Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [vb pp] only in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What this suggests then is that although it may be necessary to tolerate the practice , it should be conducted only in exceptional and highly controlled circumstances under which there is adequate scrutiny and review by institutions independent of the executive branch of government . |
| 2 | It would be better if , as in private law , there were a longer fixed period which could be extended only in exceptional cases on stated and reasonably precise grounds . |
| 3 | Thus , the effects of taxation may be seen only in future periods , as where they affect the accumulation of capital ( see the discussion of the national debt in the previous Lecture ) . |
| 4 | Only the House of Lords , acting as the Supreme Court of Appeal , has the right to depart from its own previous decisions ; and this right would be exercised only in unusual and exceptional circumstances . |
| 5 | The weak anthropic principle states that in a universe that is large or infinite in space and/or time , the conditions necessary for the development of intelligent life will be met only in certain regions that are limited in space and time . |
| 6 | To what extent such metrical methods will be used only in specialized analyses remains to be seen , for as Stewart ( 1954 ) suggests , it may be rather a waste of effort to measure such specimens simply to verify what can so quickly be seen by eye . |
| 7 | In cases of contempt , however , these powers will be used only in exceptional cases : see Linkleter v. Linkleter [ 1988 ] 1 F.L.R. 360 . |
| 8 | must have been referring to R.S.C. , Ord. 59 , r. 10(3) rather than to the Act of 1960 when he said that ‘ in cases of contempt , however , these powers will be used only in exceptional cases ’ because section 13 is solely concerned with appeals in cases of contempt . |
| 9 | The rule of law which seems to have evolved , or at least to be evolving , is that ‘ a failure to comply with the requirements of Ord. 29 , r. 1(5) of the County Court Rules 1981 is fatal to the lawfulness of the committal ’ ( see Howes v. Howes , 142 N.L.J. 753 ) and that in contempt cases the court 's powers under section 13(3) of the Administration of Justice Act 1960 will be used only in exceptional cases . |
| 10 | It should be noted that there is a legal limit of ninety days , which can be extended only in exceptional circumstances , for suspects to be remanded in judicial custody pending police investigations and the presentation of a charge-sheet . |
| 11 | Debbie uses three ideas common to the science students : one , that science degrees are more useful in enabling students to gain jobs ; two , that a degree is a process of ‘ gaining knowledge ’ which can be applied ; three , that the knowledge gained in a degree such as history can be applied only in limited ways and therefore a limited number of jobs is open to the history graduate . |
| 12 | Just because non-human animal memories can be expressed only in behavioural terms , the possibility always arises that what we are measuring is an aspect of the behaviour rather than the memory . |
| 13 | The structure and relationships of the contemporary organs of government can be understood only in historical context . |
| 14 | It has the disadvantage that it can be used only in closed systems , not in flows where fluid is continuously entering and leaving . |
| 15 | credit card or trading check which can be used only in specific shops ) ; or it is unrestricted , where the borrower gets a loan of money which he could in practice use for whatever he wants ( even if he has in fact arranged to use it for some particular purpose ) . |