Example sentences of "but only [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sailing craft can not sail directly into the wind but only at an angle of 45 degrees to it . |
| 2 | The questions which arise in aircraft accident investigation usually relate to the boundaries of radio technology — things such as trying to establish the radio propagation conditions in which some phenomenon or other gives rise to a kink in an instrument landing system localiser or glide slope but only on an intermittent basis , or the reliability of a radio altimeter in an auto-land system during an approach over surfaces with greatly differing radio reflecting characteristics . |
| 3 | After that for six days little smoke columns seemed to be sprouting up all over the forest , now here , now there , but only for an hour or two . |
| 4 | This is done in Appendix C , but to anticipate briefly , the reasons depend in essence on two facts : ( a ) Whenever a property is qualified it remains a property , so that e.g. ( P P ) P reduces to P P ; ( b ) The property of an adjective can not normally be applied to another property-word but only to an E. Thus while ( P E ) P reduces from a purely structural point of view to P P , it needs to be treated as a distinct pattern when the final P is an adjective , since , unless the E can be taken into account , the structure will be literally incoherent . |
| 5 | Research revealed that people were prepared to buy raisins , but only as an ingredient for the store cupboard . |
| 6 | I was not interesting in myself , but only as an example . |
| 7 | Compensation for cross boundary flows suffered from a number of flaws and disincentives : a Compensation was not made in cash but only as an adjustment to a district 's RAWP target after a two-year time lag . |
| 8 | In the latest round of restructuring at the company , Siemens wants to cut employment at Siemens Nixdorf to 47,000 from the present 50,000 — but only over an airy ‘ next few years ’ . |
| 9 | Private companies can now get rid of the requirement for member involvement , but only by an elective resolution under s 379A . |
| 10 | The first session of the Consultative Council ( announced in November 1990 — see p. 37873 ) opened on Jan. 5 , when its Speaker Sheikh Abdullah bin Ali al-Qatabi said that the council heralded a new era of joint national action ; the 59-member council would draft policy proposals for economic and social legislation but only in an advisory capacity . |
| 11 | Should you still be unable to contact Matron , go to the Lower Office but only in an emergency . |
| 12 | It accepted Mr Yanaev as vice-president ( but only after an embarrassing failure in the first vote and some heavyweight intervention by Mr Gorbachev ) . |
| 13 | Christine has just been given the all clear … but only after an intensive five weeks of radiation treatment . |