Example sentences of "and [modal v] only be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Unfortunately , certain landlords tend to abuse rights of access and as a first step the tenant should ensure that the right is subject to reasonable notice and may only be exercised at reasonable times , except of course in cases of emergency .
2 Options are not transferable and may only be exercised by the persons to whom they were granted or their personal representatives .
3 Quite often , the djinn are simply invisible , and may only be identified by a whiff of cinnamon in the air .
4 ( Compare X , Y and Z in fig i ) — In some the progression is very rapid while in others it takes very many years and may only be triggered by an acute personal crisis such as retirement or when the children leave home ( the " empty nest syndrome " ) .
5 It is important to remember that fleece is a FLOATING CLOCHE and should only be supported by the plants it protects and is by definition just that — a material to ‘ float ’ over the crop supported only by the crop .
6 The decision as to how detailed a breakdown of costs is required is crucial and should only be taken at a high level in the management structure .
7 DOS 6 is not yet compatible with Novell , and should only be installed on stand-alone workstations .
8 The delay line i.c. is an expensive device and should only be removed from it 's packing when all construction has been completed and checked .
9 Push-ups on one arm : this is a difficult exercise and should only be tried by the more experienced .
10 When fitting 8 spokes all the load is on the studs as it is with RR wheels and should only be used with the larger studs .
11 They are very easily obscured , and should only be used in conjunction with the pp of other instruments , and even then should be marked mf at least , if they are to ‘ tell ’ .
12 This is only available to module header version 2.2 and later , and should only be used in modules of type FOREIGN .
13 This is only available to module header version 2.2 and later , and should only be used in modules of type FOREIGN .
14 The LIFESPAN ABLE program can only be run when LIFESPAN is shut down and should only be used by LIFESPAN Managers .
15 The LISTREL program can only be run when LIFESPAN is shut down and should only be used by LIFESPAN Managers .
16 While the rules do not prevent this , Home Officer Circular 48/1991 , para 58 makes it clear that such an arrangement involves unnecessary duplication and should only be allowed in exceptional circumstances .
17 The overall effect is visually complicated and inelegant , and could only be explained by recourse to arcane ritual references , which at this distance of time we have little hope of tracing .
18 ‘ for years before her paper pica appeared , the patient recalled eating a special type of mud which contained a distinctive smell and could only be obtained by digging in a certain area of a particular field . ’
19 Fore-edge paintings had been put on books for centuries , but William Edwards was the first binder to paint landscape scenes on fore-edges which were hidden by gilt and could only be viewed by fanning the leaves of the book .
20 Gaining an overview of that risk was very costly and could only be achieved by ordering credit reports , of whatever format , on a case-by-case basis .
21 Mortensen ( 1933a ) noted that A. ingolfiana and A. norvegica were very similar and could only be distinguished from one another by the following characters ; the shape of the genital plate which has two branches in A. ingolfiana but in A. norvegica the abradial branch — the one on the ventral interradial side of the genital plate is reduced and broadened , while the radial shields which are more rounded on the proximal abradial — outer side in A. ingolfiana while in A. norvegica this side is more angular .
22 The committee applied to strike out his claim as an abuse of the process of the court on the ground that their decision was made in the exercise of a public law duty , and could only be challenged by way of judicial review .
23 The French chef from Montreal was not there , I soon discovered , because he was a she , and could only be found in the women 's changing room .
24 Henry II 's mistress , is told by CD in A Child 's History of England : ‘ It relates how the King doted on fair Rosamond … and how he had a beautiful Bower built for her in a Park at Woodstock ; and how it was erected in a labyrinth , and could only be found by a clue of silk .
25 The Chancellor was to be elected by a majority of the Bundestag to act as the head of the executive , and could only be removed from office by a ‘ constructive vote of no confidence ’ : that is , if the Bundestag voted a Chancellor out , they also had to put forward an alternative to replace him .
26 Looked at more closely still the dissolved athlete would become even more inscrutable than usual and could only be described with a set of equations which guessed where his component particles might be .
27 I can only add that the abolition of free eye tests is the worst false economy imaginable , and could only be contemplated by such a short-sighted Government .
28 Immigration R v Immigration Appeal Tribunal , Ex parte Khalid Hussain ; CA ( Lloyd , Glidewell , Stuart-Smith LJJ ) ; 5 Oct 1989 Under r 18 of the Immigration Appeals Procedure Rules 1972 , the decision of an immigration appeal tribunal considering whether or not to hear oral evidence to determine whether there were compassionate reasons for a person convicted of murder to be given entry clearance was a matter of discretion and could only be attacked on Wednesbury principles or other recognised rules .
29 Lead coffins were very rare in colonial America , and could only be afforded by the very rich .
30 Any change would of course be a small one and would only be seen in candidates adopted after the " new regime " of 1911 and fighting for the marginal industrial seats of the North .
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