Example sentences of "[modal v] only be [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may only be coincidence that the window cleaners were around last weekend when this incident occurred . |
| 2 | The farms themselves may be categorised into three broad types on the basis of their layout : one or a few buildings seemingly in isolation or associated with earlier structures , for instance late prehistoric enclosures or , as at Lower Warbank ( Kent ) , a single sunken building adjacent to a Roman villa ( Philp 1973 , pp. 156–63 ) , which may only be part of larger settlements ; individual farmsteads , a group of buildings associated with a fenced enclosure or paddock , such as Cowdery 's Down ( Millett 1983 ) ; thirdly , larger settlements with either multiples of the previous category or a farmstead apparently with a larger number of ancillary buildings , such as Chalton , Hampshire and West Stow , Suffolk ( West 1985 ) . |
| 3 | If he leaves all to his wife on his death there may only be duty on the £1M non-qualifying assets on his widow 's death . |
| 4 | Proposals to rehabilitate existing broadleaved woods ( which are a source of livestock shelter ) on farms should only be grant aided if the scheme aims to ‘ retain the essential broadleaved character of the woodland with appropriate native tree species ’ . |
| 5 | Me feeling is that there should only be team promotions and that the money should be split . |
| 6 | So faint , it might only be moonlight through the clouds — then she saw long pale hair streaming . |
| 7 | It might only be breast tissue , I do n't know that . |
| 8 | I do n't believe that any of the three could exist , or would want to exist independently , for the synthesis is absolutely perfect , the balance so delicate , that the next step up could only be Rapture and Heaven . |
| 9 | While some cooperation and coordination in a specific sector might be possible , as long as the hope was to embrace the whole of Western Europe in its ambit , any scheme could only be minimalist . |
| 10 | Ace drew her Browning and fired at Mait , but he had ducked behind the wall of the sedan chair and the bullets ricocheted off what could only be metal . |
| 11 | Mr Urbanec , who is to hold further talks with Mr Havel today — this time in front of television cameras — conceded that the party realised it was held in deep mistrust by the public , and accepted that henceforth it could only be part of the political spectrum . |
| 12 | Against this view of love as contract , Cave , in The Birthday Party , was almost alone in reinvoking love as malady , monologue , abject dependence , whose ultimate expression could only be violence : the recurrent theme of girl-murder , or at the opposite pole the paroxysm of desire in ‘ Zoo Music Girl ’ , ‘ Oh ! |
| 13 | A look that could only be jealousy , she registered , made his coal-black eyes glint with a hint of danger . |
| 14 | The reaction to this could only be ridicule . |
| 15 | The real outlet for the misery of the north and north-west could only be emigration . |
| 16 | But of course as far as Britain was concerned , this could only be intervention against France . |
| 17 | This grade is designed for those who have gained a well recognised qualification but who , previously , could only be student members of the HCIMA . |
| 18 | They 'd only be evidence of her crush on Harry , not of his presence at her death . ’ |
| 19 | Without a knowledge of good and evil , for example , there would only be ignorance and destruction . |
| 20 | If two people are merely sharing a house or flat , e.g. two friends , unless the underwriters have been asked specifically to cover both persons ' property , there would only be cover for the property of the Policyholder . |
| 21 | The modern or contemporary quarter of Intolerance would make an excellent film in its own right but even then the industrial scene would only be part of the scene setting and would fade in the memory as the hero passes from scene to scene in the ‘ picaresque ’ fashion of so many movies . |
| 22 | ‘ Afterwards , there would only be dislike and resentment , because you do n't care for my feelings at all . |
| 23 | There would only be reason for despair if more general affluence had been accompanied by a withdrawal from the regard for precious substances , since this would imply rejection of the notion of excellence , the basis not merely of cultural advance but of the very attainment of humanity . |
| 24 | ‘ Neither of you will face criminal charges , though it would only be justice after what you 're doing to my sister . |
| 25 | Her heart was pounding and , realising there was no point in pretending any longer , she opted for frankness , saying , ‘ It would only be lust . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ The most glaring one was last night when you tried to appeal to my pragmatic nature by admitting that ‘ it would only be lust ’ — no doubt you imagined we could establish some sort of ‘ adult ’ agreement on the basis of that . ’ |
| 27 | While I am away please note that there will only be weekday Masses on Monday and Friday . |
| 28 | There may be many things you would like to say in this report but there will only be room for important ones . |
| 29 | ‘ So , if you punish yourself through self-denial in the puritan way , in the English Christian way , there will only be resentment and more unhappiness . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I know anything you discover will only be grist to your mill ! ’ |