Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [conj] [pers pn] can only " in BNC.
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| 1 | Messrs Lyall and McGiven will soon realise that you can only get away with boring , negative football whilst is bring results — ask John Duncan . |
| 2 | Messrs Lyall and McGiven will soon realise that you can only get away with boring , negative football whilst it bring results — ask John Duncan . |
| 3 | This offence is rarely used as it can only be tried on indictment . |
| 4 | You should always remember that you can only look after the patient successfully if you also look after yourself . |
| 5 | Many leisure activities would hardly figure because we can only value them as ways of relaxing from engagement in what really matters . |
| 6 | Parents often complain that they can only get help or support when they have identified themselves as having a specific problem , and it is not unusual for some families to have several different workers trying to offer support and advice on specific problems which , in reality , are part of a whole situation . |
| 7 | Furthermore , it is often overlooked that we can only apply scientific method to a tiny fraction of the impressions upon which we act . |
| 8 | But although it is such a widespread condition , endometriosis is often overlooked because it can only be diagnosed by a minor surgical procedure called laparoscopy ( the insertion of an illuminated instrument through a small incision in the abdomen ) and many suffers do have problems getting their GPs to refer them to a specialist who can do the these for them . |
| 9 | Although there is much to support this view of the origin of our modern idea of time , it is now realized that it can only be adhered to with some reservations , as we shall see . |
| 10 | But please remember that you can only contribute to one general PEP in any one tax year . |
| 11 | Please remember that you can only appeal once a year . |
| 12 | However , the distances to the galaxies are not very well known because we can only measure them indirectly . |
| 13 | The bee enters the flower to collect the nectar , pollinating it in the process , but then finds that it can only escape from the flower by crawling along a narrow , tortuous channel . |