Example sentences of "could be [adj] only [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The criminal law , however , did recognise that an accused could be guilty only if he acted in a grossly negligent fashion . |
| 2 | Membership for the purposes of the Act of 1986 could be relevant only if that of itself conferred some right of appeal which has been denied to Winchester . |
| 3 | They argued that an ultra-right political movement could be possible only when its language and assumptions had first become an accepted part of the Federal Republic 's political discourse . |
| 4 | Let us be clear about this : if we were to deploy naval units , they could be effective only if they were authorised to fire . |
| 5 | The British Museum has ( or is believed to have ) some 5 or 6 million objects , so that a conventional stock-take of the entire collection could occupy all the qualified staff for five or six years and could be exhaustive only if all other duties were suspended for the duration . |