Example sentences of "can only make [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , one can only make peace with one 's enemies . |
| 2 | Many Foundations etc. can only make donations to non profit-making organisations , 2 . |
| 3 | Readability researchers often emphasise that it is not possible to use a formula to assess difficulty at the individual sentence level ; a formula or graph can only make predictions about difficulty at a global level . |
| 4 | Similarly we can only make inferences about the nature of learning from observing these changes . |
| 5 | What we also see is a description of this underlying God which can only make sense in personal terms . |
| 6 | Under the current wording of the legislation , companies can only make profits from supplying electricity and building new power stations . |
| 7 | As Bateson ( 1973 ) argues , the psychological frame appropriate in discussing play or games is more akin to a picture frame than to the logical frame of a mathematical set : what is outside the picture frame is irrelevant and one can only make judgements of comparison and contrast on matters within the frame . |
| 8 | Thinking can only make use of the patterns we have acquired in the past . |
| 9 | On fixed frames , the weaver can only make rugs in sizes smaller than the inner dimensions of the frame ; adjustable frames allow one or more of the beams to be extended so that larger items can be woven . |