Example sentences of "[adj] can only [be] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely this can only be said by those ministers or officials who ( however well meaning ) are themselves ‘ out of touch ’ . |
| 2 | This can only be defined by a large claw-like grasp on his left forearm , which could be identified as a tentacle of the Hydra . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , experience is the best guide to fabric interpretation , and this can only be obtained by study of many different sediment types . |
| 4 | Personal injury practitioners can only make any sort of profit at all if they achieve a realistic cash flow and this can only be obtained by ensuring that payment is made as soon as the case is settled . |
| 5 | Remember that if the glider is drifting towards an obstruction this can only be stopped by banking away from it and not by just applying the rudder . |
| 6 | Service of this can only be made by a solicitor or Sheriff Officer who will either post it in a special court recorded delivery envelope , arrange for it to be personally handed to your debtor , or put through the front door of his house . |
| 7 | This can only be evaluated with respect to the distribution of scores obtained by the standardisation sample ( see Figure 8.2 ) . |
| 8 | But this can only be done at the international airport and with the original exchange receipts . |
| 9 | But this can only be done at the price of a restriction of body size . |
| 10 | This can only be done on specified cliffs and a cagoule must be carried , though not necessarily worn . |
| 11 | So at the end of the day it must be for the courts to decide how to classify particular functions , and this can only be done on the basis of some normative judgment about the desirable scope of judicial review . |
| 12 | This can only be done with the parents ' help . |
| 13 | This can only be done through a committee and then the information will be sent to all members of the committee . |
| 14 | In the assessment of cleanliness this can only be done by inspection to be carried out after cleaning has been completed . |
| 15 | This can only be done by having a transformed imagination , something that can only come about through a ‘ revelation ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ Prudence ’ , claimed Sam Smiles , ‘ requires that we pitch our scale of living a degree below our means , rather than up to them : but this can only be done by carrying out faithfully a plan of living by which both ends may be made to meet . ’ |
| 17 | This being the case , if the production of constant capital is to increase — an absolute necessity for accumulation to occur — then this can only be done by a transfer to Dept . |
| 18 | However , this can only be done by increasing public expenditure or redistributive taxation . |
| 19 | This can only be done by studying operators . |
| 20 | Le Grand , for example , insists that for egalitarian policies to succeed , ‘ it is necessary to reduce the hold of the ideology of inequality on people 's values and beliefs and this can only be done by challenging the factual underpinnings of that ideology . ’ |
| 21 | This can only be done by massive redundancies in the public sector and reductions in the level of benefits and services . |
| 22 | This can only be done by heat or work . |
| 23 | The user can not enter a module with such a record as the latest version ; this can only be done by LIFESPAN . |
| 24 | Broad agreement has to be reached , too , on how she will be able to fit in happily with your particular routine of family life , and this can only be decided after very frank discussion of her needs and yours . |
| 25 | A full and accurate assessment of land potential involves detailed enquiries into soil and climate and experience of the behaviour of the crops and livestock it carries , and this can only be achieved over a period of years . |
| 26 | But the declaration makes it clear this can only be achieved within the process of European integration , in the context of a close East-West cooperation and dialogue . |
| 27 | In practice this can only be achieved within the constraints of any given indexing language and system . |
| 28 | C. T. R. Wilson [ q.v. ] later showed that condensation can take place on ions in dust-free air , but this can only be achieved in the laboratory using greater expansion and cooling than occurs naturally . |
| 29 | This can only be achieved by working prospectively on the child 's future environment and by deciding which new experiences may be introduced to compensate for those which , in the past , have proved to be inadequate for language development . |
| 30 | So , according to Davis and Moore , stratification and inequality are both positively functional and inevitable in human societies , because societies have to fill a number of ‘ key ’ positions with the ‘ right ’ people , and this can only be achieved by allocating unequal rewards to these positions . |