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Example sentences for "obtained only"

  • Divorce is made so difficult, that it can be obtained only in very rare cases.

  • It is obtained only by the practice of political rights.

  • These results can be obtained only by communistic methods, when carried out on the largest scale; but of course the authors quoted above do not think of that possibility.

  • But even then the ratification of the necessary three-fourths of the Legislatures could be obtained only because it was positively certain that through this action an immense addition would be made to the Republican electorate.

  • The suffrage alone must be had through a change of the constitution of the State and this can be obtained only by consent of the majority of the voters.

  • It is more soluble in water than baryta; and has such a strong affinity for it, as to be obtained only in the state of a hydrate.

  • Anhydrous potassa, or the oxide free from water, can be obtained only by the combustion of potassium in the open air.

  • The proper pigment can be obtained only by adding to a neutral muriate of gold a mixture of the protochloride and perchloride of tin.

  • Nations will arm so long as they are afraid and so long as they want something vital that can be obtained only by warfare.

  • Nor does this fighting for things, to be obtained only by fighting, involve moral turpitude.

  • Light was to be obtained only by opening the door or by lighting a lamp.

  • A house so placed that a stream can be brought through the garden from some irrigation canal is of greater value than one where water can be obtained only from a well.

  • That is to say, never give him poor food: great energy and endurance are to be obtained only by the continued use of nutritive food.

  • Add to which, that, by this method, a child is early taught the lesson which cannot be learnt too soon, that in this world of ours pleasures are rightly to be obtained only by labour.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "obtained only" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    bound hand and foot; certain thing; charming fellow; different distances; even whilst; find also; good policy; her knees; human energy; important business; killed himself; maintain the; many varieties; national security; obtained from; obtained leave; obtained mercy; obtained only; obtained the; one ounce; serve very; short pieces; should find; thine own; turn them; twelve feet