Example sentences of "can only [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The identikit can only match faces already stored in the memory bank . ’ |
| 2 | This type of contravention of the offence will be gradually phased out by the new ‘ life ’ licences , although such offences could be committed by 70 year olds , provisional licence holders on expiry of such a licence and people suffering from certain disabilities who can only hold licences for restricted periods . |
| 3 | We recognise that MPG6 can only offer part of the solution to the serious problems of over-consumption endemic in our society at present . |
| 4 | We recognise that MPG6 can only offer part of the solution to the serious problems of over-consumption endemic in our society at present . |
| 5 | Some bureaux manage to staff a line while the bureau is open to the public , others can only offer telephone advice when the bureau is closed to the public . |
| 6 | Expectations are set at an early stage : that the therapist can only offer education and advice , and the client is responsible for assimilating and applying this information . |
| 7 | Hence , the use of a GIS with a GUI can only improve user productivity in ‘ use ’ factors , for example by increasing the speed of use and reducing errors , and may only help the user with a previously substantial knowledge of GIS . |
| 8 | As far as their usefulness as a measure of performance the conclusion that should be reached is that none is superior as we can only measure performance by comparison . |
| 9 | Strictly we can only measure abilities but much psychometric testing aims to infer capacities from the measured abilities , e.g. intelligence tests . |
| 10 | If it is to be a fish-only tank , then you can only stock 6″ of fish slowly during the first six months . |
| 11 | We can only send flowers if we know of the occasion , either happy or sad . |
| 12 | They can only suggest concepts and invite you to use them . |
| 13 | You can only suggest ways they might go about it and provide what help you think they might need . |
| 14 | They can only eat soup . ’ |
| 15 | " I can only treat Dr Dunstaple as I would treat any of my patients and I fear that your father would not agree to my methods . |
| 16 | Most animals living in lands where there is a flowerless season and lacking a storage system can only treat pollen and nectar as summer supplements to their menus . |
| 17 | We can only experience God 's happiness for ourselves when we grow in contemplative prayer . |
| 18 | yes , so , so , that you can only do education part time . |
| 19 | These amount , as we saw , to the belief that many social phenomena are to be explained as the outcome of actions performed by individuals or groups , and the view that groups can only do things if individuals do . |
| 20 | You can only do claims to five thousand pound ca n't you ? |
| 21 | She , she 's there on Social Security which means she can only do part time education because if you 're on the Social Security you have to available to do a job |
| 22 | The idea that Christianity can only do justice to its beliefs by means of apparent contradictions ( the notion of ‘ paradox ’ ) owes more to Pascal than to any other religious thinker . |
| 23 | In any case it costs nothing to hear it on FM radio these days , and it can only do orchestras good . |
| 24 | ‘ You can only do business in Aberdeen , Inverness and Stirling by being in Aberdeen , Inverness and Stirling , ’ says Mitchell . |
| 25 | The minimal information about the candidates that will actually be sent to those nurses on the electoral roll can only enable people to make voting choices on the basis of assumptions or stereotypes . |
| 26 | According to the company , Standard relational databases running under Unix can only process data in one way using Standard Query Language . |
| 27 | The bitter battles of the past are gone and these days Bill Morris can only sing Rover 's praises . |
| 28 | Th the economy can only suffer shortages and low productivity as a result of poverty pay . |
| 29 | On this matter , some point out that , assuming electromagnetic radiation does have an effect , it can only proliferate cancers already present . |
| 30 | Paraphrases can only capture part of what these significances represent : A represents something like " things which children have to learn in order to communicate " ; B — " features of buildings ( grand and ecclesiastical ) " ; C — " features of buildings ( plain and domestic ) " ; D — " outdoor terrain for boys ' amusements " ; E — " grand architectural features " , and so on . |