Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [noun] [pron] [modal v] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have n't quite got the hang of it , square houses and straight roads , with our little round huts and coracles we can only go round in circles . |
| 2 | It is based on contradictions and antagonisms which can only be resolved by its transformation . |
| 3 | In our response to the English language , both as readers and writers , we depend on an intimate feeling for words and rhythms and innuendoes and images and ironies which can only be achieved by exposure to great English literature . |
| 4 | Yet it is clear that there are enormous possibilities for offering a rich mixture of sounds and players which can only enhance public worship . |
| 5 | Corporatism is designed to sustain the existing economic system by securing the co-operation of labour in policies for incomes , prices , profits and dividends which can only be against its long-term interests ( Panitch 1979 ; Jessop 1979 ) . |
| 6 | He was right , she thought , gazing into the distance , there were lights everywhere , some from passing ships and others which could only be the shoreline . |
| 7 | Capital is devoted to the creation of desires and needs which can only be fulfilled by the latest developments of the market . |