Example sentences of "[adj] can only [be] [vb pp] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can only be done when you are sailing directly with the wind on a run . |
| 2 | It might sound like an impossible recipe , but this can only be achieved when the government is prepared to sit down and talk constructively and openly with all parties . |
| 3 | This can only be achieved if health professionals are adequately trained in the recognition and care of patients with sickle cell disease . |
| 4 | However , this can only be achieved if we have a market for our electricity . |
| 5 | This can only be achieved if the specified user is the manager of the package and if the DC raised to update the package does not need to be assessed by any other users . |
| 6 | This can only be achieved if the current manager is the specified user or a descendant of the specified user . |
| 7 | A " pure hedge " refers to a situation in which the derivative asset exactly offsets the price risk involved in holding a real asset , but this can only be attained if the real asset is identical in specification to the underlying asset on which the derivative is based . |
| 8 | This can only be contemplated if the switch is rated to handle the full mains voltage ( which is unlikely ) . |
| 9 | Indeed , some can only be appreciated as metaphors with hindsight , as it were ; it is only when the figurative meaning is pointed out that the path from the literal to metaphorical meaning becomes traceable . |
| 10 | The Hindus have discovered that the Absolute can only be realized or thought of , or stated through the relative . |
| 11 | We thus have two results ; x has s arbitrary elements , and x is null : these can only be reconciled if s = 0 , when q = p . |
| 12 | The trading conditions experienced by Wimpey Minerals UK during 1992 can only be described as horrendous . |
| 13 | Part of the function of an external UPS is to smooth out the incoming power , but that can only be done before it reaches the PC 's power supply . |
| 14 | That can only be done if you spare just a few quiet moments away from the television and video , the toys and games , the table groaning with food and the glasses of cheer . |
| 15 | It may also include very small remains such as pollen grains , that can only be seen and identified with the aid of a microscope . |