Example sentences of "would only [vb infin] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The bottles would therefore go back to the company , which would only pay one deposit on each bottle but the deposit would end up in the hands , not of the purchasers of the soft drinks , but of the defendants .
2 The Policyholder may move to a guest house or hotel but we would only pay reasonable accommodation costs , commensurate with the standard of the existing accommodation .
3 And , as an added constraint , each vendors typefaces would only fit that system .
4 However , I am convinced that a further review of the industry at this stage would only create additional uncertainty , which would not be in the interests of the industry , the tenants or the customers .
5 I could feel an awful churning going on down there , and I was sure it would only end one way , but I could n't move .
6 But the incidence of Down 's is such that a process of integration would only involve one child with Down 's entering one in every 20 classes in normal primary schools .
7 But you would only approach that business on the basis that well the estate agent has asked me to give you er you know he he feels that you would benefit and erm from this exposure and er has asked me to approach you first .
8 To flee cravenly would only invite more complaint , and personal complaint too .
9 His father was sick and the private hospital he was in would only accept hard currency .
10 Bernard had to act as ‘ go-between ’ as Laura would only accept bad news or limitations to her independence from him , certainly not from an accountant who was later to describe her designs as ‘ itsy-bitsy prints ’ necessary to camouflage the bad quality of the fabric .
11 One of the members [ almost certainly Francis Maginn ] intended to urge the adoption of the word " deaf " only at the Congress , but seeing that it would only cause much loss of time to no purpose he allowed his motion to drop for the present .
12 Wishing desperately that she were able to defend her grandfather , but knowing that to explain would only cause more trouble until she 'd been able to speak with his mother , and fervently wishing she had locked her door when she 'd come up to bed , Ellie said tiredly , ‘ I do n't know why .
13 In reality that would only increase white racism and try to solve with money a problem that can not be bribed away .
14 As singles usually make a loss for record companies , being ‘ tasters ’ for the album , any large marketing campaign would only increase this deficit .
15 It would only take one phone call to blow her cover .
16 In both cases the heads of the city telephone networks ( Vladimir Panov in Ekaterinburg and Valentin Dolgoborodov in Novosibirsk ) say the company would only take full payment in advance and insisted on using its own engineers on the projects .
17 If standing was not granted , Article 103 would only have practical effect in the unlikely event of the Secretariat refusing to register the conflicting agreement under Article 102 of the Charter .
18 Er , yes I am a person who uses public transport and I believe in it very much , but I must say that erm its very , very inconvenient , I have to rely on three different forms of public transport to get to my work and it takes twice as long as it would as if I , if I could go by car and so I can see the , the attraction of , of going by car and there are many improvements that could be made where I live for instance in , in Glasgow so that you would only have one change and not constantly shuttling to and fro between stations and buses and so forth .
19 She may have been just twenty years old , and secretly terrified , but she would only have one wedding in her life , and she was determined to make it her own .
20 She would only have one shot , and she had to be ready to make it count .
21 Manglapus said on Sept. 22 that US forces would only have commercial access to the bases after September 1991 .
22 If the Church would only have more faith in Carey and the wise words of moral guidance that he offers perhaps more of us would have faith in the Church .
23 He believes such an outcome would only irk independent software companies .
24 He knew he would only get one chance with the plastic .
25 He did say that with the mass attendance at around about nine hundred that we would only get one priest
26 New road capacity " which would only encourage extra commuting " will be discouraged .
27 He added that the alternative system suggested , through planning applications , would only need minor adjustment to planning requirements .
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