Example sentences of "would only be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This would only be possible if she had intensive 24-hour cover : if she could employ carers both night and day who could be flexible enough to adapt to her needs rather than vice versa . |
| 2 | No canal crossing the constantly changing contours of the English Midlands ever had enough water , so a significant increase in traffic would only be possible if existing supplies were conserved and more supplies developed . |
| 3 | After the capture of the Isle of Wight 20,000 would be collected there and 5–6000 of them would be ferried across the Solent in small boats and landed along the creek separating Hayling Island from Portsea to take the Portsea Lines in the rear , which would only be possible if the guns of Fort Cumberland , on the eastern tip of Portsea Island , were knocked out beforehand by a bombardment by French battleships and bomb-ketches . |
| 4 | During the course of 1931–2 , however , the Basque Nationalists yielded to pragmatism ; appreciating that autonomy would only be possible if acceptable to those wielding power in Madrid , they effectively surrendered their more extreme goals , abandoned their right-wing allies , and moved closer to the Republicans and Socialists . |
| 5 | Acknowledging that it would appear unjust to pay higher allowances out of taxation to the middle classes , she argued that it would only be possible if the higher allowances were paid for by the income groups or occupations which benefitted from them . |
| 6 | It would only be possible to say this if assertion ( b ) were known to be true , and that all those who never consulted analysts and therapists were ‘ normal ’ . |
| 7 | It would only be possible to describe these years in such glowing terms , however , if we were to place our curiosity under strict curfew , refusing to allow it to look beyond the frozen images of faded snap-shots or the scratchy surface realities of the official crime statistics . |
| 8 | Revocation of an objective regime would only be possible with the consent of all parties which had consented to the regime and ‘ have substantial interest in its functioning ’ . |
| 9 | The mathematicians tell us that this would only be possible if the operators x and p were to commute . |
| 10 | Then he said , " The Boxing and Coxing on the ships would only be possible for someone who controlled a shipping line . |
| 11 | It would only be possible if I did n't love you , but I do . ’ |
| 12 | In particular , the evaluation of model derivatives and the use of more than one model simultaneously would only be possible for large systems within such a framework . |
| 13 | It is a good thing to stop coffee anyway from a general health point of view but the benefits of this would only be apparent from a long term change , not just for a few days . |
| 14 | If these external costs offset the increase in real output per capita , then any overall improvement in economic welfare would only be apparent and not real . |
| 15 | The above reference would only be retrievable by family , not by author or geographical distribution . |
| 16 | That would only be necessary if the troops had been requisitioning other people 's equipment . |
| 17 | It was further said that the reason for limiting the application of subsection ( 2 ) to those third parties who are knowingly concerned in the contravention is that an order addressed directly to a third party ( as opposed to the contravener acting by his servants or agents ) would only be necessary where the third party had an interest of his own in the subject-matter of the order . |
| 18 | Provided there is opportunity for profit , private money will be invested in schemes for this purpose and it would only be necessary to create the fiscal environment and to add encouragement , perhaps with grants , to fire the motivation of entrepreneurs . |
| 19 | My time would only be impressive if clocked by sundial but I was pleased with it , though I could have done with a couple of gym sessions to get in shape . |
| 20 | ‘ But it would only be temporary . ’ |
| 21 | There were to be a lot of evacuations in the coming years , by land , sea and air , each accompanied by promises from departing residents that their absence would only be temporary . |
| 22 | Initially , many believed that their retention would only be temporary ; they failed to understand , however , that Elizabeth herself saw the 1559 settlement as final , and that she intended to resist all pressure from her councillors , divines , and MPs to purify or reform these ceremonials . |
| 23 | Initially , the High Authority took no action , believing that the problem would only be temporary . |
| 24 | Other women had thought their employment would only be temporary and so believed they would not be in the labour market long enough to build up sufficient contributions . |
| 25 | The Council say it would only be temporary , five years maximum , until another permanent site is found . |
| 26 | It would only be reasonable to give at least some of the credit for this successful adaptation to de Gaulle 's incessant proselytizing about the necessity of modernization . |
| 27 | for site supervision would only be straightforward hours . |
| 28 | The reality of meaning therefore , would only be accessible to some idealized third person who was able to observe the relation between the particulars . |
| 29 | He managed to move most of the ammunition away from the fuel but some would only be accessible When the vehicle was righted by the recovery section from the AMF(L) Workshop . |
| 30 | As far as the death grant goes , erm for a pensioner that would only be payable erm if somebody actually died within year of leaving pensionable service , due to ill health , and they were not in receipt of an infirmity pension . |