SOLELY


Meaning of SOLELY in English

adverb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

consist entirely/solely of sb/sth

The area does not consist entirely of rich people, despite popular belief.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

concerned

My interest is solely concerned with the health of animals.

Now solely concerned with training for working with the media.

Probation practice is not, however, solely concerned with the establishment of rules.

responsible

He nodded, avoiding the many eyes that glared at him as though he were solely responsible .

Economics is of course not solely responsible for these changes.

He says another man, Derek McCall, 20, was solely responsible .

Consequently, as social life becomes more complex, the school is increasingly seen as the agency solely responsible for providing solutions.

But it would be a distortion to suggest that de Gaulle and his agents were solely responsible for the eventual unification.

It is not reasonable to expect one person to be solely responsible for fundraising, campaigning or recruitment work.

That person is then solely responsible for any debts the business may incur.

In fact, it wasn't just the twins who were solely responsible for her feeling so exhausted.

■ VERB

based

This classification is based solely on composition immediately after deposition; cements and authigenic minerals are not included.

In Los Angeles, a doctor was terminated from a health care plan based solely on a business and financial management analysis.

Initial selection was based solely upon Stirling's impressions of the men at brief interviews.

It is imperative that courts decide cases based solely on the evidence and never on public sentiment, however strong.

However, decisions regarding the provision of education can not be based solely on demographic trends.

The Richmond Plan denies certain citizens the opportunity to compete for a fixed percentage of public contracts based solely upon their race.

Your payment is solely based on the value of the Program.

The situation was akin to guessing when an argument would turn into a fistfight based solely on the volume of the shouting.

concentrate

At Kidd's arrival Clive and Stokes concentrated solely on executive search, but it has since undertaken organisational consulting assignments.

New Jersey had a balanced budget when Whitman took office, allowing her to concentrate solely on paying for the tax cuts.

Smolsky has composed in most of the major genres, although the Olympia selection concentrates solely on his orchestral output.

A study of bibliographic classification could concentrate solely upon the major and some of the more minor bibliographic classification schemes used today.

The major problem is that pupils may concentrate solely on the game aspect and also lose interest quickly.

They ignore other countries' difficulties and concentrate solely on those in this country, to the damage of our interests.

Sabine concentrated solely on making sure the appropriate pieces got into the right rooms.

From now on she would concentrate solely on work.

confine

Mark you, Squirrell was not solely confined to these stylistic limitations.

Interestingly, this reliance on state funding is not confined solely to industry.

Interestingly, the use of key rings is confined solely to the Roman period.

Her affection for the unusual was not confined solely to the young.

consist

All would keep strict hours, their duties consisting solely in the preparation and delivery of their lessons.

deal

Therefore we are dealing solely with an exchange-value schema, not a prices of production one.

Placido Domingo will release an album that deals solely with the topics of losing your job and your girl.

He says Harwell has now expanded from dealing solely with the field of nuclear physics.

The church records, by the way, only go back as far as 1565, and they deal solely with marriages and deaths.

dedicate

Even the guides solely dedicated un shopping are feeling the strain.

depend

According to current theories, all of this is entirely predictable, depending solely upon the distance the Earth is from the Sun.

The data one chooses to select and record depend solely upon the theory one is trying to prove.

Furthermore, the practice of good dermatology does not depend solely on adequate eyesight and clinical expertise.

The Confederates considered the works impregnable, but they did not depend solely upon them.

For her decision depended solely on her assessment of Janice.

The searcher who depends solely on browsing at the shelves can miss other related items scattered elsewhere in the collection.

Productivity growth does not depend solely on equipment - whether or not new, high-productivity machines replace old, low-productivity ones.

Peace, in other words, depends solely on collective security.

determine

The growth of this type of training, however, has not been determined solely by the providers.

Whereas the endangered species listing is determined solely upon scientific data, economics play a role in deciding critical habitat.

devoted

Beds devoted solely to roses are traditional but demand a lot of space and offer only limited interest.

exist

Science is the pop of the Nineties; beyond truth or fable, good or evil, it exists solely to stimulate.

A small cluster of national agencies exists solely to service the local federations and their programs.

They exist solely in the mind of the man who invented them.

Fleet Street seemed to exist solely to praise the Tories and bolster the system.

The Full Mont / s multiculturalism similarly exists solely at the level of the unifying image.

focus

Our fear was that not to focus solely on racism would mean it slipping on to the edges of our concerns once again.

There are now two labels, Celtic Heartbeat and Green Linnet, that solely focus on the music.

Some lawmakers want to repeal that measure and order the Fed to focus solely on fighting inflation.

relate

Simply implementing the Directive by means of a statutory instrument would result in yet another regime relating solely to consumer contracts.

Expenses related solely to your home office would be fully deductible.

The latter is established partly because of the expertise it can develop, and this expertise is not related solely to fact finding.

rely

It would be most unwise at present to rely solely on luminescence interpretations of geological phenomena.

The professional also learns quickly not to rely solely upon personal qualities and a limited collection of instructional materials.

No longer does evidence of authenticity have to rely solely on stylistic criteria, which can be unreliable.

You will be choosing the organization and then selling yourself to them, rather than relying solely upon answering newspaper advertisements.

But he does not rely solely on technical gadgetry.

Even in portraying the character and spirit of a little cascade one must rely solely upon line and tone.

But it thinks that to rely solely on market forces is a messy way of reining in a big borrower.

They are the restraints on which the people must often rely solely , in all representative governments....

rest

Rather, the authority of law rested solely on the fact that it was promulgated by the authorized ruler.

use

Once Alnmouth was a busy corn port but today the estuary is used solely for pleasure activities such as wind-surfing and sailing.

The western Cour Marly in the Richelieu wing will be used solely for Marly sculptures.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

If the business is sued, the owner will be held solely responsible for any damages.

Scholarships are awarded solely on the basis of financial need.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

According to Tretorn, this confirms its continued commitment to grass roots tennis, of which the Trust is also, solely committed.

Also present within organization are power strategies designed solely to promote selfish objectives.

Here a new level of explanation is required, and it can not be one solely in terms of physical factors.

New Jersey had a balanced budget when Whitman took office, allowing her to concentrate solely on paying for the tax cuts.

Surely Ministers are appearing at the Dispatch Box solely to answer questions about their governmental responsibilities.

The data one chooses to select and record depend solely upon the theory one is trying to prove.

They escaped solely because of the strength of the end wall of the building.

This finding warns us against concluding that women get into heroin and sustain regular use solely because of male associations and partnerships.

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