Example sentences of "this is [adj] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is subject only to limited restrictions which member states can justify on the basis of public health , public security , public policy and certain other limited public policy grounds sanctioned by the Treaty and the case law of the Court of Justice . |
| 2 | A good after-medication is Panolog cream , but this is available only on veterinary prescription . |
| 3 | In summer , too , you can read the ridge and furrow in an even more attractive way , although this is possible only on those few fields which have not been ‘ improved ’ to an all-over green of fertilized rye-grass . |
| 4 | And this is possible only if they have control over the processes that convert raw materials to products of value . |
| 5 | It is true that 8 exemplifies a recurrent semantic contrast , but this is possible only because of the presence of m — in both sentences . |
| 6 | On the one hand , the Institute wishes to be seen as a professional body , and this is possible only where entry is restricted by academic qualification . |
| 7 | The Regional Council believes this is possible only because of its role in planning strategic land use , economic development and transport . |
| 8 | This is valid only if the rate of interest is constant for all future time periods , that is , if the yield curve ( which will be discussed in the next section ) is flat . |
| 9 | This is valid only for components of comparable size , and where the intermolecular forces acting between both like and unlike molecules are equal . |
| 10 | This is valid only if the sum in question is paid into court ( Ord 9 , r 12 ) . |
| 11 | Although we have emphasized the outer limits of commuting , this is realistic only where suitable public or private transport is available to link home and workplace . |
| 12 | A deficiency could produce cracking or peeling of the lips , a sore tongue , depression and mood changes , but this is likely only in the elderly , heavy alcohol consumers , and those on a prolonged weight-loss diet . |
| 13 | This is acceptable only if it can be demonstrated that the method gives a reasonable approximation of the actual cost . |
| 14 | It would be nice if the two approaches met , but I fear this is true only in the simplest cases . |
| 15 | It is very doubtful whether the occasional smack meted out against a background of a loving , accepting home , does anyone much harm ; but this is true only if the punishment is not too severe or excessive . |
| 16 | We might say that the despair of existentialism is simply the logic of atheism , but this is true only in so far as atheism itself is the logic of ungrateful Protestantism . |
| 17 | This is true only in the sense that the significance of crime is directly related to its frequency ; the bulk of the evidence is found in narrative form . |
| 18 | If it implies that no time-lag is detectable between elements of an experienced " complex " , then this is true only in a very limited sense . |
| 19 | Yet clearly this is true only as long as we leave the judging subject out of the picture . |
| 20 | This is true only for music which moves in regular patterns , and we could well do otherwise if we wish . |
| 21 | But this is true only of stabilization which links the money stock to last period 's aggregate demand shock ; it is not true in the more general case in which the money stock is linked to earlier aggregate demand shocks . |