Example sentences of "only by [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We believe that the dispute can be resolved only by peaceful agreement between India and Pakistan . |
| 2 | In fact , trade unions may seek to achieve their objectives not only by collective bargaining but also by lobbying the legislature , or by a more fundamental form of political action aimed at transforming society . |
| 3 | The final stage of class consciousness and class solidarity is reached when members realize that only by collective action can they overthrow the ruling class and when they take positive steps to do so . |
| 4 | Ward waited , but in the end it was only by persistent questioning that the details gradually emerged . |
| 5 | Adorno 's refusal to read such class references into twentieth-century popular music is , of course , the result of his obsession with the category of the individual producer-subject ; as we have seen , for him the shocking , the new , the unassimilated can be mediated only by alienated individuality . |
| 6 | Remember that , at work , your sexuality is to be used as a shield , an entrée , a civilising influence , but only by one person — you . |
| 7 | A positive identification , yes , but only by one person . ’ |
| 8 | In spite of the decline in the number of average basic hours per week for manual workers from 46 in 1946 to 40 in 1970 , the number of average actual hours which include overtime , declined only by one hour from 47½ to 46½ during the same period . |
| 9 | ‘ Despondent souls , ’ it was said , ‘ and there are not a few of these , seem to have been struck only by one part of the Führer 's speech : where he spoke of the preparations for the winter campaign in 1942–43 . |
| 10 | It was light as filigree in his hand , the heel held to the shoe only by one fragment of cleanly cut leather . |
| 11 | It is a difficult climate , and the announcement before Christmas that erm , no government expenditure would increase by some two point three per cent , generally across England and Wales , is clearly not erm , worked so well for Lincolnshire with a capping limit increasing only by one point seven per cent , and the S S A , is increasing by one point two per cent . |
| 12 | His win/loss playing record for the year up to 23/3/92 was 20/3 , bettered only by one player , Perez Roldan , who had only played in one tournament , in Casablanca . |
| 13 | A century ago the hillside from Greyseed through Benleaze , Herston , Newton , Court Cowleaze , Townsend , the Common Fields , Eightholds and Sentry was pock-marked by dozens of small quarries , mostly worked only by one family . |
| 14 | because it 's only by that way that if , if he 's gon na need the grommets or something in his ear then he really needs to get it sorted out this year . |
| 15 | This , of course , did simplify the problem of defence , since warships could approach only by that channel , with little room to manoeuvre . |
| 16 | In a complex letter to Frederick , Hadrian implied that the empire was a beneficium of the papacy , a gift bestowed only by papal authority . |
| 17 | United at first only by philosophic error , they quickly establish the deeper unity of joint snorers . |
| 18 | Judge Kenneth Richardson told him : ‘ You have been convicted of a shocking murder and it is only by sheer luck that it was not two . ’ |
| 19 | And the conviction refers to an ultimately retrogressive form of co-operation : retrogressive because it requires too great a suppression of individuality , too great a forfeiture of a life of one 's own ; and hence , justifiable only by sheer necessity . |
| 20 | The rest of the meat is divided up among all those present at the kill — the reason being that it 's only by sheer force of numbers that any hunt succeeds . |
| 21 | Such suspicions are justified — not only by individual horror stories , but also by a growing number of scientific studies of the side effects of modern contraception . |
| 22 | This has a clear relationship with Pius XI 's teaching , eight years earlier on the same subject : ‘ the very fountainhead from which the State draws its life , namely , wedlock and the family ’ ( 1929 : 14 ) , and with the dispositions of the then current Code of Canon Law which had come into effect in 1917 : ‘ The marriage of baptized persons is governed not only by divine law but also by church law . |
| 23 | The best overall guide of this kind , in any language , remains the oldest and the cheapest : the quarterly journal Vacher 's European Companion , available only by postal subscription , from Vacher 's , Berkhamsted , at £35.50 annually . |
| 24 | But part of the necessary information can be gathered only by professional observation and requires the application of educational judgement before it can be used to assist in the formulation of recommendations for action " ( Audit Commission 1989:7 ) . |
| 25 | Problems of concord and government can not be mastered only by simple substitution drills because they involve changes at more than one point in the sentence . |
| 26 | As unsuspecting Betty appeared , her face was a picture of amazement on being greeted not only by present Class members but also by many who had attended years ago . |
| 27 | The input cells are activated only by sensory input . |
| 28 | In this space-walk scene , Hyams insisted that the actors be lit only by key light ( the light source in the story ) with minimal fill ( back light ) from the blue screen . |
| 29 | ‘ It has resulted in the realisation that you achieve improvements only by continuous training , ’ said general manager . |
| 30 | The best protection against such unwanted intrusion is a code of manners as between strangers , and one that can be breached only by mutual consent . |