Example sentences of "[vb infin] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is all very well for the youngest generation of mountain lovers , but there are surely many grown-up readers , to whom metric measurements will convey only inaccuracy and confusion . |
| 2 | Intel Corp , obliquely confirming nagging reports that Pentium chips will be in critically short supply at least until October , now says it will ship only about 100,000 of the chips by the end of the year , where only two months ago it was talking ‘ hundreds of thousands ’ of parts this year ; Intel now sees 10,000 Pentiums going out by the end of June , 40,000 in the third quarter , and some 50,000 in fourth . |
| 3 | As an alternative to restrictive covenants ( eg the buyer may build only one single-storey dwelling on the land hereby agreed to be sold ) , there may be positive covenants that the buyer is to be required to observe ( eg the buyer must erect a larchlap fence on the length of the left-hand boundary of the property ) . |
| 4 | Another disadvantage of this study was that bronchial washings may not always sample only those parts of the lung specifically affected by the disease . |
| 5 | The stockmarket has in effect been closed to new equity issues for three years , and banks will lend only to the safest borrowers . |
| 6 | We can answer only problems printed on this page . |
| 7 | Remember that you must answer only the questions asked and no others . |
| 8 | I do not want only Monktonhall , but the 100 years worth of coal which stretches to Musselburgh bay to be developed . |
| 9 | Here the examiner will probably have divided up the possible marks in his mind among the component parts , and an answer to one part , be it ever so brilliant , can earn only the appropriate total for that part . |
| 10 | In the South Midlands and a few other areas where farm labourers could earn only a pittance crafts that employed mothers and daughters provided welcome extra income . |
| 11 | She was only twenty-eight , but , having been deserted by her husband and left with children of one and two years old , she could earn only 2s 6d ( 12½p ) a week by taking in washing . |
| 12 | In 1811 most mule spinners could earn only half of their peak earnings ; even so this was in most cases more than the earnings of fully employed weavers . |
| 13 | False perception can arise only if the nervous system has spontaneous activity independently of any causative external object . |
| 14 | In practice , this situation will arise only very rarely if a regime of symptom control and no more has been adopted . |
| 15 | It is too early to know of any false negatives but these would probably arise only by laboratory or administrative error . |
| 16 | Others even claim that the present knowledge of man and his mind is nil and that real culture will arise only out of the knowledge of the sequence of human DNA . |
| 17 | Man 's cultural development can arise only at the cost of a persisting lack of satisfaction of those sexual impulses which are seen as improper by men and women — the higher the degree of civilization and education , the greater the number of unsatisfied impulses . |
| 18 | Either may arise only after the performance or occurrence of some particular acts . |
| 19 | Treaty does not preclude a nationality requirement of the type at issue in the main proceedings , because discrimination on grounds of nationality can arise only where , under the law of a member state , persons are treated differently on account of their nationality . |
| 20 | Liability arises only when there is a nuclear incident which occurs at or in connection with certain nuclear installations , or in the course of transport of nuclear substances , and it can arise only in connection with licensed nuclear sites . |
| 21 | Does the Minister agree that the best prospect of reaching and sustaining adequate inward investment will arise only when right hon. and hon. Members representing the people of Northern Ireland put aside their petty differences and continue talks with the Secretary of State to bring the violence in the Province to an end ? |
| 22 | Both laboratory experiments and numerical simulations have demonstrated that plumes can arise only at a boundary between convective regimes , such as that between the Earth 's core and mantle at a depth of 2,900 km . |
| 23 | Doubts could arise only about matters of , as it were , taste , such as manners and morals , where simple quantitative accumulation provided no guidance There could be no question that men in 1860 knew more than ever before , but whether they were ‘ better ’ could not be demonstrated in the same way . |
| 24 | Chaotic behaviour can arise only when the governing equations are non-linear . |
| 25 | We have noted that chaotic behaviour can arise only for systems governed by non-linear equations . |
| 26 | The need for qualified nursing , as opposed to help with housework or companionship , will arise only in the most extreme cases of severe disability ( see Connolly v Camden and Islington AHA [ 1981 ] 3 All ER 250 ; Croke v Wiseman [ 1981 ] 3 All ER 852 ) . |
| 27 | Questions about the reasonableness of the amount charged would arise only if the concept was part of that contract . |
| 28 | There is , however , bound to be some unease on both sides , and this will disappear only as members of both institutes work together in running courses , planning local centre events , and other ventures . |
| 29 | From this month on , junkies need make only a telephone call to exchange their used , possibly-AIDS bearing , needles for new clean ones , delivered free of charge . |
| 30 | Such details matter because western telecoms companies can make only limited investments until they know when and how they might gain a return . |