Example sentences of "[noun prp] can only be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shaikh Saad urged Kuwaitis to overcome their political differences and promised , in what was widely believed to be a reference to the restoration of the 1962 constitution , that " the people of Kuwait can only be rewarded for their trust and loyalty by further trust " . |
| 2 | HRP can only be given for complete tax years ( 6 April to 5 April ) , so if you simply gave up work for a few weeks in order to help out , you would be unlikely to qualify . |
| 3 | When British Telecom was approached on the subject , we found that DDI can only be operated on a digital system ; the existing system is analogue . |
| 4 | SSP can only be paid in respect of Qualifying Days . |
| 5 | At the moment , Gemma Swann can only be fed by a tube through her nose . |
| 6 | The return to Shiel Bridge can only be made along the same road . |
| 7 | A symptomatic reading is therefore a condition of a symptomatic reading , and an interpretation of Marx can only be judged in terms of its internal coherence . |
| 8 | SPC can only be used within a PRINT or INPUT statement . |
| 9 | Rex and Tomlinson ( 1979 ) are clear that the position of ethnic minorities and the conflicts that surround race and ethnicity in Britain can only be understood in the light of Britain 's imperial past and the recent collapse of empire ; ‘ a serious sociological analysis of race relations problems must rest upon a concept of the social structure of Empire and of the class formations which occur within it ’ ( p. 286 ) . |
| 10 | Pizzorno argues that the modern underdevelopment of the south of Italy can only be understood in terms of the historical relationship of area to the locations of power and productivity by which it has been dominated and to which it has been marginal . |
| 11 | Edinburgh 's continued success as a growth capital within Europe can only be planned on a city region scale . |
| 12 | Having been abseiled onto while soloing , had my runners pulled on by top-ropers and queued while large parties top-roped routes too hard for them , the BMC can only be congratulated for finally taking the matter in hand with an award for single pitch supervisors . |
| 13 | Mr Round can only be contacted through his cohabitee and co-director Joan Harrison , who works in the handbags department of Barkers department store in Northallerton . |
| 14 | Mr Round can only be contacted through his co-habitee and co-director Joan Harrison , who works in the handbags department of Barkers department store in Northallerton . |
| 15 | Or : ‘ Manliness can only be taught by men , and not by those who are half men , half old women . ’ |
| 16 | HIV can only be transmitted between men through blood and cum . |
| 17 | HIV can only be transmitted in certain ways . |
| 18 | They show that the sites of Shoreham , Seaford , Pevensey , Hastings , Rye and Winchelsea can only be understood in the context of considerable , and in some cases drastic , coastal changes in the last 1000 years . |
| 19 | One swim I know on the Hampshire Avon near Ringwood can only be fished on a quiet day , when few other anglers are around . |