Example sentences of "and [adj] [noun sg] can only " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet even these others ( researchers ) have to be given a direction and that direction can only come from some pre-existing knowledge in the field . |
| 2 | This stance is premised on the view that effective change depends on the genuine commitment of those required to implement it , and that commitment can only be achieved if those involved feel that they have control of the process . |
| 3 | Recall , the node has just a finite ( though large ) set of inputs si , and each input can only be 0 or 1 . |
| 4 | Simply expressed , good intentions and intra-party democracy can only carry socialism so far . |
| 5 | In fact he goes to great lengths to argue that the most important consequences of educational progress actually require ‘ sensitive judgment ’ using ‘ interpretative reasoning ’ , and that in the arts this means that valid and reliable assessment can only be achieved through what Best calls ‘ inter-subjective agreement ’ . |
| 6 | It is even of importance to him what the moral tone of the whole society is — shocking as it may seem to libertarians to raise this issue — because freedom and individual diversity can only flourish in a society where there is a general recognition of their worth . |
| 7 | The first is that the retention by the state of taxes unlawfully exacted is particularly obnoxious , because it is one of the most fundamental principles of our law — enshrined in a famous constitutional document , the Bill of Rights 1688 — that taxes should not be levied without the authority of Parliament ; and full effect can only be given to that principle if the return of taxes exacted under an unlawful demand can be enforced as a matter of right . |
| 8 | Until recently , there have been no established codec standards and one system can only speak to another if it is using the same compression-decompression algorithms . |
| 9 | They are not irreconcilable and sociological analysis can only be frustrated by trying to make them so . |
| 10 | Having observed Thatcher 's boorish behaviour , Abse comments : ‘ Such a jealous and ruthless super-ego can only have been formed by a prohibiting mother who is brusque and prematurely insists upon early toilet training . ’ |
| 11 | But while most young women training in computing , for example , are doing word processing ( Tittie 1986 ) , changing their expectations about gender and mathematical ability can only have limited effects on their achievement . |
| 12 | Indeed the specifications of a stress-free and satisfying job can only be made in relation to the tasks being undertaken . |