Example sentences of "we [modal v] only [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Distortion of doubly-degenerate states gives two maxima , but often these are not resolved , and we may only observe a broadening of the band . |
| 2 | If there are dividing doors or partitions then we should only pay the cost of the replacement carpet in the room where the damage has occurred . |
| 3 | For example , if an irrigation scheme increases farm production we should only include the costs of the water itself and not take account of any value that arises from increased farm output in terms of costs alone . |
| 4 | It looks more formidable than it is , and of course we 'll only use a fraction of it . |
| 5 | If he carps we 'll only have a row . |
| 6 | Parents today are far more responsible , they 're , they sort of say no erm we wo n't we 'll only have the number of children we can give a good start in life to . |
| 7 | Well he thinks the only way that modern will accept the rule of one person rather than another is if they think they 're somehow there as a result of their own action , so we 'll only accept the rule of erm our leaders if we think we put them there and we take them back again , we put them there and can recall them and this for Barry is the only merit that contemporary democratic policy democratic erm systems that it allows us to think of our rulers as having some legitimate claim to rule . |
| 8 | If , for some reason , we could only observe the ball at low energies , we would then think that there were thirty-seven different types of ball ! |
| 9 | We could only find the paths and drives by banging a crowbar on the ground : when it hit the gravel it rang . |
| 10 | At first , we could only hear the wagons and we thought that it could be someone hand-shunting , but at this time of night ? |
| 11 | It almost disguised the island and its strange Templar house for we could only glimpse the tiles of its roof . |
| 12 | As individuals we could only raise a fraction of the figure from our personal resources , but Barclays were able to provide a Basis Loan , which together with conventional bank facilities , was enough to fund the purchase . |
| 13 | the first thing that we , we , we would respect is and suggest and this is a course which has been offered erm , erm , in order of other cases , er , we should ask that the er because of the adjournment necessary for investigation , the , the money will attract interest and we would ask for an order that the erm , the plaintiff is entitled to interest at the special account rate on any lump sum hereafter ordered to be paid , now what that means is that if at the end of the day the instruction say goes off and the conventional lump sum order is made , we are entitled to interest on the whole of that lump sum , if on the other hand a structured settlement is put into position and er part is either applied to the purchase of the annuities , in the commercial way to try and settle it or taken it back by the health authority , in consideration for self funding structured settlement , then we would only get the interest on the actual cash we have been kept |
| 14 | We will only provide the insurance described in this policy if : |
| 15 | We will only provide the insurance described in this policy if : |
| 16 | We will only provide the insurance described in this policy if : |
| 17 | We will only provide the insurance described in this policy if : |
| 18 | We will only use the evidence in relation to criminal matters . |
| 19 | We will only know the answer to this and many other questions when televising has continued for a much longer time . |
| 20 | Wilko said : ‘ David has been in tremendous form in the early games and we can only hope the trouble clears up by Saturday . ’ |
| 21 | Adopting this condition , we can only interpret an increase in real output per capita as an actual improvement in economic welfare if no distributional changes occur which make any individuals or groups worse off . |
| 22 | We can only reach the conclusion — which will be noted by the further education sector in Scotland — that the reason behind the Government 's proposal for a further education funding council is that it might help the Bill 's passage . |
| 23 | We can only presume the allocation for the current financial year is the first element of a rapidly expanding budget over the full five years of the scheme . |
| 24 | We can only augment the ABC with new letters in similar style ( as in the now outmoded 1960s Initial Teaching Alphabet ) or by starting again with a modern , simple , phonetic alphabet . |
| 25 | We can only regard the estimation in which a man is held by society generally . " |
| 26 | We can only pass an Act of Parliament and give it to them with a slap on the back and a ‘ best of British luck ’ : ‘ Here 's your constitution , ’ we say , ‘ now do what you like with it ; you can because you are now independent . ’ |
| 27 | erm We 've got to recognise the professional advice that Matthew is giving us in this report , that he , he needs professional trained staff , and it grieves me that really we can only offer a technician when he is asking for something more . |
| 28 | We can only know an object by the sensations which it causes and are detected by our five senses . |
| 29 | We can only know the truth about ourselves from an outside source . |
| 30 | ‘ We can only try the agency . |