Example sentences of "[subord] they can only " in BNC.
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| 1 | Offering small quantities would also give greater variety to people 's diets , a variety which they may be unable to obtain if they can only buy in quantity . |
| 2 | Sometimes , if elderly relatives are living at a distance , it is not possible to be certain , in spite of advice from us , and help from neighbours with the shopping , that they are eating properly , but if they can only be persuaded to drink a pint of milk every day and eat some fresh citrus fruit , wholemeal bread , cheese or eggs , margarine or butter and a bowl of bran cereal , we shall know that they can not come to any serious harm from a dietary point of view , even though a much more varied diet would be more suitable . |
| 3 | But if they can only be anticipated at the end of one of the odd periods , they will have an effect on real output because prices are fixed . |
| 4 | If that is all they have to say , if they can only attack Labour , it is a sad summation of 13 years in power . |
| 5 | In the pre-1973 definition case of BS Brown and Son Ltd v Craik Ltd [ 1970 ] 1 WLR 752 which was accepted as authority in Aswan Engineering ( 1987 ) , the House of Lords held that goods will be unmerchantable if they can only be resold at a substantially reduced price . |
| 6 | At the moment , Fergie 's high-flyers look as if they can only give away the title if it was not for carelessness against Newcastle they would still have a 100% record . |
| 7 | The pair want to hear from anyone who had relatives serving with the Tyneside Scottish even if they can only give the name , rank , serial number and home address . |
| 8 | erm , as long as , cos they can only claim benefit for a certain length of time ca n't they ? , then it switches from unemployment to Social Security . |
| 9 | ‘ I believe that the new legislation and initiatives such as the Heartbeat Campaign should be welcomed because they can only serve to benefit the industry . ’ |
| 10 | Because they can only see what 's straight ahead of them . |
| 11 | Some people who have become severely deafened do not wear rubber soles on their shoes because they can only feel the vibration through the floor when wearing leather soles . |
| 12 | So once a person becomes unconscious , remember they 've got to go to hospital because they can only get worse , right , there is n't any , enough sugar in that body to , to be able to work properly so they 'll only get worse . |
| 13 | That 's a conditional gift divorce makes it that that gift is revoked but she may still survive therefore the condition would apply and therefore the subsequent er provisions that you 've made in a will do n't apply because they can only apply if the wife survives twenty eight days but that 's ignored ! |
| 14 | because they can only accept what 's given verbally , they ca n't read for themselves oh I do n't know |
| 15 | Trials , however , are a catch-22 situation , since they can only take place if money is available , and the research funding bodies are largely under the control of the powers that be in the medical profession . |
| 16 | On Iceland , one might , if one were lucky , also find small quantities of andesitic and rhyolitic rocks being erupted but they are scarce , since they can only be formed by skimming off silica-rich material from a large volume of basaltic magma , in the same way as cream is skimmed off the top of milk . |
| 17 | The Census Offices are unable to do this themselves since they can only extract six areas at a time ! |
| 18 | Milan , one point ahead of Sampdoria at the top of the table , also have teething problems , trying to rotate half a dozen foreigners when they can only use three ! |
| 19 | What chance have they got of getting them all right when they can only inspect houses from the road outside ? ’ |