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If the United States were to relax its policy, she said, it would apply only to Haitians who were living in the United States and served with deportation orders before President Obama took office.

See articleA German court that recently sided with Apple in a patent dispute with Samsung, and issued a temporary injunction to stop Samsung selling its Galaxy tablet computer in most European countries, refined its decision and said it would apply only to Germany for the time being.

George Sheldon, a Basel University professor of labour market and industrial economics, said that although the proposed minimum wage was very high, its negative impact would be small because it would apply only to a few people.

It would apply only to people under 55.

It would apply only to people currently under 55.

It would apply only to existing mortgages, not future loans.

It also would apply only to a fraction of Medicare drugs: cancer chemotherapies, anti-inflammatory drugs and others administered by physicians in hospitals or their offices.

But because the court was ruling for the first time on the meaning of the word "revenue," it said, its decision would apply only to future budgets.

When the S.E.C. acted to allow the use of the international standards without reconciling the numbers to American rules, it insisted that would apply only for companies that used the full international standards, as set by the international board, as opposed to the "carve out" ordered by Europe at the behest of French banks.

It said the restructuring would apply only to Dubai World and some of its subsidiaries, including Nakheel World, its main real estate division.Meanwhile, details emerged on Monday suggesting that Dubai World's announcement about its debt might have been a result of a game of chicken between the company and its creditors.

It is unclear whether that would apply only to outsourcing firms.