only by [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason why at present independence is thought to be achievable only by involving a different force is that investigations of police operations typically involve suspicion of malpractice . |
| 2 | Its significance , in terms of the legal consequences which would follow , can be assessed , however , only by drawing a crucial distinction between the situation where the patient requests that further support be terminated , and that where the ventilator is turned off without the consent of the patient . |
| 3 | Many Labour Party members drew the conclusion that only by building a United Front with the small British Communist Party could the Labour Party be strengthened . |
| 4 | This is because its chronicity can be achieved only by delivering a massive insult or repeated dosing so that it takes a long time for the acute ulcer to heal and often leads to the death of the animal in the acute phase . |
| 5 | They can be connected only by using a stepped coupling , so Kevin was unable to re-use the original connector . |
| 6 | Is not it clear that everyone knows that the Prime Minister has reduced inflation only by creating a deep and lasting recession ? |
| 7 | The process is then terminated only by reaching a spatial domain where success is achieved , or by reaching the local domain in which the relationship was originally defined without success . |
| 8 | Only by performing a complete MODULE DETAILS bulk data transfer are module name deletions reflected in the LIFESPAN RDBI database . |
| 9 | Asquith , as Chancellor of the Exchequer , concluded that a free trade government could solve this only by introducing a graduated income tax . |
| 10 | Of course , you can achieve variations on this basic form , if only by having a second murder and getting a shape rather like a violin . |
| 11 | In writing , you will discover what can and can not be done , and then perhaps you will have to modify your attention-grabbing murder , if only by having a few fewer porcupine quills . |
| 12 | This can be clarified only by requesting a brief job description . |
| 13 | This article would have to be amended to allow resolutions to be made effectively , not only by circulating a written resolution but also by oral contact with individual members of the board . |
| 14 | But it could do this only by making a substantial cut in its prices , in fact to prices below the cost of steel imports ( EP , 12 August 1985 ) . |