Example sentences of "[noun] can only " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My dear , sweet love , once you have seen , the whole idea of religion can only be tawdry , pathetic and … wrong . |
| 2 | Religion can only be understood ‘ on the pattern of individual neurotic symptoms ’ . |
| 3 | The unusual juxtaposition of these two words can only be a subconscious association in the author 's mind with the well-known carol , The Twelve Days of Christmas whose repetitive chorus ends , ‘ And a partridge in a pear-tree . ’ |
| 4 | While the freezing silences , heated exchanges and bitter words can only be imagined , the traumatic effect on the children is only too evident . |
| 5 | Interconnection of elements determine that action can only run effectively in a matrix . |
| 6 | First , a rational plan of action can only be arrived at after the patient 's problems have been identified . |
| 7 | A positive interaction with these characteristics can only be to the benefit of artists and their followers alike . |
| 8 | These characteristics can only be true of one Deity . |
| 9 | However , because ‘ newly-born ’ micelles can only arise at the expense of the preexisting ones ( there is a finite amount of water in the system that must be shared between all the micelles ) , the average radius of the micelles decreases . |
| 10 | But because the BBC film has not shown any examples of police violence , these de-contextualised images can only signify unprovoked violence by pickets . |
| 11 | The restriction on volume and speed of delivery means that images can only be built up slowly , at a pace determined by the rate at which data arrives at the terminal . |
| 12 | This extra card can only be used by that shaman — the card can not be used by other shamans . |
| 13 | A further point was taken by Mr. Scrivener that the decisions referred to in the subsection can only be made by the Secretary of State personally and that he may not delegate or transfer the power to make the decision to a minister of state , as happened in the case of Mr. Pegg . |
| 14 | Ex.1a from the ‘ Haffner ’ Symphony shows two emphasized heavy-raindrop staccato notes followed by a third , tied to its neighbour , where the stroke can only have accentual meaning . |
| 15 | His prescriptions can only be inferred from his denunciations . |
| 16 | Styles can only be applied to whole paragraphs , and the formatting details are stored in the markers which occur at the end of each paragraph . |
| 17 | As styles can only be applied to whole paragraphs , you do n't have to be too careful about selecting text ; just pop the cursor anywhere in the block and the formatting will be applied to the whole paragraph . |
| 18 | Obviously , the hoped-for benefits such as reduced waiting lists can only be brought about by an absolute increase in available services or by a transfer of resources from other services . |
| 19 | Schools can only succeed when there is dialogue within the staffroom — a dialogue which leads to a broad agreement on the direction in which the school should move , both in the present and in the future . |
| 20 | It has been argued that it is the individual not the institution who is creative and that the schools can only adopt the ideas of individuals . |
| 21 | Any time that a wing begins to drop at a stall it is the beginning of a possible spin , but the spin can only develop if the wing is kept stalled and the glider is allowed to continue to yaw . |
| 22 | New tasks for perception can only be carried out in the same way ‘ under the guidance of tactile appropriation ’ ( ibid : 242 ) . |
| 23 | Solutions can only be found if the proper information has been recorded . |
| 24 | It is happening in the present , and the future can only be guessed at . |
| 25 | It would appear that if present trends like these continue unchecked the future can only bring increasing social disintegration , mounting crime , delinquency and violence , and decreasing safety and security of life , particularly for the weak and unprotected . |
| 26 | Shaikh Saad urged Kuwaitis to overcome their political differences and promised , in what was widely believed to be a reference to the restoration of the 1962 constitution , that " the people of Kuwait can only be rewarded for their trust and loyalty by further trust " . |
| 27 | Despite the wide definition of " income " in s670 , the Revenue can only charge tax if they can find an appropriate Case and/or Schedule . |
| 28 | Notice that the buying and selling of units can only take place between the trust and the original purchaser . |
| 29 | Now we need to talk a little bit about what happens when the veins or the arteries or the capillaries for that matter , the veins , the arteries or the capillaries have a leak in them , they become broken , now you already know that the circulatory system is a closed system and that the blood can only do its job if it 's being transported within that system , once the blood comes outside of that system then it 's lost the circulation and it can not perform its proper function any more , in other words the body 's losing its blood , okay , what condition do we call it when the circulatory system stops working properly ? |
| 30 | Thinking can only make use of the patterns we have acquired in the past . |