Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] can only " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Defence wheel can only be put over for a major change of course when there is a fortuitous coincidence of national and international events , political trends , and economic pressures at a time when there is also a Secretary of State in office , who has the strength of character and political standing to create a new consensus in Whitehall , Westminster , and the electorate . |
| 2 | For the foreseeable future , units involving the microcomputer as a teaching aid can only contribute to a very small proportion of curriculum time — at present certainly no more than a few hundred hours out of about 50,000 hours of ‘ different ’ teaching in the school curriculum for ages 5 to 18 . |
| 3 | That the end result of the accounting process can only be as good as the inputs and in times of rising prices some of these inputs are of dubious value . |
| 4 | It was , however , argued that at common law and in equity rescission can only be granted if full restitution can be made by both parties . |
| 5 | The initial study of cancer cell behaviour can only be done with a living animal in order to define those ‘ test tube ’ characteristics which correlate with uncontrolled growth and spread of tumour cells within the whole body . |
| 6 | In addition succession rights can only be passed on once . |
| 7 | Tape files can only be accessed in this way ( figure 5.2 ) and therefore tapes can only be used for serial or sequential files . |
| 8 | Hang on … the transmitter weighs 65 milligrams and even a sherpa bee can only lift 50 milligrams . |
| 9 | The model predicts that vulnerability factors can only be expected to be revealed amongst women experiencing major difficulties or who have recently experienced a severe event . |
| 10 | This combination of good marksmanship with poor reasoning ability can only be described as alarming — in particular when so many military duties may be concerned with public order , as in Northern Ireland , where rules of engagement require the soldier to make decisions on the basis of evidence that is often ambiguous . |
| 11 | Vitamin deficiency Vitamin deficiency can only be properly diagnosed and treated by a doctor , but there are certain fairly obvious signs which should be noted , bearing in mind that an old person who is obese can still be suffering from malnutrition and vitamin deficiency through eating the wrong kinds of food . |
| 12 | Decision B can only be taken after the result of action consequent upon decision A is known . |
| 13 | Decision B can only be taken after the result of action consequent upon decision A is known . |
| 14 | Progress upwind can only be made by completing a series of zig-zags , the turns at first being executed by the 180 degree turn method and later , with more experience , by tacking — steering the board through the turn . |
| 15 | However , a complete picture of error patterns can only emerge by comparing errors made by normal speakers with those made by speakers with a language disorder . |
| 16 | Managers can motivate staff — motivation is at the control of the individual , therefore management policies can only support , reinforce or enhance the individual . |
| 17 | The lookup functions ( any , or all ) can only be performed in a processing procedure and the run procedure can only be done in a command procedure . |
| 18 | With fixed exchange rates , an inflationary impulse from the exchange rate can only arise when there is a devaluation of the domestic currency . |
| 19 | Since stray cat populations can only be dosed with the birth pill via their food , there is always the chance that certain cats will avoid the treated meals provided for them and scavenge or catch prey for themselves . |
| 20 | AJR procedure incorporates certain procedural protections for public bodies and the rule that a claimant asserting public law interests can only use AJR procedure puts him at a disadvantage which is justifiable only on the assumption that public law interests do not matter as much as private law rights and , therefore , do not deserve as much legal protection . |
| 21 | [ 5. l 5 ( a ) ] we see that a real value for the maximum operating frequency can only be obtained if H is greater than unity , so that the square toot in the denominator can be evaluated . |
| 22 | No sum is disclosed but bankruptcy proceedings can only be brought if at least £750 is owed . |
| 23 | A bankruptcy order can only be made as a result of a petition for such an order being presented to the court . |
| 24 | A guerrilla unit can only operate in a district where the people are staunch and know how to keep their mouths shut . ’ |
| 25 | A family assistance order can only be made with the consent of the adults concerned . |
| 26 | the virtual monopoly that UK coal enjoys in its home market can only be maintained by government protection of that market and can not be maintained on the basis of price ; |
| 27 | The enhancement of team relationships can only be achieved if team maintenance is perceived as a learning process following the established models of action learning ( see Figure 5.5 ) . |
| 28 | The Confederation of British Industry , in particular , is concerned that , with investment falling sharply this year , the absence of business tax reductions can only serve to deepen the gloom . |
| 29 | There are no easy answers at High Rocks , but privately negotiated fee deals can only serve to make the right solution even harder to find . |
| 30 | For example , we have already noted the argument ( and see Chapter 2 below ) that if semantics is to be truth-conditional , then the truth conditions can only be assigned to utterances , not sentences — in other words , contextual specifications are a necessary input to a semantic component , and thus pragmatics is ( at least in this respect ) 16 prior to semantics . |