Example sentences of "for the [noun sg] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the grounds that James IV 's will had nominated her for the regency only if she remained a widow , the Scottish Estates sent for the Duke of Albany , descendant of that Stewart who had plagued James III . |
| 2 | Increasingly , privately-built housing for owner-occupation was seen as the norm while council housing was seen as necessary for the low-paid only . |
| 3 | The drive by the 1979 Conservative government to sell council houses to sitting tenants at preferential prices was a logical outcome of the assumption that council housing is really for the low-paid only . |
| 4 | The invitation is for the service only ( which is at 12 noon ) , since the numbers at the reception are limited by both space and budget . |
| 5 | However , under section 15 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 it is lawful for a person in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute to attend at or near his own place of work ‘ for the purpose only of peacefully obtaining or communicating information , or of peacefully persuading any person to work or abstain from working . ’ |
| 6 | Example 2:6 Right of way : unlimited times and vehicles The right in common with the landlord and all others having the like right to pass and repass ( but not to park or except in emergency to stop ) with or without vehicles at all times and for all purposes connected with the use of the demised property ( but not otherwise ) over the road coloured on the attached plan Example 2:7 Right of way : limited times and vehicles ; right to load , etc The right in common with the landlord and all others having the like right to pass and repass on foot and with vehicles not exceeding … feet in length or … tonnes ( unladen weight ) at any time between 6 am on Monday and 8 pm on Friday in each week ( except public holidays ) for all purposes connected with the use of the demised property ( but not otherwise ) over the road coloured on the attached plan and to park any such vehicle for such period as may be reasonable for the purpose only of loading or unloading it Example 2:8 Right of way : right to load etc in loading bay The right at all times with or without vehicles to pass and repass over the road leading from to the demised property ( but not to halt or park any vehicle thereon except in case of emergency ) for all purposes connected with the use of the demised property and the right for the same purposes to use the loading bay coloured on the attached plan for loading and unloading any such vehicle ( b ) Stairs and passages In a lease of property on an upper floor of a building there will be implied an easement of necessity to use a staircase that is its sole means of access ( Altmann v Boatman ( 1963 ) 186 EG 109 ) . |
| 7 | Strategic motives would imply vertical separation for the petrol only stations ; agency motives would imply the opposite ( see also Gal Or , 1991a ) . |
| 8 | RDI Inc , San Diego , California , is offering a Helios-made Group III fax/modem option for its BriteLite Sparc laptop featuring V.32 for data connections up to 14.4 Kbps : it costs $850 for the modem only ; $1,850 for the fax/modem . |
| 9 | The external world exists for the child only at that level of complexity which is compatible with the stage of development it has reached . |
| 10 | Age at operation was found to be significant only for the adenoidectomy only group , with those who were older at operation facing a minor disadvantage ( about 2 dB ) between three and five years postoperatively . |
| 11 | Unless the parties agree a different time for payment , the seller can sue for the price only after property has passed , section 49 ( see paragraph 12 02 ) . |
| 12 | At the coronation , which took place in Moscow at the end of August 1856 , Levshin , the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs , quizzed gentry representatives from many parts of the empire on the question of emancipation and found sympathy for the idea only among the north-westerners whose feelings on the matter had already been communicated to the tsar . |
| 13 | She used the buses and wherever she found herself on the last bus at night , whether at her own home or at her son 's , she would stay for the night only to set off again early the following morning . |
| 14 | The good lady has agreed that you may return for the night only if I remove , ’ he explained . |
| 15 | For free sheets , of course , the direct cost to the reader was nil ; and for ITV programmes , the viewer paid directly for the cost only of a TV set and electricity . |
| 16 | They arrived for the performance only to find the tape recorder would not work . |
| 17 | His terms of land survey and planning are : Estate measuring and mapping 1/ per square acre , measuring land for the content only , six pence per statute acre ; for finishing any old plan of estate in the new method , six pence per statute acre , and six pence for every mile the estate lies distant from Manchester ( as it is necessary to inspect every field , as plowed , pasture , and meadow are differently distinguished , as likewise the fences , whether hedges , walls , cops , dykes , or pales , as likewise hilly ground , etc. ; levelling , dividing , etc. , according to the time and trouble ) . ’ |
| 18 | The sojourn at Swanage seems indeed to have held magic times for the couple only a few months wed , in those days before the later estrangement . |
| 19 | There the rooms were filled with ancient furniture , preserved under white sheets , as if the house had been closed up for the summer only , while its occupant was absent . |
| 20 | How about starting with a report on the Stuttgart Classic event where Goran really excelled himself with brilliant wins over Jim Courier and , of course , the out-of-sorts ( surely for the moment only ) , Stefan Edberg . |
| 21 | The phrasing is ambiguous , perhaps deliberately so , but suggests that for the moment only surveillance was intended . |
| 22 | We consider for the moment only the case where His non-negative and D is positive , and assume they are of such a size that overflow does not occur ( see problem 2.4 ) . |
| 23 | Unfortunately , Randall left ambiguous the respective roles of Wilkins and Franklin , and this later led to dissension about the demarcation of the DNA research at King 's , but a letter of his to Franklin in 1950 makes it clear that on ‘ the experimental X-ray effort there would be for the moment only yourself and Gosling ’ . |
| 24 | The phrasing is ambiguous , perhaps deliberately so , but suggests that for the moment only surveillance was intended . |
| 25 | Loyalist parties refused to join in , and the Provisional Sinn Fein was excluded by the fact that the ground rules for the forum only allowed parties accepting constitutional , nonviolent politics to participate . |
| 26 | There was the lure of the big stores , though clothing coupons and shortage of money made them a feast for the eye only . |
| 27 | The Herstmonceux/Wartling area is a very old site , a large colony ( 150 pairs ) being recorded at Windmill Hill in the mid-16th century , although detailed records for the colony only exist from 1835 . |
| 28 | It was in the localities that the war stimulated innovation in classroom practice , but such innovation was usually makeshift , not prefigurative , and much of it was for the duration only . |
| 29 | Matlock , who won the Trophy in 1975 , lost 1-0 at home to Stalybridge Celtic , but Celtic 's centre half Micky Kilduff had signed for the club only six days before the game , instead of the seven laid down in the rules , so the match has been awarded to Matlock . |
| 30 | If , by overruling the existing authorities , this House were able to change the law for the future only I would have urged your Lordships to do so . |