Example sentences of "this can only " in BNC.
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| 31 | This can only be down to the ‘ flocculating ’ of suspended particles , which an efficient filter system can then deal with . |
| 32 | A This can only happen if you do not cast off any stitches at the centre and sides of the neck . |
| 33 | Since the BFS is non-degenerate this can only mean that it is not efficient . |
| 34 | However , this can only be done by increasing public expenditure or redistributive taxation . |
| 35 | At best , this can only be in relative terms , since the Red Book already forecasts a public sector borrowing requirement for 1993-94 of £32 billion . |
| 36 | This can only lead to children growing up without knowing the difference between right and wrong — and ending up in court themselves . |
| 37 | If I and many members of the Institute do this because Institute courses and publications do not offer value for money , this can only cause the Institute 's already poor financial situation to deteriorate . |
| 38 | This can only mean that the University Press at Oxford kept the type of the second edition standing for over fifty years , or else had a large number of the second edition sheets left over and stored . |
| 39 | Service of this can only be made by a solicitor or Sheriff Officer who will either post it in a special court recorded delivery envelope , arrange for it to be personally handed to your debtor , or put through the front door of his house . |
| 40 | It might sound like an impossible recipe , but this can only be achieved when the government is prepared to sit down and talk constructively and openly with all parties . |
| 41 | This can only be done on specified cliffs and a cagoule must be carried , though not necessarily worn . |
| 42 | This can only be achieved by working prospectively on the child 's future environment and by deciding which new experiences may be introduced to compensate for those which , in the past , have proved to be inadequate for language development . |
| 43 | This can only be evaluated with respect to the distribution of scores obtained by the standardisation sample ( see Figure 8.2 ) . |
| 44 | This can only be done with the parents ' help . |
| 45 | Even if we accept the enforceability criterion for the existence of a law this can only be a necessary requirement of law if ‘ enforceability ’ is taken in a weak sense to mean that the rules in question are by and large adhered to , which need not , of course , be the result of threats . |
| 46 | Of course , this can only happen if you have been tested . |
| 47 | Having work at an appropriate height in relation to distance from the eye makes a real difference to avoiding unnecessary fatigue , and this can only be effected by a comfortable working position . |
| 48 | Therefore there must be a First Cause which itself is uncaused ; and this can only be God . |
| 49 | This can only be done by studying operators . |
| 50 | With Wittgenstein 's approach in mind , this can only be a dispiriting beginning . |
| 51 | This can only be achieved fully when the observation is carried out without the knowledge of the observed , such as through one-way glass , or in circumstances where the observer is ‘ lost in the crowd ’ . |
| 52 | If it seems that things could be finally settled by deciding whether a foetus is a person , this can only be because ‘ person ’ is used to ascribe a moral status rather than merely to describe . |
| 53 | During the lexicographic stage this can only be the result of the creation of a new entry . |
| 54 | This can only have come about by a high level decision on the military products and supplies . |
| 55 | This can only be defined by a large claw-like grasp on his left forearm , which could be identified as a tentacle of the Hydra . |
| 56 | So at the end of the day it must be for the courts to decide how to classify particular functions , and this can only be done on the basis of some normative judgment about the desirable scope of judicial review . |
| 57 | However , this can only be successfully achieved along undogmatic lines and in a spirit of goodwill and co-operation between our leading national institutions . |
| 58 | But this can only be done at the international airport and with the original exchange receipts . |
| 59 | So , according to Davis and Moore , stratification and inequality are both positively functional and inevitable in human societies , because societies have to fill a number of ‘ key ’ positions with the ‘ right ’ people , and this can only be achieved by allocating unequal rewards to these positions . |
| 60 | This can only mean that , at the time , the idea of a twin was perfectly acceptable to devout Christians . |