Example sentences of "only be [vb pp] [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A system of equations that provides an accurate and physically satisfactory representation of an experimental system can be cumbersome , and even complicated and of high order , so solutions may often only be obtained as numerical approximations to solutions . |
| 2 | Putting it simply , it will only be beaten if public taste demands so . |
| 3 | In its first year of rail operations based solely on the seven-mile Paignton to Kingswear line , these figures can only be regarded as poor . |
| 4 | What evidence there is can only be regarded as peripheral . |
| 5 | He argued that education for understanding can only be regarded as successful to the extent that it makes behavioural outcomes unpredictable . |
| 6 | Apprehension over Japanese revival was not as great as the Soviet fears over a German revival but the trend of American policy towards Japan could only be regarded as alarming from the Soviet perspective . |
| 7 | Gives general guidance on conditions stressing that they should only be imposed where necessary , reasonable and enforceable . |
| 8 | Diamonds on the other hand were too hard , and during the Classical and Early Medieval periods could only be mounted as natural crystals , in which guise they served as symbols of hardness and strength , but not yet as signs of conspicuous wealth . |
| 9 | By contrast with diamonds , which were too hard to be ground smooth and could only be mounted as natural crystals until medieval lapidaries had learned how to cut them , coloured transparent stones continued to be shaped by the time honoured methods originally devised for opaque stones . |
| 10 | Indeed TQM partly evolved from the realisation that improvements can only be achieved if professional and departmental barriers are broken down , people stop blaming each other for defects and constructively work together to solve them . |
| 11 | Belief in the metaphorical reality can only be achieved if other signals in the present objective situation affirm that the metaphorical reality is not , objectively , the absent reality for which it stands ( p. 3 ) . |
| 12 | The fullest analysis can only be achieved if rotational structure is resolved . |
| 13 | The bare infinitive in exclamations evokes therefore an incidence of the infinitive 's event to its support which can only be represented as potential since the speaker feels it has little or no chance of being real , of finding a place in real time . |
| 14 | This unrest , under the circumstances , can only be limited and circumstantial . |
| 15 | Science and technology would be harnessed and a political dimension was introduced with the belief that the full potential of the new architecture could only be realized if established traditions were overthrown . |
| 16 | The references which are suggested are not obligatory and should only be made as appropriate with regards to the item being indexed . |
| 17 | But it may also be an uneasy truce , which can only be sustained as long as certain questions are not asked . |
| 18 | Such estates can now only be created as equitable interests by means of the machinery of a trust . |
| 19 | It can only be met if zonal governments connect through all-planetary councils . |
| 20 | It was generally agreed that this legislation could only be viewed as punitive , particularly in an area such as West Belfast , which is devoid of any real opportunities for employment . |
| 21 | Fleischmann told him that they were seeing heat coming from their cell in amounts that could only be understood if nuclear fusion was happening . |
| 22 | A free pardon should only be granted if moral as well as technical innocence can be established . |
| 23 | It was , however , argued that at common law and in equity rescission can only be granted if full restitution can be made by both parties . |
| 24 | In Dudley ( W. Midlands ) , where a large proportion of land was privately owned , the Department of the Environment insisted that if enterprise-zone designation was to go ahead , it would only be approved if private-sector land was first sold to the local authority before a certain date . |
| 25 | The judge had to ensure that the trial was fair and thus evidence should only be excluded if necessary to ensure that fairness , that is if its probative value was outweighed by its prejudicial effect . |
| 26 | ‘ Such reactions , ’ he said , ‘ whether based on ignorance or whatever , can only be described as utter rubbish … |
| 27 | He looks at me hard and says in a voice that can only be described as arch , ‘ Do you mean do I cry when I see children with flies round their eyes ? |
| 28 | It offers guidance on the establishment of subject headings which have several layers of subdivisions and which , as such , can only be described as pre-coordinate headings . |
| 29 | ( As it takes place within an overall structure of hierarchy and private ownership it is clear why the principle can only be described as quasi-democratic . ) |
| 30 | The health conditions of the vast majority of Salvadoreans can only be described as critical and it is women who must bear the brunt of caring for the ill . |