Example sentences of "[det] [modal v] only be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This could only be Charlotte Feaver ; Charlotte the Scarlet , as Oscar called her . |
| 2 | The reaction to this could only be ridicule . |
| 3 | A hot wind from Africa , the tiger striped beaches , brilliant sunshine from a sky of blue , and the backdrop of the fire mountains — this could only be Lanzarote . |
| 4 | But of course as far as Britain was concerned , this could only be intervention against France . |
| 5 | Most users believe that the drug is less harmful than the tobacco it is rolled with , but this can only be supposition given the lack of knowledge surrounding the drug 's long-term effects . |
| 6 | Therefore there must be a First Cause which itself is uncaused ; and this can only be God . |
| 7 | The list , however , is hardly impressive and , as in East Anglia , it looks as though Gloucester was acquiring the service of individuals rather than building up a coherent connection — although , in the absence of receivers ' accounts for the duke 's Welsh lordships , this can only be inference . |
| 8 | The list , however , is hardly impressive and , as in East Anglia , it looks as though Gloucester was acquiring the service of individuals rather than building up a coherent connection — although , in the absence of receivers ' accounts for the duke 's Welsh lordships , this can only be inference . |