Example sentences of "will [verb] [adv] only [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The poet 's claim that he will readily participate in any form of stability his lover settles on is accompanied by the qualification that he will do so only as long as ‘ this wearied ghost ’ dwells in him . |
| 2 | She will do so only if Mr Major resigns . |
| 3 | In the light of the above , it is clear that two matrices having the same modal matrix do not necessarily permute ; they will do so only if their spectral matrices permute . |
| 4 | It will do so only if it frustrates the contract ( i.e. renders it impossible to carry it out — see Chapter 4 ) . |
| 5 | I hope that that will evolve in the fullness of time , but it will do so only when the electrification programme is extended to all parts of the country . |
| 6 | ‘ But I will stick around only as long as I am doing justice to myself and the team . |
| 7 | San Diego Zoo expressed interest in buying two pairs of hoolock gibbons from him — but has since reassured IPPL that the sale will go ahead only if the animals are genuinely captive-bred . |
| 8 | As Ward has signed Lance Key on loan from Sheffield Wednesday until the end of the season , Marples is on the sidelines and will play again only if first choice Dean Kiely is injured , Key being unavailable for Fourth Division fixtures as he was signed after the transfer deadline . |
| 9 | But the signals will get through only if there is budget discipline : if , in other words , the still massive indirect subsidies to factories — tax exemptions , soft credits , loans — are cut at the same time . |