Example sentences of "and [art] [noun sg] can only " in BNC.
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| 1 | The use of the procedure is free and the bill can only be lowered ; it can never be increased . |
| 2 | And the writer can only conjure up this gift for the reader if he/she is prepared , first of all , to write plainly what he/she believes to be true , rather than fall for the surface sweetmeats which seem to satisfy but which , like sugar , leave the reader hungry minutes later . |
| 3 | Working hours were thus dictated by tides , and the mill can only operate at favourable times . |
| 4 | It depends on contexts in parse trees , and the algorithm can only calculate parse trees if it has enough AND symbols ; so clustering depends on the set of available AND symbols . |
| 5 | Peace should be ours too , within the church family , and the origin can only be God . |
| 6 | It is happening in the present , and the future can only be guessed at . |
| 7 | And the miner can only pick up a , a pick and knock the rook and he can tell exactly where er where it 's weakest in the rook . |
| 8 | I think it 's a great tragedy that Wales considers itself to be the poor relation within the United Reform Church and the answer can only lie within Wales ! |
| 9 | Improvements to animal welfare and the environment can only come about if they are perceived by us to have added value , and this means that the animals must continue to work for their living and we must accept the short-term economic consequences of working towards explainable , more humane , agriculture . |
| 10 | It can be easily distinguished because the weft strands are left hanging at the back , and the design can only be seen from the front . |
| 11 | The originator of the tapes has clearly decided to make his tape deck pay for itself ( although I think he could take a few hints on how to eliminate unwanted hum and noise ) and the result can only be described as a rip off . |
| 12 | Mr Medvedev does not moralise ; he does not need to ; but he can not resist commenting , and the reader can only , with sadness , agree . |
| 13 | The courts have said that the general skills of an employee are his property and the employer can only protect his property — business secrets . |
| 14 | All replacement window specialists offer the option of sealed double glazed units , but many off-the-shelf replacement windows from timber merchants and the like can only be single-glazed . |
| 15 | And the Attorney-General can only act if there is a complaint about sentence within 28 days of the verdict and can only refer it for review on grounds of leniency . |
| 16 | Although UCTA does not say so , the section must here only be dealing with sales or hire purchase of goods made to the consumer in the course of a business , because s 6(2) only protects persons dealing as consumers , and a person can only deal as a consumer if the person with whom he is dealing deals in his turn in the course of a business . |