The phrase "administration was only" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the limitations or specific aspects of an administration's actions or policies.
Example: "The administration was only focused on short-term goals, neglecting long-term planning."
Alternatives: "the administration merely" or "the administration solely".
This led to the doctrine that administration was only loosely bound to the law.
Others wondered why the administration was only now beginning to come to terms with such problems as opaque off-balance-sheet transactions at companies and potential conflicts of interest at credit-rating agencies.
A late surge of momentum (five stars from Peter) for Andrei Zvyagintsev's Russian drama which takes literal pot shots at the Kremlin administration was only enough, in the end, to secure it the screenplay prize.
The Reagan administration was only a few months old when it faced a major test: Senators were calling for the head of the president's new director of central intelligence, and no one knew if he would survive their investigation into his tangled past business dealings and questionable agency management.
Mr. Obama's advisers say that the administration was only following through on the public promises he made in a campaign that began with a call two years ago to curb America's dependence on foreign oil and extend broadband access "through the heart of inner cities and rural towns all across America".
But even before the Doha agreement was complete, Donald L. Evans, the commerce secretary, said in an interview that the administration was only interested in clearing up confusion about how the United States and its trading partners could use such laws, not in restricting Washington's freedom to use them.
Unfortunately, the Bush administration is only encouraging Tokyo's reactionary moves by supporting dismissal of the "comfort women" lawsuit in United States Federal District Court.
Senior civilian and military officials say the Bush administration is only in the beginning stages of trying to figure out how to deal with Iraq.
However, Mr. Girard said, if the administration is only prepared to offer leases on areas already under development, that is merely "a word game".
The latest controversy to envelop the Obama administration is only partly about the specific rules governing body scanners and pat-downs.
