He will burgle the American, and spleen the American, only to demonstrate that he can.
Nixon entered some of the primaries, but only to demonstrate his vote-getting abilities.
This surely requires, if only to demonstrate that we're making sacrifices too, western output to be cut even more sharply.
And in plain English, please -- if only to demonstrate that the board of directors and chief executive understand the deals themselves.
Lord Justice Leveson looked unimpressed and requested a list of previous press secretaries and their vetting status if "only to demonstrate that there isn't a smoking gun here.
For anyone who thinks that writing exists only to demonstrate how clever the writer is, see rule 19: "Beware of long and preposterous words.
Like many of his peers, he made a great show of resisting public office, if only to demonstrate the absence of ambition.
Some part of me actually seems to seek out nightmarish host-guest scenarios, if only to demonstrate my MacGyverish skill at emerging unscathed.
Echoing the new statute and the language of Mr. Gore's lawyers, the opinion said that Mr. Gore had only to demonstrate that enough legal votes had been rejected "to place in doubt" the results of the election.
Their confusion was funny but odd, given that by government decree all ministries, schools, colleges, the police, the Army, and all citizens had not only to demonstrate a knowledge of the changes but to use them, too.
Not that she'll do anything about it, she tells herself, but there's nothing wrong with a little warmup practice, if only to demonstrate to herself that she can still knock one off if she wishes to.
