Example sentences of "[modal v] often only be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The major tool of management was always employment , for it was only through interest that anything worthwhile could be obtained , for even appointments in mercantile houses at home or abroad could often only be obtained through interest , while all appointments in government service were patronage appointments , in fact if not always in theory . |
| 2 | Fixed costs will often only be fixed over a limited range of output and will tend to behave in a stepped rather than linear fashion . |
| 3 | Appeal will often only be allowed on questions of law , and not on questions of fact . |
| 4 | There is one area in which costing systems can do no more than provide the raw data , and that is in the treatment of overruns , variations and claims , which can often only be quantified by a detailed interpretation of the data recorded in the system . |
| 5 | National guarantees can not possibly take account of this variation , and standards can often only be met at a cost elsewhere . |