Example sentences of "we can only [vb infin] [conj] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can only hope that that review will be followed by sensible action . |
| 2 | We can only hope that this issue 's reviewer , senior analyst/programmer , will be able to truly speak for the people . |
| 3 | As she seems to have stayed on the island for only three weeks , however , being moved back to Stirling when the English army left Scotland at the end of September , we can only conclude that these are testimony not to Mary as an infant prodigy , but to her fascination as a source of romance and legend . |
| 4 | We now understand the day before another young boy af about nine saw a amn dressed exactly the same some distance away in the Sparcells estate so we can only assume that this man is lurking around in the area . |
| 5 | ‘ We can only stress that such information from the public is vital if we are to bring people like Watson to trial . |