Example sentences of "only [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can not only compensate for declining liquor sales , but can even arrest and reverse that trend . |
| 2 | The report points out that the sector is highly diversified : worldwide , the 10 largest companies only account for one third of production , while in Europe a large number of small and medium sized firms operate alongside 15 or so multinationals . |
| 3 | The amount of funds channelled towards buy-out/buy-ins has risen to 61 per cent of the total in 1989 , whereas that for start ups has fallen to only 6 per cent ( start-ups and other early stage only account for 15 per cent of total funds invested ) . |
| 4 | Although debt enquiries still only account for 6 — 7 per cent of total enquiries , the severity of the problems means that each case can take over 12 hours of interviewing and office work to handle . |
| 5 | As can be seen by figure 1 , the number of households headed by women in Latin America and the Caribbean , accounts for 25 per cent of the region 's households , and in Africa 17 per cent , whilst those of the developed regions only account for 20 per cent . |
| 6 | Second , we are sceptical about trade figures in general and , third , these figures only account for less than half Britain 's trade . ’ |
| 7 | She only asked for one word to be removed . ’ |
| 8 | This would only make for higher scores which ca n't be good for the game . |
| 9 | It could only make for bad blood between the Li clan and himself and shatter the age-old ties between their families . |
| 10 | It would only make for more difficulties later on . |
| 11 | The use of weights coupled with longer exercise periods is very demanding and is only intended for serious athletes . |
| 12 | It was emphasised that this event was not only intended for those interested in ecumenical groups . |
| 13 | Although technically possible on magnetic tape , logarithmic searches are too slow to be economic , so they are normally only considered for direct access devices . |
| 14 | However , we see the thesis as overambitious since it only holds for certain groups and issues and for a particular period of British politics — and that period , may have passed at least for the moment . |
| 15 | Home responsibilities protection only counts for full tax years , which is a disadvantage , since most of us do not arrange our lives from April to April . |
| 16 | The guidance says that Kenneth Clarke , the Health Secretary , ‘ is minded ’ to go for Japanese-style pendulum arbitration — where the arbiter would be free only to find for one party or the other , and would not be able to compromise . |
| 17 | This is a permanent method of contraception and is only recommended for those who are absolutely sure that they do not want any more children . |
| 18 | This is a permanent method of contraception and is only recommended for those who are absolutely sure that they do not want any more children . |
| 19 | The man 's hair mass rocks back and forth on his rigidly stationary head like a wildly excited toupee and is only matched for unusual activity by his furiously trembling eyebrows and the cracked black toe-caps of his shoes moving up an down like wasps ' abdomens about to insert their stings . |
| 20 | Provision for deferred tax is only made for any differences when they are expected to reverse in the foreseeable future , and no provision is usually made for deferred tax assets . |
| 21 | But the pastor only came for one service every two weeks even then , in the war . ’ |
| 22 | So we 're only looking for fourteen businesses on each assignment . |
| 23 | This means not only looking for good practice in the present but also looking for indicators for the future . |
| 24 | Nevertheless if they were going to fly again they were gon na pay for a seat and they 're only looking for some recompense towards a new new ticket what 's wrong with sending them a voucher y'know , a properly produced voucher that we c that 's controlled properly by and all they do is guarantee any travel at their normal travel agent , do the business , attach the voucher to the B S P |
| 25 | We are very big and therefore we 're only looking for big business , is that , is that fair comment ? |
| 26 | When he invited farmers through the Darlington and Stockton Times to consider growing mushrooms as a way of diversifying he received well over 100 calls although he was only looking for ten . |
| 27 | And it would have shown on the certificate , the time of birth — it 's only done for multiple births . |
| 28 | After several public meetings to discuss plann-ing matters the bureaucracy were left confounded , much to the delight of the ratepayers who may have only attended for that reason ! |
| 29 | For the first time a non-aligned state provided not only support for Soviet warships on a commercial basis but did so without in the process tarnishing its non-aligned credentials . |
| 30 | There are many hundreds of sizes , shapes and shades of rose , some scented and others not , some that will flower all summer long , and others that will only bloom for two or three weeks during early summer . |