Example sentences of "[indef pn] [modal v] only [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it 's something that I think someone can only have a go at if they have a great deal of support and a chance to experiment in a way that still gives them the option erm not to change if they feel that they ca n't handle it any other way erm so I think there are a lot of difficulties associated with this kind of problem . |
| 2 | One can not be certain about that ; one can only express an opinion as to the probability . |
| 3 | What on earth the referee had done to incur such mindless , moronic abuse , one can only hazard a guess . |
| 4 | In stratigraphy One is always using one ruler to measure another and one can only call a deposit exceptional if we have something more " normal " with which one can make a comparison . |
| 5 | Moreover , the notion of corrigibility is itself suspect : strictly speaking , one can only correct an utterance when one knows what the speaker intended to say , and this is not the case with the specially constructed sentences used in semantic analysis . |
| 6 | Also known as a boogeyman or bogeyman , one can only have an effect if its victim pays heed to it . |