Example sentences of "this can only be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely this can only be said by those ministers or officials who ( however well meaning ) are themselves ‘ out of touch ’ . |
| 2 | This can only be defined by a large claw-like grasp on his left forearm , which could be identified as a tentacle of the Hydra . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , experience is the best guide to fabric interpretation , and this can only be obtained by study of many different sediment types . |
| 4 | Personal injury practitioners can only make any sort of profit at all if they achieve a realistic cash flow and this can only be obtained by ensuring that payment is made as soon as the case is settled . |
| 5 | Remember that if the glider is drifting towards an obstruction this can only be stopped by banking away from it and not by just applying the rudder . |
| 6 | Service of this can only be made by a solicitor or Sheriff Officer who will either post it in a special court recorded delivery envelope , arrange for it to be personally handed to your debtor , or put through the front door of his house . |
| 7 | This can only be evaluated with respect to the distribution of scores obtained by the standardisation sample ( see Figure 8.2 ) . |
| 8 | This can only be done , he suggests , by moving away from hierarchy and towards a position in which everyone is a manager . |
| 9 | In the assessment of cleanliness this can only be done by inspection to be carried out after cleaning has been completed . |
| 10 | This can only be done , of course , with authors who lived within modern categorizations of sexuality — but that period , after all , does include the entire history of the cinema . |
| 11 | This can only be done by having a transformed imagination , something that can only come about through a ‘ revelation ’ . |
| 12 | This can only be done when you are sailing directly with the wind on a run . |
| 13 | This can only be done through a committee and then the information will be sent to all members of the committee . |
| 14 | ‘ Prudence ’ , claimed Sam Smiles , ‘ requires that we pitch our scale of living a degree below our means , rather than up to them : but this can only be done by carrying out faithfully a plan of living by which both ends may be made to meet . ’ |
| 15 | This being the case , if the production of constant capital is to increase — an absolute necessity for accumulation to occur — then this can only be done by a transfer to Dept . |
| 16 | However , this can only be done by increasing public expenditure or redistributive taxation . |
| 17 | This can only be done on specified cliffs and a cagoule must be carried , though not necessarily worn . |
| 18 | This can only be done with the parents ' help . |
| 19 | This can only be done by studying operators . |
| 20 | So at the end of the day it must be for the courts to decide how to classify particular functions , and this can only be done on the basis of some normative judgment about the desirable scope of judicial review . |
| 21 | But this can only be done at the international airport and with the original exchange receipts . |
| 22 | But this can only be done at the price of a restriction of body size . |
| 23 | Le Grand , for example , insists that for egalitarian policies to succeed , ‘ it is necessary to reduce the hold of the ideology of inequality on people 's values and beliefs and this can only be done by challenging the factual underpinnings of that ideology . ’ |
| 24 | This can only be done by massive redundancies in the public sector and reductions in the level of benefits and services . |
| 25 | This can only be done once but can often solve a stale-mate position . |
| 26 | This can only be done successfully through central control of the resources . |
| 27 | This can only be done by heat or work . |
| 28 | The user can not enter a module with such a record as the latest version ; this can only be done by LIFESPAN . |
| 29 | Broad agreement has to be reached , too , on how she will be able to fit in happily with your particular routine of family life , and this can only be decided after very frank discussion of her needs and yours . |
| 30 | But the declaration makes it clear this can only be achieved within the process of European integration , in the context of a close East-West cooperation and dialogue . |