Example sentences of "and this can only be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Broad agreement has to be reached , too , on how she will be able to fit in happily with your particular routine of family life , and this can only be decided after very frank discussion of her needs and yours . |
| 2 | A full and accurate assessment of land potential involves detailed enquiries into soil and climate and experience of the behaviour of the crops and livestock it carries , and this can only be achieved over a period of years . |
| 3 | So , according to Davis and Moore , stratification and inequality are both positively functional and inevitable in human societies , because societies have to fill a number of ‘ key ’ positions with the ‘ right ’ people , and this can only be achieved by allocating unequal rewards to these positions . |
| 4 | It i.s therefore important to have a sufficient range of variation in these independent variables ' , and this can only be achieved by means of cross-national study . |
| 5 | So at the end of the day it must be for the courts to decide how to classify particular functions , and this can only be done on the basis of some normative judgment about the desirable scope of judicial review . |
| 6 | Le Grand , for example , insists that for egalitarian policies to succeed , ‘ it is necessary to reduce the hold of the ideology of inequality on people 's values and beliefs and this can only be done by challenging the factual underpinnings of that ideology . ’ |
| 7 | Unfortunately , experience is the best guide to fabric interpretation , and this can only be obtained by study of many different sediment types . |
| 8 | Personal injury practitioners can only make any sort of profit at all if they achieve a realistic cash flow and this can only be obtained by ensuring that payment is made as soon as the case is settled . |
| 9 | Having work at an appropriate height in relation to distance from the eye makes a real difference to avoiding unnecessary fatigue , and this can only be effected by a comfortable working position . |