Example sentences of "one [vb mod] only [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any of Lenin 's theories were unacceptable for us then , while from Marx one could only draw some methodological ways of thinking . |
| 2 | The great problem of uniformitarianism was always the amount of time needed to explain what was known to have happened in the history of the earth ( including the evolution of all its species ) if one could only Postulate present processes . |
| 3 | One could only enter this sacred temple to snobbishness if one had a voucher of admission and they were harder to obtain than the stars out of the sky . |
| 4 | And it occu It seemed to me therefore that really one could only consider this level o at a strategic issue by looking at the quality of the existing landscape and it seems to me , if the proposition is that you should locate a new settlement to the erm North in the Ryedale sector , er of Greater York , then you 're effectively turning planning on its head because I think the usual approach is to try and steer development to less attractive areas rather than put them in better quality areas . |
| 5 | No longer did one have to sound right , one need only look right — or , at the very least , different . |
| 6 | Also bear in mind that if you want to make some authentic-looking rose buds , each one will only need three or four petals , so several buds can be made from one flower . |
| 7 | One can only hope that , in coming years , politicians , bureaucrats and the teaching profession itself will be able to avoid being drawn into that particular trap . |
| 8 | There seems to be no logical reason for ignoring some and then picking on one , but one can only suppose that , having missed , for whatever reason , their first opportunity of causing trouble , the authorities were just glad to get a second chance . |
| 9 | If one is honest , one can only acknowledge this situation — that all things are possible , but that some are more possible than others . |
| 10 | One can only see such decisions , though , against the social and political conditions of the time when such a choice was made , and in the light of contemporary warfare and weaponry . |
| 11 | One can only get three thousand pounds . |
| 12 | One can only use criminal law to test theories of law on the assumption that independently of the theory in question one has in criminal law a genuine instance of law . |
| 13 | One can only say that , with any increases in exposure , the likelihood of ill effects occurring and the extent of ill effects which might occur would be expected to increase … |