Sentence examples for it only postpones from inspiring English sources

"But it only postpones the problem.

Despite the environmental benefits of getting gas-guzzlers off the road, some experts say it only postpones the pain.

I can't say this too forcefully: borrowing more money does not cure the problem, it only postpones it and makes it much, much worse.

While that's reassuring, it only postpones the kind of catastrophe that is waiting to happen as long as any country, including the United States, possesses nuclear weapons.

Scraping into the post-season is like treating a gaping chest wound with a tiny boo-boo patch: it only postpones the interventions needed to address the Leafs' culture of losing, meddling ownership, and poor player development.

In Woodward's eyes, the UN decision, even if it only postpones a US invasion of Iraq, is clear evidence that the president has a firm grip on the helm.

Oh, and it only postponed the debt ceiling crisis, setting the stage for further extortion attempts.

This is what Fiennes will have done, but perhaps it only postponed the inevitable.

But even though that last fight raged in Congress, it only postponed the problem, as the rates are scheduled to double again next year.

No doubt its spell will last a while, but it can only postpone the eventual reckoning: how are the Brits supposed to get rid of the dynasty they have when, for whatever reason, putting in a new one seems advisable?

Yet even if a bust-up can be averted, it would only postpone the reckoning.