Example sentences of "can only be [verb] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must husband a real wealth which lies in the land and its fruits : a self-sufficient society can only be built upon an agricultural basis . |
| 2 | Suppose , next , that a catastrophe , which will wipe out life on this planet , threatens , and can only be prevented by an expenditure the same as would be needed for that capsule for the slug . |
| 3 | The effects of retirement can only be understood on an individual basis , its significance depending upon a personal interpretation of the value and importance of work , and what the individual wants and expects from the rest of his or her life . |
| 4 | I have come to the conclusion that the important points here are that ( i ) since there was no danger at this time in registering a protest , ( ii ) the final payments were made without any qualification , and ( iii ) were followed by a delay until July 31 , 1975 , before the owners put forward their claim , the correct inference to draw , taking an objective view of the facts , is that the action and inaction of the owners can only be regarded as an affirmation of the variation in June , 1973 , of the terms of the original contract by the agreement to pay the additional 10 per cent . |
| 5 | Detention beyond the 24-hour period up to 36 hours can only be authorised by an officer of the rank of superintendent or above . |
| 6 | For example , musical and philosophical skill — as opposed to the external rewards of reaching the ‘ top ’ in a musical or academic career , a kind of achievement which , if given central importance in our lives , will yield no abiding satisfaction , beset as we will be by worry as to what others are or are not thinking of us — can only be developed by an individual in a propitious environment where many co-operate in working at them . |
| 7 | Thus recorded crime can only be seen as an indication of criminal activity . |
| 8 | The statement that the actions we ought to do are those which promote the general happiness would be useless if it meant nothing more than that they do promote it , and that something more can only be given by an intuition . |
| 9 | Major management questions start to emerge — questions which can only be answered from an education management perspective . |
| 10 | But it is also possible to see it as an attempt to formulate the way in which the sliding incompatibility of the two can only be perceived through an ‘ internal distantiation ’ in which the problem of that ‘ relation ’ is enacted by its relation , in the sense of the telling of a story — which is how we get history . |
| 11 | If your special request can only be met at an additional cost , that cost will either be invoiced to you prior to the departure or should be paid for by you locally whilst abroad . |
| 12 | The implication of this is that any policy proposal for a particular industry can only be made after an investigation of not only the structure of the industry , but also of the objectives and conduct of the firms within it . |
| 13 | Thus , a conveyance of land may include a cellar below ground level that can only be reached from an adjoining shop ( ibid ) . |
| 14 | Such trust or distrust can only be based on an inference from personal facts about the witness and his circumstances . |
| 15 | Dating a rug from its weave and design requires extensive specialist knowledge and can only be undertaken by an expert . |
| 16 | The reluctance of the judge at first instance to adopt a policy approach at a time when the obvious intention of the Act , not to mention the thrust of securities regulation in general , was to clamp down on market abuse , can only be described as an anomalous , not to mention unwelcome , development . |
| 17 | Curiously , the cover of ‘ Shepherd Moons ’ features Enya in which can only be described as an opera gown — she could be twenty or forty but her delicate beauty is intact . |
| 18 | After lunch on the Sunday before his Chanel show , eaten with his workroom staff and assistants in the workers ' canteen on the top floor of the rue Cambon , Lagerfeld holds what can only be described as an old-fashioned levée . |
| 19 | Diagnostics report what can only be described as an — invasion . |
| 20 | If they can not be measured with any degree of objectivity , then effectiveness can only be judged in an incomplete way . |
| 21 | Some specific functions can only be conferred by an order made by the Lord Chancellor . |
| 22 | It can only be brought to an end on or after the date it runs out by a notice in a prescribed form , served by either the landlord or the tenant . |
| 23 | However , the cheques — which must be for a minimum of £200 — can only be paid into an account in the investor 's name . |
| 24 | Of course , conversion can only be considered as an exercise in the conservation of a noteworthy building if the alterations are as sympathetic as possible to the fabric and general appearance of the original building . |
| 25 | We can conclude from the previous section that a change in national income ( even when adjusted for price and population increases ) can only be used as an indicator , and not an accurate measure , of a change in economic welfare . |