Example sentences of "and [pers pn] can only [be] " in BNC.

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1 In fact , the limits within which voluntary resources can be effectively used are narrow ; and they can only be effectively used even within those limits if professional full-paid effort is put into making it happen .
2 There will always be imperfections and they can only be overcome by personal relationships .
3 They 're a wonderful blend of natural , gentle herbs and a hint of pure fruit juice , with added vitamin C. And they can only be described as liquid goodness .
4 They follow roughly parallel courses down from high mountains to the coastal plain ; all have lochs serving as reservoirs ; all have roads , public or private , that extend far into the interior and there end ; none of them is accessible by road from the west and they can only be approached by wheeled traffic coming from the east .
5 Unlike trading losses , no mechanism exists for carry back or surrender of capital losses to other group companies , and they can only be carried forward for use by the same company .
6 They are not known to the rest of the program and they can only be changed from within the procedure or function where they are defined .
7 ‘ Look , Maud , ’ pleaded Mildred , ‘ I know it 's hard for you to believe me , but that frog in the pond really is a magician and he can only be changed back by another magician .
8 It is doubtful whether the unfortunates impounded in the Lazzaretto had time to concern themselves with the aesthetic niceties of the building , and it can only be hoped that the church offered them some spiritual comfort .
9 But these are cropping up everywhere , and it can only be a matter of time before they become as common as the cold .
10 We need to bring it about , and it can only be done through teamwork .
11 However , there is little doubt that this phenomenon is a most important one in our species and it can only be explained by assuming that , with the beginnings of hunting , neotenous changes suddenly became adaptive .
12 Teaching must be alive and it can only be alive in the present moment — it is time-consuming to try to make stale bread palatable , and why bother when fresh bread is available ?
13 And my guess would be , and it can only be a guess , that if there actually was disagreement between a county and the prospective recipient of a new settlement , then I suspect that that the Secretary of State would not want such proposals to proceed .
14 This seems fairly remarkable and it can only be assumed they are being kept awake by ghost stories and surveys about what people do in bed .
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