Example sentences of "can only [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gould , forced to operate at the lower end of the transfer market as Coventry tighten their belts , can only gaze in wonder as Dalglish spends multi-millionaire Jack Walker 's money . |
| 2 | But remember it was Mrs Thatcher , who when she was arguing against the er European Monetary System , said you ca n't buck the markets , and ultimately that is true , or at least more precisely , you can only buck them at a cost , you can only buck it by buying or selling pounds , which messes up your money supply , or raising or lowering your interest rates at a time when you might not be wanting to do so . |
| 3 | If you choose the ‘ one direction ’ option , you can only wellie it in the direction you 're facing . |
| 4 | The Tories are , as in 1966 , once more devoid of ideas and can only resort to attacking and insulting the other parties . |
| 5 | Her lips are so swollen she is unable to eat and can only sip drinks through a straw . |
| 6 | No you ca n't , you , you only have , you can only hand write . |
| 7 | The decision can only fuel speculation that it is suffering badly in the heat of an overcrowded Sparc-compatible marketplace that it once had to itself . |
| 8 | Observe that the process is free to execute any of the corresponding SKIP guards ( unc and can only deadlock if it does execute one of these guards . |