Example sentences of "can now only " in BNC.
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| 1 | The animals can now only be seen in the dwindling open fields of the new territories . |
| 2 | Such estates can now only be created as equitable interests by means of the machinery of a trust . |
| 3 | Whereas Pope 's Belinda might worship her own image as an idol , Dorinda can now only grieve before the mirror : |
| 4 | This means that it can now only be altered by amendment by leave of the House . |
| 5 | In the Daily Mail , Pamella 's story became the tale of a ‘ sickeningly self-obsessed , utterly immoral and unashamedly amoral … call-girl ’ , ‘ an avaricious , manipulative woman with a beautiful face … a pathetic figure whose life can now only be on a downward slope . ’ |
| 6 | For example , a general election for the House of Commons must be held at least every 5 years but only certain people have access to the vote and not all votes for different parties are of equal power in the absence of proportional representation making for a close correspondence between votes cast and seats won ; the House of Lords ( once a very powerful state institution ) can now only delay bills passed by the House of Commons ; the Prime Minister " must " come from the Commons ; and it is " expected " that a government will resign and call a general election if it is defeated in a vote of confidence on the floor of the House of Commons . |
| 7 | Waste copper , lead , zinc , cadmium and chromium can now only be imported with approval from the Environmental Protection Administration , whose approval is also required for exports of such items . |
| 8 | Brockway had specifically rejected any proposal to reaffiliate to the Labour Party at the end of 1934 : " The decisive objection to this " , he wrote , " is that a Socialist can now only function through the Labour Party by giving up his Socialism " . |
| 9 | I mean if we look at erm the large number of single parent families , mainly who are headed by women , the position of Social Security for these women has deteriorated in the last few years erm both in terms of the real value of the money received ; Child Benefit has been frozen for the last three or four years ; regulations such as you used to be able to offset your child care expenses when you were claiming income support have been changed , women can no longer can now only earn erm fifteen pounds a week of they 're a single parent and they can not offset their child care costs . |