Only by means of an intensive preoccupation with the detailed considerations following from any decision can he ensure attention to the practical details to be dealt with if the implications of immorality in the major decision are effectively to be checked.

Only when the collage had been exhaustively translated into oil, and transformed by this translation, did Cubism become an affair of positive color and flat, interlocking silhouettes whose legibility and placement created allusions to, if not the illusion of, unmistakable three-dimensional identities.

Only the memory of previous hurt, bewilderment and perplexity made him sure that if he did not ask B'dikkat when he, Mercer, was happy, the answer would no longer be available when he needed it.

Only if the corpse had been properly embalmed and entombed in a mastaba, could the dead live again in the Fields of Yalu and accompany the Sun on its daily ride.

Only a proper, artist-grade acrylic gesso should be used to prime canvas in preparation for painting with acrylic ( however acrylic paint can be applied to raw canvas if so desired without any negative effect or chemical reaction as would be the case with oils ).

Only walks issued by the catcher signaling as described above are recorded as intentional walks ( see below ); walks issued without the catcher signaling – even if the pitches are intentionally thrown outside of the strike zone – are not recorded as intentional.

Only if the leading coalition ticket outpolls the second-place coalition by a margin of more than 2-to-1 does the winning coalition gain both seats.

Only an eligible pass receiver may legally catch a forward pass, and only an eligible receiver may advance beyond the neutral zone if a forward pass which crosses the neutral zone is thrown.

Only in the upward development of the soul do human beings find happiness in this life and the next, for if the soul is unhappy, a person will be miserable regardless of how materially wealthy he or she may be.

Only lions, leopards, tigers and jaguars are truly able to roar, although the loudest mews of snow leopards have a similar, if less structured, sound.

Only if many elements are likely to be compared will it be worthwhile considering methods that make fewer comparisons but impose other requirements.

Only if the data is written to would it have to be physically copied, a process known as copy-on-write.

Certainly, Erdős behaved as if nothing else in the world mattered, including money or love, as emphasized in his biography The Man Who Loved Only Numbers.

Only then, and only if the divorce from the second husband is not intended as a means to re-marry her first husband, may the first husband and the woman re-marry.

However, he also advances a " Remedial Rights Only Theory " where a group has " a general right to secede if and only if it has suffered certain injustices, for which secession is the appropriate remedy of last resort.

Only two fighters are involved in each duel and they are usually of the same level or status if they belong to any sect.

Only if the connection to the main controller is unavailable, the readers use their internal database to make access decisions and record events.

Only sharks that are willing to scavenge follow the chum trail and if they find no food at the end then the shark soon swims off and does not associate chum with a meal.

Only if the organism becomes intelligent enough to understand its own interests, as distinct from those of its genes, can there be true conflict.

Only a patient will truly know if the symptoms are something mild or serious.

When asked in 2000 if he would ever like to return to acting, Howard replied, " Only if I can act with Cindy Williams again ", referring to the actress who played opposite him in American Graffiti.

Only if all of these conditions are met will a digital signature actually be any evidence of who sent the message, and therefore of their assent to its contents.

Only if such a vote fails may the President dissolve the Bundestag.

Only walkers with moderate levels of fitness should attempt this track.

Only in species that have the appropriate traits in their gene pool, and in which individuals typically interacted with genetic relatives in the natural conditions of their evolutionary history will social behavior potentially be elaborated, and consideration of the evolutionarily typical demographic composition of grouping contexts of that species is thus a first step in understanding how selection pressures upon inclusive fitness have shaped the forms of its social behavior.

Only 10 to 20 require serious effort, depending on an individual's fitness and skills.

Only one rule prevailed in my conversations with these men: The more highly placed they are -- that is, the more they know -- the more concerned they have become.

Only recently new `` holes '' were discovered in our safety measures, and a search is now on for more.

Only the President is permitted to authorize the use of nuclear weapons.

Only when that term is ended and he is a private citizen again can he be permitted the freedom and the courage to discount the dangers of his death.

Only when a concert of nations rests on the positive foundations of shared goals and values is it likely to form a viable instrument of long-range policy.

Only a native New Yorker could believe that New York is now or ever was a literary center.

Only this time around the conditions are different and the choice is far harder.

Only rarely is attention given to accurate progress reports and evaluation.

Only the independent art schools, that is, those not connected with any university or college, receive severe and separate investigation before accreditation by the various regional organizations.

`` Only one lumber dealer in ten is equipped to handle unit loads ; ;

Only the assignment of the information cells is important.

Only the Federal government is likely to be able to take a long-run and nation-wide view and to pay for training to meet national skilled manpower needs.

Only when a decision is rendered by the District Court of Appeal ( or, of course, the Supreme Court ) is a binding precedent established.

Only a radical change in the nature of the population in the central city would be likely to destroy this preference -- and we must now turn our attention to the question of whether such a change, gloomily foreseen by so many urban diagnosticians, is actually upon us.

Only confusion, failure and anarchy result when the effort is made to impose upon the civil authority the impossible task of policing private homes to preclude the possibility of sin.

Only rarely is the reader drawn directly into the emotions of the characters or the drama of the scene.

Only the product is required to calculate planetary positions for an ephemeris, which explains why ephemerides are calculated in astronomical units and not in SI units.

Only about 2 % of the continent is not covered by ice.

Only about 100 kg is found per year, which makes it valuable and expensive.

Only with Aram Damascus is he believed to have had strained relations.

") and it includes a proverbial expression (" Only an inch of daylight left ") though it is possible that he coined it himself.

Only Daytime flying is allowed.

Only six leaves of M survive ; however, the printed edition of Gelenius ( G ) is considered to be based on M, making it an important witness to the textual tradition of the Res Gestae.