Example sentences of "can only [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The reason for this is that the snail can only perceive events which are more than one quarter of a second apart , so a stick which is moved four times a second appears to be stationary . |
| 32 | To do so can only waste costs if the report is unfavourable . |
| 33 | As we have seen , congruence with ‘ verb bias ’ can facilitate role mapping directly , but it can only facilitate name mapping indirectly . |
| 34 | This invaluable experience and can only stand people in good stead for when they return to the UK . ’ |
| 35 | Salisbury had remarked in 1911 that " whatever your own opinions , the Conservative party can only assimilate change gradually " , and this was certainly so in the case of personnel at the top . |
| 36 | The system is peculiarly ineffective as the father must first voluntarily recognize paternity and the PGP can only enforce payments by docking money from the father 's salary if he is in steady employment in an urban area . |
| 37 | We can only await developments . |
| 38 | You may think that thick and thin Ethernet differ in size , but the main difference between them is the ranges they can cover : a thick Ethernet cable can be 500m long , whereas its skinny relative can only manage 150m . |
| 39 | But of course grammatical modification can not account for the particulars of meaning which are signalled on particular occasions , Grammar can only denote degrees of generality . |
| 40 | Such pedantry can only inhibit speech flow ( Haycraft 1971 ) . |
| 41 | One can only admire Lucie-Smith 's confidence in taking on such an undertaking , but wonder why Laurence King Publishing were keen on this project . |
| 42 | On the remarks that women 's contributions in the field of business , finance , religion , charity work , etc , were totally ignored , I can only assume Alexandra Wallace overlooked the extensive exhibitions on the work of the Church of Scotland Woman 's Guild , Oxfam in Scotland , Amnesty International and the Scottish Refugee Council ( I could go on ) . |
| 43 | Although it is early days yet , should we be that club , then it can only spell disaster . |
| 44 | If an employee decides to accept the transfer as a result of a counselling session which gave a misleading impression , it can only spell trouble for his or her future happiness in the job . |
| 45 | Unfortunately they went back to their bad old ways during the autumn in the championship , but they have now regained that hungry look which can only spell trouble for their rivals . |
| 46 | Caterpillars have eyes on the sides of their body but they can only tell dark from light . |
| 47 | So , in the short run , by definition , you can only change output , the response or by changing variable factors in production . |
| 48 | Birds can only change colour by moulting , and may have breeding plumage as well as a more cryptic pattern ; mammals tend to have fixed coloration , although man ( and woman ) spends millions trying to prove otherwise . |
| 49 | It gets a little more complicated when you realise that the colour changer is at one end of the needle bed , so that you can only change colours every two rows . |
| 50 | Vendors can only confirm accuracy ‘ to the best of their knowledge and belief ’ and if it is based on a review of the report . |
| 51 | The analogy is that you are a robot walking up a hill , and your designer has built you so that you can only step north , south , east or west . |
| 52 | For writers like Altvater , Muller and Neususs , Holloway and Picciotto , Hirsch , Offe , and Gerstenberger , while the role of the state is limited by the laws of capital accumulation ( the state can only redistribute wealth once profits have been made ) and the imperatives of capital that must be maintained , the role of the state in modern capitalism is not to defend the interests of a ruling class on every specific but to provide for the interests of capital ‘ in general ’ . |
| 53 | Private hire cars can only carry passengers in response to requests by phone . |
| 54 | Simply expressed , good intentions and intra-party democracy can only carry socialism so far . |
| 55 | Why am I served by incompetents who can only advise surrender ? ’ |
| 56 | Medium security levels can enter and delete data and low security levels can only view data . |
| 57 | There are five pages in this option , the last four of which are similar to those of option 3.2.0 — Update SPR , except that you can only view information using this option . |
| 58 | There are five pages in this option , the last four of which are similar to those of option 4.2.0 — Update SSR except that the user can only view information using this option . |
| 59 | The page is similar to that of Option 5.1.2 — Update Product , except that you can only view information using this option . |
| 60 | The page is similar to that of Option 5.2.2 — Update Client , except that you can only view information using this option . |