Only the richest could afford to have him work for them, as Mansart's constructions cost " more money than the Great Turk himself possesses ".

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

Only, unfortunately, he could not remove from his voice a nagging insinuation of the direct command.

Only across a distance of time could the epic accounting begin.

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 context could differentiate them.

Only larger BBSs with multiple phone lines using specialized hardware, multitasking software, or a LAN connecting multiple computers, could host multiple simultaneous users.

Only laws and the decrees of the Senate or the People's assembly limited their powers, and only the veto of a fellow consul or a tribune of the plebs could supersede their decisions.

Only the fastest windjammers could attain similar speeds.

* Only encoding sounds that could be made by a single human voice.

Only a few educated Romans with antiquarian interests, such as Varro, could read Etruscan.

Only as an independent scholar could he hope to influence the reform of religion.

Only a very small number of copies could be made at a time, so circulation was extremely limited.

Only a few fans could afford more professional printers, or the time it took them to print, until photocopying became cheap and ubiquitous in the 1970s.

Only slaves found guilty of specific offences could be sentenced to the arena.

The words " It took all the strength I had not to fall apart " were changed to " Only the Lord could give me strength not to fall apart ".

Only twenty-seven years old at his death, Moseley could in many scientists ' opinions have contributed a lot to the knowledge of atomic structure had he survived.

Only 2. 5 % of Italy ’ s population could speak the Italian standardized language properly when the nation unified in 1861.

Only with Muhammad III ( 1757 – 1790 ) could the kingdom be pacified again and the administration reorganized.

Only those who gave a convincing account of such a conversion could be admitted to full church membership.

Only by reducing the number of shares could the work be completed.

Only Sparta could call a congress of the League.

Only pizzas which followed these guidelines could be called " traditional Italian pizzas " in Italy.

Only by aligning himself with his erstwhile enemy, the more radical Jacques Opangault in the parliamentary elections of March 31, 1957 could he continue to play a leading role in Congolese political life.

During the 15th century there was a division of instruments into Haut ( loud, outdoor instruments ) and Bas ( quieter, more intimate instruments ) Only two groups of instruments could play freely in both types of ensembles: the Cornett and sackbut and the Tabor and tambourine.

: Only when each people, left to itself, develops and forms itself in accordance with its own peculiar quality, and only when in every people each individual develops himself in accordance with that common quality, as well as in accordance with his own peculiar quality-then, and then only, does the manifestation of divinity appear in its true mirror as it ought to be ; and only a man who either entirely lacks the notion of the rule of law and divine order, or else is an obdurate enemy thereto, could take upon himself to want to interfere with that law, which is the highest law in the spiritual world!

Only large corporations could afford the computers capable of performing the calculations.

Only farms close to factories could afford to take whole milk, which was essential for cheesemaking in industrial quantities, to them.

Only after the fall of man begins the creation of space, time and matter, or of the world as we now know it ; and the motive of this creation was the desire to afford man an opportunity for taking advantage of the scheme of redemption, for bringing forth in purity the image of God according to which he has been fashioned.

Only wealthy families could afford a teacher.

Only the wealthy could afford anything that would assist in daily life.

Only the very wealthy could afford the first automobiles, and they generally employed a chauffeur rather than driving themselves.

Only a small minority of parents can afford school fees averaging over £ 23, 000 per annum for boarding pupils and £ 11, 000 for day pupils, with additional costs for uniform, equipment and extra-curricular facilities.

Only the extremely rich could afford to have items of furniture for every possible activity: A dresser for cosmetics, a commode for toiletry, a lady's desk for writing during most of the year and a lady's Fire screen desk for cold evenings, equivalent desks for the gentleman, a game table for chess, another one for checkers, a billiards table, and so on.

Only the largest churches could afford an organ and organist, and so many used more portable instruments, such as the bass fiddle, which was appellated " God's fiddle " to distinguish it from the much-maligned " Devil's fiddle " ( violin ).

Only they could afford to pay the huge campaigning costs and the abolition of certain rotten boroughs removed some of the middle-class planter merchants that had been able to obtain seats.

Only 10 % of Americans eligible for COBRA insurance in 2006 used it, many because they were unable to afford to pay the full premium after their job loss.

Only a very rich medieval European lord could afford to build a castle on his land ; many of them only owned one village, or even only a part of a village.

Only with a strong economic base could Japan afford to build a strong, modern military along western lines, and only with a strong economy and military could Japan force a revision of the unequal treaties, such as the Kanagawa Accords.

Only the wealthier Viking goðar, jarls and sometimes freemen could afford swords.

Only in his early thirties, Captain Schofield is renowned for his level-headed demeanor and reflexes that afford him the ability to come out of devastating conflict alive.

Only relatively few universities can afford to offer Comparative linguistics as a discrete field.

Only a select few could afford expensive adornments, which could then be used to exacerbate differences between people based on class, where people in fancy clothing would not want to be seen socializing with others dressed tattily.

Only some athletic scholarships are " full rides ", and many student-athletes are not able to afford dining, entertainment, and even some educational expenses.

Only the wealthy could afford such artists.

Only the wealthiest classes could afford to buy palampore ; therefore, the few examples that have survived are often quite valuable today.

Only those of high status could afford this new product.