Example sentences of "could [vb infin] only [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He confirmed that the Scottish Office money could cover only cash flow difficulties from the oil funds — not the producers . |
| 2 | But it has been long established ( Habakkuk 1953 , McKeown and Brown 1955 ) that medical knowledge of the time could not cure any important cause of death , could prevent only smallpox , and with a few exceptions remained impotent until the present century . |
| 3 | I 'd just approached a woman ( who , it emerged , could speak only Mandarin ) , to ask her about the joys of cycling . |
| 4 | Lucien could smell only incense . |
| 5 | What sort of creature was she after all who could feel only loathing for a woman who had suffered so ? |
| 6 | And in his yellow eyes I could see only hate and evil . |
| 7 | Restlessly Leith moved over to the window , but while the view from her room was quite exquisite , she saw nothing of it and could see only Naylor 's furious face as he accused her of leading Travis on . |
| 8 | Only long cloaks blowing , up on top of the young dunes , a gaze of strange cold eyes , a flash of spear-points — then the rain drove across , and Ruth could see only night . |
| 9 | Then the boat went down between the waves and she could see only mountains of wild water everywhere . |
| 10 | They could see only darkness from the invisible bars of their prison . |
| 11 | Richard opened slowly and then the cock was in and he could see only Martin 's glistening blond hair between his legs . |
| 12 | The head of the voting commission for northern Bosnia , for example , said the Serbs could keep only 20% of Bosnia . |
| 13 | Actually , they hold around 70% and under the plan could keep only 43% . |
| 14 | She could detect only agony : her eardrums rupturing under the pressure ; something cracking and tearing free , deep in her chest . |
| 15 | Successive NFER analysis demonstrated that the most effective selection process could select only 90% of children adequately — 10% would be misplaced . |
| 16 | She could visualise only dimness and silence , and Hywel in a state of wrathful wonder at finding that alien woman , his wife , in his mother 's house . |
| 17 | I tell you , I went up those steps faster than a scalded faggot , propelled by a barbarous diuretic terror on behalf of my exposed rear end The heavy door at the top did n't give until the fifth push , but by then I had turned , and seen the shrugging figures as they retreated into the light , and now I could hear only laughter . |
| 18 | When I spoke to him that Saturday evening he said he had me in mind but the paper could pay only $15 per week . |
| 19 | England in 1920 , it testified to a similar recognition by him that the amateur ideal in the arts , however admirable in the abstract , and however rich its achievements under earlier structures of society , under the conditions of mass democracy could mean only amateurishness in technique , and thin-skinned insolence in debate . |
| 20 | While Tayside Region and Perth and Kinross District Council indicated they could afford only part of the survey , estimated at £80,000-£100,000 , the Scottish Office reply was unequivocal . |
| 21 | As Lord Hill replied to an outraged Lord Derby , whose TWW had ‘ stood on its record ’ and been brusquely dismissed , newcomers such as Harlech could offer only promises , ‘ but if promise is never to be preferred to performance , then every television company will go on for ever ’ ( Sendall , 1983 , p. 359 ) . |
| 22 | Another aspect of Qaddafi 's theory of democracy is that parties were forbidden because they could only represent , and could represent only sectors of the people . |
| 23 | I could imagine only blackmail . |