Example sentences of "you can only " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is suitable for even the smallest gardens , and if you can only accommodate one daisy-flowered perennial it should be this . |
| 2 | You can only see three of four fields and if they all look bad your morale will suffer . |
| 3 | You can only score if your centre of gravity is inside the area as your technique makes contact . |
| 4 | I suppose when they string together every possible Celtic cliché , you can only sit back and submit knowing that the stereotype is so overplayed as to be utterly ridiculous , yet at the same time resenting the perpetration of it . |
| 5 | You can only be one or the other because the whole business of supply and demand is so complex . |
| 6 | You can only affect them peripherally . |
| 7 | To Greeves , the orthodox believer , he wrote in January 1930 , ‘ In spite of all my recent changes of view I am still inclined to think that you can only get what you call Christ out of the Gospels by picking and choosing and slurring over a good deal . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Directors who have something to say and the power to say it , you can only close your fingers and wish for . ’ |
| 9 | An elderly gent wandering the streets talking to himself about his secret wedding to his ward tomorrow ( because the plot requires him to be overheard so she 'll find out ) is the sort of thing you can only get away with in opera . |
| 10 | Gardens are enchanting at night but you can only see the one little bit near you . |
| 11 | There are an awful lot of opportunities around if you can only sniff them out . |
| 12 | Trailers are perfect for films that you can only really put up with if you do n't know what they ‘ mean ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ You can only experience so much fame , ’ he says . |
| 14 | That way you can only be pleasantly surprised — occasionally . |
| 15 | You can only lose power with the roll system — and that 's much less likely . |
| 16 | And I remember saying to him , but you can only get twelve Hawks on a 707 … |
| 17 | ‘ You can only evaluate a neural network empirically ; you can not guarantee up front that the neural network will work correctly , ’ warned Professor John Stonham of Brunel University . |
| 18 | But you can only play that particular game when in actuality there is something to find . |
| 19 | And certain kinds of knowledge you can only find out one way — through pain . |
| 20 | You can only see the splendid tapestries inside by appointment . |
| 21 | Each driving the other towards the kind of frustration which you can only feel for a family member . |
| 22 | You should always remember that you can only look after the patient successfully if you also look after yourself . |
| 23 | You must establish the extent of these liabilities with your solicitor , but even then you can only carry out an inspection limited to your particular flat , plus a superficial investigation of the common parts with the landlord 's permission . |
| 24 | You can only see your one match , only your two players . |
| 25 | ‘ The wave can not be mastered — you can only move with it , not against it . |
| 26 | A further way of introducing some purpose to a day 's sailing is to experiment with different ways of doing things , since you can only be sure that you have found the best way by deliberately trying different ways . |
| 27 | Implicit in the name is the ridiculous idea that you can only have fun on a funboard . |
| 28 | You can only turn properly if you are using the gybing straps . |
| 29 | remember : you can only ask for water if you establish and maintain an overlap before you are two board lengths from the mark . |
| 30 | They consider that you can only move on from an unhappy experience if you have given it some meaning . |