Example sentences of "[conj] one [vb mod] only [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | … when highly stringent controls are imposed upon a study , the nature of the control tends to force the methods of presentation into such similar formats that one can only expect the " no significant differences " that are in fact found . |
| 2 | My excuse is that one can only understand the unknown in terms of the known . |
| 3 | And one can only put the sudden drying-up of mounts for champion jockey Peter Scudamore down to whispers about him reaching an age when he 's beginning to wonder what 's on the other side of the racing fence . |
| 4 | Population was increasing , trade and industry growing ; it was an expanding economy with wonderful new opportunities for making money if one could only strike the right spot . |
| 5 | If one could only graft the best aspects of Scimone and Devos onto one another , the roof would really lift off ! |
| 6 | And Peggy now patted her grandmother 's hand , saying , ‘ If one could only remember the nice things , the pleasant things , and let others go by ; but it 's always the reverse : the unpleasant things grow like weeds and choke any nice memory you might harbour . ’ |
| 7 | One can not judge which of these views is preferable , because one can only infer the motives of the landowners from their actions ; we do not know if they were genuinely frightened by the memory of the revolt , or for how long any such fear persisted . |