Example sentences of "only be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While his parents could only be with him during the occasional break in a hectic schedule , at least Diana knew that he was under the same skies . |
| 2 | If you were to stay with me , it could only be with your parents ’ permission . |
| 3 | Ma tries her hardest to divide herself fairly between my own and Pa 's needs , but sometimes she must find it difficult , and it hurts her that , as yet , she can only be with us for these brief visits , and always seems tired . |
| 4 | Such research can usually identify particular features such as barns , dovecotes or manor houses and show the distribution of estates in outline ; but it will only be with very full documentation , or dogged persistence , that smaller pieces of land belonging to such estates can be distinguished . |
| 5 | And he still filled it , but now it could only be with regret for the enormity of her mistakes . |
| 6 | But he told people that if she ever worked again it would only be with his approval . |
| 7 | Since calls must be made close to a node , then why not simply find a telephone kiosk — must work these days and the cost will only be at the standard rate . |
| 8 | Such a positive-sum game must be contrasted with a zero-sum game in which the game to some can only be at the expense of others . |
| 9 | If you prefer that the algorithm should not invent new weights , but only select existing weights from the parent strings , then the crossover points marked ’ x ’ may only be at the ends of 8-bit sequences . |
| 10 | It will only be at the end of time that God 's glory will be fully visible in the church . |
| 11 | QA activities may not necessarily only be at the end of the implementation phase . |
| 12 | The evidence from the case studies suggests that while change will occur it will only be at the margins , but this may be enough to achieve significant behavioural change in service providers . |
| 13 | His confidence that God 's existence could be demonstrated from the natural world made him a favourite target for those who felt it could only be on the basis of God 's special revelation of Himself that faith could be justified . |
| 14 | This lack of interest may only be on the part of one partner . |
| 15 | Otherwise , rejection may only be on the ground of infringement of ‘ sovereignty or security ’ ; neither a claim to exclusive jurisdiction by the state of destination over the subject-matter with which the document deals , nor the fact that no cause of action would exist under the law of that state is a proper ground for rejection . |
| 16 | If he is liable to the plaintiffs at all it can only be on the basis of professional negligence . |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |
| 18 | This does not mean that the focus should only be on short-term objectives , or that the government should adopt a highly-prescriptive approach in deciding what to fund . |
| 19 | ‘ Perhaps we can cheer him up with the news that he 'll only be on the ward for a couple of days . |
| 20 | Er sometimes that has been known and it would be right to , for a youngster to sort of through their mother and father to take it back and say well look er can we have another one , but that would only be on a rare occasion , but if we 're given an assignment in the congregation then , especially in a |
| 21 | And it would only be for one night . |
| 22 | To have a week away , and with Fräulein Silber … even the thought of Omi faded as she thought of it ; after all , it would only be for one week , pushing away the traitorous thought that one week for herself was quite different from a week in Omi 's life , and , treachery giving way to treason , she did have her own life to lead ; and so she said , firmly , ‘ It will be all right , Fräulein . |
| 23 | Oreste had been spared and it could only be for a purpose . |
| 24 | But it should only be for a matter of months . ’ |
| 25 | Maria objected strongly but Noreen had said it would only be for a little while until she went back to school in New York , now that Noreen had money enough to get them their own place . |
| 26 | The plan is that if we have to leave , and we 're still not sure , it will only be for a while . |
| 27 | That teachers — young , middle-aged , and those near retirement — can be asked to express how they really feel about curriculum developments can only be for the good . |
| 28 | If the Ketterings had wanted another family to stand in for them , it could only be for recognition by someone they wished to avoid or who might be a danger to them . |
| 29 | Secure placements , once made , should only be for so long as is necessary and unavoidable . |
| 30 | If it did it might only be for a moment , the briefest of seconds , and she wanted Creggan h be ready for it . |