Example sentences of "[modal v] only [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As far as grants are concerned , students who apply for a place are almost certain to have used at least three years ' worth of their local authority grant entitlement while studying at university or polytechnic , and may only be eligible for a further one-year entitlement if they have been accepted at a drama school . |
| 2 | What looks like a dead end may only be the result of personal weakness . |
| 3 | This alarm may only be de-activated by a key holder , and the noise alone is such that the prospective thief will hopefully abandon his anti-social ideas . |
| 4 | With a modern diaphragm valve , it may only be necessary to move the float up or down on the serrated spindle connected to the valve arm |
| 5 | The answer is yes , although the risk may only be minimal in the case of minor projects associated with dwelling houses . |
| 6 | Mr Lenarduzzi 's sleep is also disturbed by the thought that the interests of the nation may only be served at the expense of local needs or , indeed , that purely academic considerations might distort the wider implications of a proper education . |
| 7 | We may only be able to afford to put up a certain amount of money to help fund them . |
| 8 | A major constraint upon the straightforward re-use of a windmill as a dwelling is imposed by its circular or polygonal plan which tends to conflict with conventional cubical furniture and may only be reconciled satisfactorily with purpose-made , built-in fitting ( Plate 40 ) . |
| 9 | Please note the Direct Debit may only be used with the Covenant . |
| 10 | Other spices that you may only be able to find in a delicatessen include juniper berries , which are used to flavour gin and are essential when cooking game casseroles ; tamarind seed , which is really a dried pulp and is used in curries ; and annatto which is a small seed used in latin American cookery . |
| 11 | It does not have to be a long passage , it may only be a verse . |
| 12 | ‘ It may only be a temporary measure . |
| 13 | In corners of rural Scotland the lord lieutenant may only be required to turn out four or five times a year , but in densely populated industrial areas like the West Midlands , Charles Ian Finch-Knightley , the eleventh Earl of Aylesford , may be performing several times a month . |
| 14 | The ‘ feel good ’ factor may only be jolted when you come to a ‘ Y ’ junction and curse that thick rear side panel , obstructing the over-the-shoulder rear three-quarter view . |
| 15 | Detention of a whole class may technically still be lawful , although it is becoming increasingly likely that a judge would have doubts about the reasonableness of this course of action where it is known that there may only be one or two culprits . |
| 16 | The rash may be barely visible , and may only be present for a few days , or it may be widespread and obvious and persist for many weeks . |
| 17 | This perfect little mountain may only be just over 2,000 feet in height , but going up the south face , in my state of physical unfitness , you really know that you have had a climb , and regret all the long , glass-happy evenings of days past . |
| 18 | It is true that the potential is clearly there : judges retain the independence they won after the ‘ Glorious Revolution ’ ; members of the senior judiciary may only be removed by the Queen on an address presented by both Houses of Parliament . |
| 19 | The attempt to construct such a right was built upon a number of different grounds , perhaps the most important being the analogy with the Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution which protects people from unreasonable search and seizure , the analogy being drawn presumably because the Fourth Amendment is based upon English common law , particularly Entick v. Carrington , where it was held that as a general rule search warrants may only be issued under the authority of a statute . |
| 20 | Such claims may only be investigated by the police and prosecuted in the normal way . |
| 21 | Options are not transferable and may only be exercised by the persons to whom they were granted or their personal representatives . |
| 22 | Your Card ( which has your name printed on it ) may only be used by you . |
| 23 | They may only be carried on with the local authority 's consent , and |
| 24 | According to the magazine , Pulse , a provisional version of the guidelines says that ‘ spare ’ living embryos may only be observed outside the womb for a maximum of 14 days . |
| 25 | The guidelines say that embryos may only be frozen and stored if they are to be used for in vitro fertilisation later on . |
| 26 | Although a child like Matthew clearly shows abnormal behaviour , others with hyperkinetic syndrome may only be mildly affected . |
| 27 | If the Strauss/Liszt/Mendelssohn disc preserves some kind of logic in its programming , another release featuring miscellaneous items ( ) unfortunately has the appearance of being cobbled together , and as such may only be of real interest to the avid Klemperer fan . |
| 28 | There are also certain transactions , such as the alteration of the company 's articles of association , which may only be carried out by resolution of the shareholders . |
| 29 | In a small employment agency there may only be one interviewer and you will put yourself at a disadvantage if you make a bad start . |
| 30 | This lack of interest may only be on the part of one partner . |