Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] can [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , laws-of-war considerations might lead to advocacy of a very large nuclear armoury , on the grounds that only then can weapons be used discriminately — but this could only too easily be read as a threat by the adversary . |
| 2 | Clay typing is facilitated by the Natural Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy log ( NGT ) ; only then can illite be differentiated from kaolinite . |
| 3 | Only then can acceleration be maximised . |
| 4 | It is imperative that there is love between missionaries , for only then can God bless the work . |
| 5 | If they reject it , though , another referendum will have to be held on the draft constitution — and only then can elections , based on the new constitution , be held . |
| 6 | So tightly can Loricariids sucker themselves with their flattened mouths that their mouths would actually be torn by attempts at removing them from the logs . |
| 7 | So too can wills and probate inventories . |
| 8 | If they can do it — so too can Northern Ireland ! |
| 9 | This means that not only can members of the public attend the sittings but the press are also entitled to report the proceedings in the newspapers . |
| 10 | Not only can Jesus heal people , but he can also conquer death . |
| 11 | Not only can responses be fixed in a way that reveals something of the foundations which underlie them but the method itself can also act as a catalyst for the kinds of looking that lead to increased perceptual awareness . |
| 12 | Derek Jarman 's rather lame kitsch efforts ( roses , angels , Union Jacks , bare breasts , walls of fire etc ) prove beyond a doubt that not only can art fart , the result is anything but silent and very deadly . |
| 13 | We have shown that not only can bone loss be prevented in inflammatory bowel disease with hormone replacement therapy but significant improvements can be achieved . |
| 14 | Not only can cases be ranked but also we know the distances between the rankings . |
| 15 | ‘ Until we get an abattoir approved , not only can meat itself not be imported , neither can the many traditional products containing meat like steak and kidney pie in canned or frozen form . ’ |
| 16 | Programmed texts are excellent for individualised learning since not only can students work at their own pace but they receive immediate confirmation of the correctness of their response ( Finocchiaro 1968 ) . |
| 17 | Not only can information which may take considerable time to locate but which needs to be as up-to-date as possible be handled by Prestel but the ability to communicate personal , one-off inquiries to the information providers is a great advantage . |
| 18 | It is obvious that there can be many branches that have to be studied , but if we assign probabilities of success or failure , not only can event-trees define possible accident sequences that can release radioactivity into the environment , but they also enable us to calculate the probability for each sequence , and the associated risk . |
| 19 | No longer even can ambassadors assume that a knighthood will come along automatically . |
| 20 | How effectively can staff in social service departments organize the participation of , and provision of , services by the staff from other agencies , over which they have no executive control ? |
| 21 | Stones that shook the world ‘ Patience , patience , patience ’ said Yasser Arafat this week — the question is how long can patience endure ? |
| 22 | For how long can Mrs Thatcher continue to recognise China 's present position , in spite of martial law in Lhasa and a series of brutal attacks on peaceful demonstrations by Chinese troops , in that HMG recognises the Chinese occupation of Tibet ? |
| 23 | This poses the interesting question which only the future can resolve : how long can values survive without the beliefs which sustain them ? |
| 24 | IT IS now not just a question of how long can John Major survive , but whether the Tory Government can stay its term . |
| 25 | But how exactly can causation be conceived in two such different ways ? |
| 26 | How easily can marriages be annulled in Italy ? ’ |
| 27 | How sure can Virgin Atlantic be of winning this case do you think ? |
| 28 | ‘ Breaks Bass & Bleeps ’ has also flown , head in clouds , into a fourth volume , kicking off with the furious and bass , how fast can u go ? |
| 29 | Certainly , these images no longer shock , but , if controversy and moral discourse is entirely abandoned , how then can feminism articulate the problematics of the representation of the female body within dominant pictorial , curatorial and critical practices ? |
| 30 | How then can history totalize totalization if totalization is never accomplished ? |