Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [pron] can only " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In that case I can only express my gratitude . |
| 2 | This has often been criticised because we are told that in drawing an analogy we normally know ‘ both sides ’ that we are comparing ( eg ‘ does n't he look like a horse ? ’ , where we can look at both and judge ) , whereas in this case we can only look at one side , the object that we are comparing with God . |
| 3 | In this chapter we can only suggest some of the factors which ought to be considered in beginning to think of answers to them . |
| 4 | What my father felt about this conjunction I can only guess . |
| 5 | or you can ha , tap another code in and it 'll only make local calls and another code you can only make nationals |
| 6 | It sometimes seems that individuals have a startling impact on this pattern which can only be understood by appealing to specific psychological traits . |
| 7 | If you follow the guidelines given in this book it can only help and certainly will not harm . |
| 8 | If your parent receives this allowance it can only continue for up to four weeks after admission to a National Health Service hospital ( unless he or she is a private patient ) . |
| 9 | And there is another problem which can only be solved in close collaboration with Ukraine and Belarus — the Polish aspect , for , according to Valeriy Kulishov , the Poles are also preparing their claims . |
| 10 | My hope and at this stage it can only be a hope , is that if consultations are held with presbyteries , a consensus will emerge as to the nature of the changes to Act seventeen that are required and that that consensus will enable the Act to be successfully amended . |
| 11 | At this stage I can only say that , as the statutory procedures are being correctly followed in all respects , a public inquiry would not be appropriate . |
| 12 | While such research can be of value , there is much work which can only be done on " live " systems . |
| 13 | ‘ I imagine , Professor Summerfield , ’ his voice floated back to them , ‘ that it 's because we are under surveillance , and in any case we can only go in one direction — oh . ’ |
| 14 | If one contrasts the history of British Conservatism in the early twentieth century with the history of the British left — or , indeed , the German right — in the same period one can only be struck by the discrepancy in the volume and nature of the scholarship produced . |
| 15 | That policy does not work and if one applies it in that way one can only deepen slumps — just as the Government are doing now . |
| 16 | That way you can only be pleasantly surprised — occasionally . |
| 17 | Later we find Pemberton speculating about his future role with respect to " his little charge " , but at that stage we can only guess what this role will be . |
| 18 | Taking various client groups into the bureaucracy is in itself no real way forward because in that context it can only lead to professional defensiveness of the worst kind . |