Example sentences of "could only be [verb] [prep] one " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Brecknell-Munro ‘ B/1 ’ trolley mast was slightly offset towards one side and one end , although identical in appearance to those on Corporation cars , these could only be turned to one side and small arrows had to be painted on the bulkheads ( later inside the headlamp . ) |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Sometimes there are the most startling surprises when we come to realise how someone else is looking at a situation which , to us , could only be perceived in one way . |
| 4 | The door to the left could only be opened by one person . |
| 5 | Most people ( used to other games ) thought the pieces could only be slid from one position to another . |