Example sentences of "the [noun sg] only [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Th there , there is a , there is a problem erm in that the invitation from Aida in this case to er issue a statement in general conformity erm confers on , on this committee the opportunity only to withhold that statement if there are elements of plan which significantly fall outside for one reason or other the , the terms of the structure plan and the points that have been mentioned in the er in paragraphs two point four to two point nine in , in er your officer 's views er are not such that the er plan is er unable to be afforded that statement of general conformity . |
| 2 | The majority only attended sessions on one occasion . |
| 3 | Mr Ridley said that of the five charges of maladministration the Ombudsman only attached ‘ great significance ’ to one which was a new point about the Jersey partnership . |
| 4 | The direction only applies to evidence which a party " intends to place reliance on " and so can not apply to new evidence which only comes to light after the time for serving statements has passed . |
| 5 | As already stated , the change only affects those joining new pension schemes set up after 13 March 1989 or new members joining existing schemes after 1 June 1989 . |
| 6 | This applies even if the change only affects a user manual . |
| 7 | After all , the retailer only makes a profit on the items he sells : if the prices he charges are too high , the customers will go elsewhere and he wo n't make any profit at all ! |
| 8 | Most information is already printed on the form , and the retailer only has to add : |
| 9 | The writer only has memories of a few freights and the diesel hauled York-Bournemouth in 1964 . |
| 10 | No less culpable was Artemesia 's father , ’ The trial only took place because Artemesia 's father , Aratsio , considered the rape a violation of one of his household objects which was now devalued.This was the only reason Tassi was taken to court , this and the fact that he stole some of Aratsio 's paintings . ’ |
| 11 | The trial only revealed Godoy 's political and moral isolation and convinced Napoleon that these ‘ dirty intrigues ’ made either faction an impossibly unreliable ally . |
| 12 | He wants to give me two years , but the board only want to give me one . |
| 13 | The shell only needed to hit one of the skaters — though it did indeed need to strike a target and not be wasted , as might easily be the case when fired seemingly without aiming . |
| 14 | Waves burst over the cockpit into the saloon only to pour out through the manhole each time the bridge-deck broke free for a moment . |
| 15 | The winner only needs 270 . |
| 16 | But you can not expect the taxpayers to provide extra help for one-parent families unless someone tries to ensure that the money only goes to families which really do have only one parent in them . |
| 17 | They complained that they could not get loans from LEDU and if they did , the money only came after long delays . |
| 18 | Raymond Cusick had hoped for six Daleks from his budget but in the end the money only ran to affording four . |
| 19 | The case only confined for the policemen the inequities of the legal system : justice depends on who the prisoner gets . |
| 20 | The missing boy was n't really interfering with the progress of the Connon case , because the progress only existed in theory . |
| 21 | From its first operation in the 1920s , the computer only reached commercial feasibility and success in 1964 . |
| 22 | The camera was set to auto programme so the photographer only had to concentrate on focusing . |
| 23 | The photographer only had the opportunity to do it because it was a benefit and he had access to the models that he would n't normally have . |
| 24 | The buyer only becomes the legal owner of registered land when the transfer is received by the Land Registry ( see Chapter 10 ) . |
| 25 | In cases involving the supply of goods ( which is the only case where consumer status makes a difference to the effect of a term in a standard term contract ) the definition is , of course , restricted by the third limb of the definition of " consumer " : the buyer only deals as a consumer if the goods are of a type ordinarily supplied for private use or consumption . |
| 26 | The great advantage over owning a holiday home in the normal way is that the buyer only pays for one week instead of fifty-two . |
| 27 | As an alternative means of adding security , the bill[s] of exchange may be sent with shipping documents — the buyer only obtains title to the goods once the bill[s] have been accepted for payment at a future date [ or , if the bill is payable ‘ at sight ’ , when payment has been made ] . |
| 28 | Clause 11 of Precedent 1 is a very short form of confidentiality clause , which is mutually binding , while cl 11.1 of Precedent 2 is inserted by the buyer only to bind the seller . |
| 29 | The children covered their eyes and turned away as the needle went in , but the squirrel only jerked slightly then lay still . |
| 30 | However , since the grant only purchased a few hundred books , these tended to " disappear once distributed around the shelves . |