Example sentences of "may only " in BNC.
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| 1 | As far as grants are concerned , students who apply for a place are almost certain to have used at least three years ' worth of their local authority grant entitlement while studying at university or polytechnic , and may only be eligible for a further one-year entitlement if they have been accepted at a drama school . |
| 2 | What looks like a dead end may only be the result of personal weakness . |
| 3 | But when you have a situation where youngsters of 12 or 13 — and in some cases even younger — who may only have won a couple of matches , are being offered $500,000 guarantees to sign up with one of the management companies before they are snapped up by one of the rival agents , the potential for long term damage is enormous . ’ |
| 4 | This alarm may only be de-activated by a key holder , and the noise alone is such that the prospective thief will hopefully abandon his anti-social ideas . |
| 5 | However it is not necessary to own all the available shapes , some have very specific uses which may only needed on rare occasions . |
| 6 | There are many other instances of Ashton 's witty beaten touches that may only become apparent after several viewings and are to be found in Birthday Offering , Sylvia , La Fille Mal Gardée and elsewhere . |
| 7 | With a modern diaphragm valve , it may only be necessary to move the float up or down on the serrated spindle connected to the valve arm |
| 8 | The answer is yes , although the risk may only be minimal in the case of minor projects associated with dwelling houses . |
| 9 | Very few readers will notice this discrepancy , but all are flicked and jabbed at and irritated — those circling insects — by contradiction , by undetermination followed by overdetermination of reasons , by the narrator 's fuss over details which do n't matter , his youthful sententiousness about women ( ‘ the depths of the female heart ’ ) and other irrelevancies , his moralizing , his way of wantonly bleeding a robust narrative with ‘ However , that may only have seemed so ’ , his ‘ I have already described ’ when he has n't , his promises to explain later which are n't kept when the reader does n't want explanation anyhow , he wants the story . |
| 10 | Mr Lenarduzzi 's sleep is also disturbed by the thought that the interests of the nation may only be served at the expense of local needs or , indeed , that purely academic considerations might distort the wider implications of a proper education . |
| 11 | As China 's reaction to Western sanctions over the events in Tiananmen has shown , further international pressure on the Dalai Lama 's behalf may only reinforce Peking 's siege mentality and strengthen its conviction that the West is conspiring to undermine socialism in China . |
| 12 | Anyone who advertises the deferred rate may only do so provided that the APR is more prominent , and they explain all the terms . ’ |
| 13 | Be careful : if you were asked by the council to comment on the original application , it may only inform you of these new drawings if you specifically ask . |
| 14 | The committee may only meet once a month . |
| 15 | The full extent of the weakness in sterling may only become apparent today when trading in the US returns to normal levels after a holiday yesterday . |
| 16 | But Mr Lawson and the Bank may only have bought a week for sterling . |
| 17 | In this situation , you may only need to wave your tape under the right A&R person 's nose to be offered a recording contract . |
| 18 | We may only be able to afford to put up a certain amount of money to help fund them . |
| 19 | Ironically , though Sweeney appears to promise a way out , he may only lead the sensitive reader back into the circle of sexual-religious speculations . |
| 20 | So , for instance , while it may be that specific instances of homophobic panic are provoked by repressed homosexuals ( in the Freudian sense ) , the panic may only ‘ take ’ socially , because of the other kind of repression — exclusive identity formation — as it affects a tar greater number . |
| 21 | A major constraint upon the straightforward re-use of a windmill as a dwelling is imposed by its circular or polygonal plan which tends to conflict with conventional cubical furniture and may only be reconciled satisfactorily with purpose-made , built-in fitting ( Plate 40 ) . |
| 22 | Please note the Direct Debit may only be used with the Covenant . |
| 23 | The assassination may only have accelerated the inexorable drift towards partition . |
| 24 | The assassination may only have accelerated the inexorable drift towards partition . |
| 25 | They have been told that their claim may only amount to around £11,000 of their £15,000 as capital gains tax is likely to be deducted from the total . |
| 26 | You may only have seen the property once , and for all sorts of emotive reasons , may have fallen in love with the place . |
| 27 | Other spices that you may only be able to find in a delicatessen include juniper berries , which are used to flavour gin and are essential when cooking game casseroles ; tamarind seed , which is really a dried pulp and is used in curries ; and annatto which is a small seed used in latin American cookery . |
| 28 | It does not have to be a long passage , it may only be a verse . |
| 29 | Differences of opinion exist among scholars ; sometimes the appearance gives very little to go on — details may have been rubbed off or we may only have a small fragment of a large object to examine ; two or more origins may be possible contenders and it may be impossible to decide which on stylistic grounds alone . |
| 30 | ‘ It may only be a temporary measure . |