Example sentences of "it [modal v] only be [vb pp] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Physical restraint may be used as a defence against potential or escalating violence but it should only be employed if there is a reasonable chance of success . |
| 2 | Ian Whelpton technical manager to Clynol , who manufacture perms , believes it should only be permed when twisted and wound around a rod . |
| 3 | Really V A T's , I think , and I think it should only be paid when it , when the invoices |
| 4 | But it could only be done if there was this general agreement about the direction in which democracy in Britain should develop and about the role which Parliament should play . |
| 5 | The ballistic expert 's evidence was that the defendant 's gun was fitted with a hammer block safety mechanism , which was in proper working order , so that it could only be fired if the trigger was fully pressed back . |
| 6 | This treatment was of no use for aeroplanes because it could only be used when the component was small enough for the formalin to penetrate . |
| 7 | It would only be prevented if the Home Office intervened . ’ |
| 8 | In Dudley ( W. Midlands ) , where a large proportion of land was privately owned , the Department of the Environment insisted that if enterprise-zone designation was to go ahead , it would only be approved if private-sector land was first sold to the local authority before a certain date . |
| 9 | The government insists that it will only be restarted if it passes stringent safety tests , and that a technical council composed of Russian , American , French and German experts will oversee its operation . |
| 10 | Putting it simply , it will only be beaten if public taste demands so . |
| 11 | It will only be ordered if the purchaser and vendor are capable of being returned to the position they were in before the sale agreement was executed . |
| 12 | There 's no reason for the door to stay shut for good over that flying incident , but it will only be opened if he wants it enough . ’ |
| 13 | A four-man panel imposed the heaviest fine in their power — but it will only be paid if Surrey 's bowlers are involved in another incident within two years . |
| 14 | It can only be activated when a false statement actually damages a reputation . |
| 15 | It can only be met if zonal governments connect through all-planetary councils . |
| 16 | One problem with the above test of a set of restrictions is that , strictly , it can only be applied when the model is linear and the restrictions themselves are linear . |
| 17 | It is like expert power in that it can only be exercised if others recognise and accept it . |