Example sentences of "only [subord] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can be done , however , only where a taxpayer 's total income is below the level of their personal allowances . |
| 2 | In an attempt to secure such a reduction , national guide-lines were issued in October 1990 , which identified a number of offence-specific factors that would justify a committal , but only where a magistrates ' court feels that its sentencing powers are insufficient . |
| 3 | ‘ Opting out ’ will also be permitted , but only where a school seeks ‘ grant-maintained integrated status ’ , and chooses to progress towards full integration of Protestant and Roman Catholic pupils . |
| 4 | Hindu teachings allow abortion only where a pregnancy constitutes a danger to the mother 's life , Islamic law allows abortion up to as late as 120 days and under Jewish law the foetus is regarded as a subsidiary of the mother and abortion is permitted as long as a number of doctors recommend it . |
| 5 | Sheer cliffs , 300–400 feet high , defend the island , relenting only where a breach permits landings to be made at a small beach ; nearby an ancient graveyard and ruined crofts are relics of a former occupation . |
| 6 | However , self-build schemes are really possible only where a number of energetic persons , usually young , coincide . |
| 7 | The appeal lies only where a point of law is involved . |
| 8 | There is a power to make an award only where a party has acted frivolously , vexatiously or otherwise unreasonably , either for a fixed sum or for taxed costs . |
| 9 | A reference to that office is made only where an inquiry concludes that an offence may have been committed . |
| 10 | Furthermore , they were used only where an owner had actually offered his land for sale at a price above existing use value . |
| 11 | This is based on those countries ' national legislations but applies only until an UNCLOS convention actually enters into force . |
| 12 | The labels , however , have fallen off or become illegible , and only if a character with Chemistry or Prepare Poisons makes a thorough ( 1 dose ) analysis coupled with a successful Int test will he know what they are . |
| 13 | But the benefit is realised only if a spending tax replaces other existing taxes and the tax burden as a whole is either unchanged or reduced . |
| 14 | Only if a building is listed can this significant premium on construction costs be avoided , although the majority of disused churches which are offered for conversion are of ‘ listed ’ status . |
| 15 | Only if a building reaches the next stage commonly regarded as romantically old-world is its survival reasonably assured . |
| 16 | The agreement may provide for the amount of any fees to which it applies to be increased , but only if a percentage is specified . |
| 17 | However , funds provided in the third category would be available only if a country 's domestic policies were adjusted to that prescribed by the Community 's Council of Ministers . |
| 18 | ( The second vote was to be of significance only if a majority expressed a desire for change in the first . ) |
| 19 | The second question — relevant only if a majority preferred a new constitution — asked voters to approve certain ground rules for the Constituent Assembly : a limited term , the obligation to submit its draft to another referendum , a clear separation of powers between the assembly and the provisional government whose president it would select . |
| 20 | A momentum will be found only if a state of tension is created for the participants to provide a dynamic to the action . |
| 21 | It is only if a strike remains in the news for a long period that anything of its history or underlying causes will emerge and then only in the ‘ quality ’ press , rarely on television or in the tabloid newspapers where most people obtain their information . |
| 22 | This procedure may break down if we get to a single pair of edges , but we will see that this can happen only if a pair of corners has also to be exchanged . |
| 23 | The Entrance Examination produced the usual number of candidates ( about 350 ) , but of these half would be interested only if a bursary or some other sort of aided place could be provided . |
| 24 | Fessey ( 1988 ) maintains that assertiveness techniques should be used only if a need requires expression or a right is about to be denied . |
| 25 | Policy E Ten requires that the boundary be moved only if a need for expansion can be established . |
| 26 | In one text Paul appears to be of the same view ; but in another Papinian takes the opposite line , on the basis that the testator had in mind not that payment should be made only if a condition of surviving to a certain age was met , but that payment should be deferred to that point in time . |
| 27 | At present Statutory Maternity Leave is available in the UK only if a woman has two or more years of continuous service with her employer ( see also below ) . |
| 28 | A single currency may come into being in 1997 , but only if a minimum of seven countries meet the convergence conditions , and eight of the Twelve vote in favour . |
| 29 | The Court of Appeal held that because the principle of effective protection only required that national courts should provide remedies for the protection of European rights which were as effective as the remedies available for the protection of similar rights in English law ; and since a plaintiff can recover damages against governmental bodies in English law only if a breach of private law can be shown ; and since the challenged action would not be actionable in tort in English law ; it followed that the principle of effective protection did not require that damages be available to the plaintiff as a remedy . |
| 30 | There is now a substantial body of evidence that the expression of gluten hypersensitivity as enteropathy may be minimal , measurable only if a count of intraepithelial lymphocytes is performed . |