Example sentences of "it could only [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It could only make recommendations that did not challenge the basic structure of the system .
2 It could only mean trouble .
3 In May , 1992 , the regional health authority informed Riverside Health Authority ( the district health authority ) that the unit 's transfer was being reconsidered and it could only commit capital to the unit if the case load was increased and if the unit could withstand a reduction of charitable funding .
4 In either event , I believe that it could only cause confusion if we were dealing with more than one previous life at a time .
5 Early in the 1630s Calvert announced his conversion to Catholicism and , though Charles I valued his services and asked him to stay at court , he decided it could only cause trouble if he did so .
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