Example sentences of "[modal v] only be [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The principal hunting weapon may have been the bow and arrow ; arrows , as with all tools , are rare in early Anglo-Saxon cemeteries ; they are often viewed as weapons of warfare but constitute the most obvious hunting weapon amongst the range of artefacts and their rarity in cemeteries may only be a reflection of their importance to the community . |
| 2 | ‘ Madam , my TARDIS may only be a type 40 , but you — ‘ |
| 3 | Alternatively this may only be a change in the precious metal brought about by necessity , and silver coinage may have continued the earlier function of the gold coinage , as bullion . |
| 4 | Dickinson argues for a change in the organisation of the industry as chronologically earlier pairs show less variation than later examples ; this may only be a change in ability and need not relate to changes in the medium used to make models . |
| 5 | It may only be a matter of time before MaliVai Washington , for one , sees the family name being represented in the wider context of majority black participation in the sport which has , for so long , been predominantly whites only territory . |
| 6 | Swindon tofday may only be a town in name and profile but by the twenty-first centurythey 're deternmined it 'll be a city to be reckoned with . |
| 7 | It does not have to be a long passage , it may only be a verse . |
| 8 | But this may only be a reality for those who are adaptable in what they are prepared to consider and where they are willing to go to do it . |
| 9 | If this is the case , the changes of the past 30 years may be the first signs of a return to the more traditional population distribution of pre-industrial Britain , but it must also be borne in mind that it takes a very long time to shift major population patterns , and that the present trends may only be a veneer on an underlying and more permanent structure . |
| 10 | This may only be a curiosity of Cowdery 's Down , for , on other contemporary settlements , pits and other deep features contained numerous seeds and animal bones . |
| 11 | But the irregular payments for which Stan Flashman 's club were punished may only be the tip of the iceberg . |
| 12 | What looks like a dead end may only be the result of personal weakness . |
| 13 | BUT the maximum distance from the where the foul was should only be a couple of yards . |
| 14 | David Clark thought there might be some need for review while Adrian Bird felt that a blanket prohibition should only be a starting point which should be used in conjunction with local knowledge . |
| 15 | It should only be a matter of time before they return to common sense and reason . |
| 16 | ‘ Nothing yet , but I 've got a team working around the clock so it should only be a matter of time before they come up with the answers . ’ |
| 17 | I 'll only be a minute . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 'll only be a minute . |
| 19 | I 'll only be a minute or two . ’ |
| 20 | Yep , okay I 'll only be a minute . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll only be a moment … and maybe we 'll do an extra blood-sugar reading in a little while to make sure being upset is n't making it go wonky . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll only be an hour or so , ’ he said . |
| 23 | ‘ The authorities in Northern Ireland were quite satisfied that a substantial amount of explosives was in the area , and it might only be a matter of time until this sort of activity was renewed . ’ |
| 24 | They also realised that it might only be a matter of time before Poland 's enemies used the same tactic as part of a concerted effort to wipe the country from the maps again . |
| 25 | All the ingenious forms of longer-term borrowing undertaken by the United States from overseas monetary authorities merely changed the form of these liabilities , and could only be a stop-gap . |
| 26 | Given Jacqui 's simple character , it could only be a man . |
| 27 | But she sees him suppress what could only be a smirk at her very mention of a dybbuk . |
| 28 | ‘ It could only be a madman , could n't it ? |
| 29 | But such a calculation could only be a gamble . |
| 30 | Natural theology , even of Brunner 's qualified kind , could only be a snare and a delusion , a thing in which one ought to have no interest except that properly shown for an abyss beside the path — the interest whose concern is to avoid falling into it . |