Example sentences of "would be [verb] only [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will the Minister assure us that information on someone 's behaviour as a prostitute would be accessed only if they were being charged for similar offences ? |
| 2 | He stressed that this did not constitute a formal ceasefire , however , saying that a ceasefire would be achieved only if Iraq agreed to surrender all allied and Kuwaiti prisoners ; to provide maps of all minefields ; and to accept all relevant UN resolutions on the Gulf . |
| 3 | But Arab diplomats said the proposals did not change Libya 's basic position — that suspects would be surrendered only if they were to stand trial on neutral ground . |
| 4 | Controls on farmers ' use of nitrates would just be voluntary to start with , and legal limits would be imposed only if the voluntary controls turned out to be ineffective . |
| 5 | The only modification offered by Law in response to the outcry from Unionist free-traders was that food taxes would be imposed only if requested by the Dominions ; after his talks with Borden , there was no doubt about this anyway . |
| 6 | Such a policy would be implemented only if the opposition of the very well-organized and wealthy political lobbies of industry could be overcome . |
| 7 | After that , it would be renewed only if the president indicated that China had adhered to human-rights commitments , stopped the export of goods made with prison labour and made ‘ overall significant progress ’ on a set of other matters , which range from ceasing religious persecution in Tibet to prohibiting the transfer of missile technology to Syria , Pakistan and Iran . |
| 8 | Payment would be made only if the unemployment was involuntary ; disputed claims would be referred to newly appointed local committees consisting of representatives of capital and labour ; workers would be entitled to refuse work under conditions inferior to the norm for their occupation . |
| 9 | Saddam stated that the foreigners would be freed only when US troops were withdrawn from the region , the blockade against Iraq was lifted and Bush gave a written assurance that the USA would not attack Iraq . |
| 10 | It is submitted that in the former case the approach would probably be modified by the basic duty of fidelity to the extent that confidentiality would be lost only if the employer could be said to have shown wilful disregard to the quality of the confidence , rather than having been merely negligent . |
| 11 | Permission for building would be given only if the occupier of a new house would live in it for at least six months per year and was a person employed or to be employed locally . |
| 12 | Permission would be given only where the procedure was ‘ judged to be of exceptional importance in meeting the essential needs of man or animals ’ . |
| 13 | Opponents of the change were assured that permits would be issued only if wolf numbers suddenly improved . |
| 14 | Our analysis was based on internal comparisons , and selection bias would be introduced only if the relation of head circumference and ponderal index to death from cardiovascular disease differed in those who were or were not traced . |
| 15 | In negotiations conducted through church officials the NPA stated that Drown would be released only if government troops in the region ceased operations and returned to barracks . |
| 16 | Dunkin thought that two groups of headlines ‘ each consisting of two sets would be required only if four formes were constantly in use ’ ( p.301 ) , i.e. if The Fairy Queen had been printed on two presses ( two formes per press , working simultaneously : one forme in use ; the other standing by ) or , conceivably , printed on four presses ( the presses doing only one side of a sheet each ) . |
| 17 | Bulgaria , which had recognized Macedonia in January [ see pp. 38703 ; 38734 ] , amended its position in February by stating that full diplomatic relations would be established only if the republic officially declared that there was no Macedonian minority in Bulgaria and that it had no territorial claims on Bulgaria . |
| 18 | At the beginning of the Kyoto meeting a working party was set up to consider proposals from the southern African countries , which would differentiate between " critically endangered " and " endangered " species , and under which trade would be banned only if there were strong evidence that it was affecting the conservation of the species . |