Example sentences of "can only be [verb] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the target is eventually sold for a profit , the benefit of the realised reserves can only be transferred to the original purchaser ( by dividend ) if the IHC has adequate distributable resources . |
| 2 | While the decision can not be impugned on the facts , it undoubtedly confirms the difficulties which inventor employees face where the employer 's sales can only be traced to a single main purchaser of the patented product . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , literal mnemonics can only be applied to a very limited number of subjects in a scheme or the order of subjects will be distorted . |
| 4 | National rules in the member states where services are provided can only be applied to the extent that the public interest requires it , and after due account is taken of the national rules applied to the company in the member state of establishment . |
| 5 | They can only be taxed to the extent that there is relevant income in the trust . |
| 6 | Advice and assistance in making a will can only be given to a client who is over 70 , or disabled or suffering from a mental disorder ( or a parent or guardian wishing to provide for such a person ) , or a single parent wishing to appoint a testamentary guardian . |
| 7 | But there are things you would be ashamed to tell even your doctor , things so vile they can only be confessed to the lowest , most contemptible functionaries of all . |
| 8 | Prior to there being a detailed component to carry the specific attribute , the relationship can only be made to the assembly space . |
| 9 | In a situation of monopoly power , the profits which a company makes will contain an element which can only be ascribed to the use of monopoly power by that company . |
| 10 | If this causes difficulties for some , Foucault 's scepticism with regard to the tendency to inflate the effect of individual agency can only be compared to the position of many Marxisms in which resistance and revolution are hardly the privilege of the individual as such , but rather of collective class action . |
| 11 | As this inflow increases — a population movement which can only be compared to the millennial westward movement of peoples to Europe which ended with the defeat of the Mongols — a final answer will be given to our absorbing little debate about European identity . |
| 12 | A person ‘ knowingly concerned ’ in a transaction entered into in contravention of section 3 can only be subjected to a restitutionary order under subsection ( 2 ) if and to the extent that the person received money or property under the transaction in question . |
| 13 | So , in French , ( 45 ) is ambiguous as to whether there is one or more addressees , but ( 46 ) can only be addressed to a single addressee : Vous parlez francais ? ( 46 ) Vous etes le professeur ? |
| 14 | It can only be brought to an end on or after the date it runs out by a notice in a prescribed form , served by either the landlord or the tenant . |
| 15 | The release included statements that ‘ the discovery will be relatively easy to make into a usable technology for generating heat and power ’ ; and that ‘ this generation of heat continues over long periods and is so large that it can only be attributed to a nuclear process ’ . |
| 16 | Quite why some of the leading golfers in the world started to behave like 18 handicap amateurs can only be attributed to the special pressures which the Ryder Cup produces . |
| 17 | Young members can only be attracted to a team that realistically and consistently challenges for honours , not because the team is composed entirely of Yorkshiremen . |
| 18 | Most dishes take about 8 to 10 hours to cook , but some foods , such as pasta , can only be added to a dish halfway through , otherwise they disintegrate . |
| 19 | An SSR can refer to as many modules as required , although additional modules can only be added to the end of the list . |