Example sentences of "[vb mod] only [be] reach " in BNC.

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1 In the coming weeks the The England party is due to visit outposts such as Cuttack , Jampshedpu and Ahmedabad which may only be reached by tortuous train journeys of up to 15 hours , some requiring overnight travel between games .
2 Field barns were built to serve land lying some distance from the farmstead , or which could only be reached from it by way of steep hills .
3 Overgrown hedges with concealed segments of barbed wire divided the hillside from the terraced gardens , so the front walkway could only be reached via its small wrought-iron gate .
4 It might be that they could only be reached through their elders .
5 Full advantage had to be taken of the long daylight hours of midsummer and much of the ground could only be reached on foot .
6 Until relatively recently they could only be reached by sea or on foot , and even now that they are more accessible , they still retain much of their charm and unique character .
7 The proportion of local authority expenditure supported by grants has been reduced to a figure Layfield thought could only be reached with the aid of LIT ( Layfield 1976 : 184 ) .
8 " Tanah Toraja " , or " Torajaland " , could only be reached via a hazardous fourteen-hour jeep-ride , a journey which was not enhanced by the sensibilities of our zealous Abu .
9 We 're saying that by 1995 , all UK beaches will only be reaching the bare EC legal standard in order to avoid being prosecuted .
10 ‘ A currency union can only be reached if there is convertibility , if the East German mark is brought into a sensible relationship with the West German mark , and if East Germany has undergone decisive monetary , financial and economic reform , ’ he said .
11 A minus point is that the oil-filter cap can only be reached with the covers off .
12 Where the land meets the sea there are hundreds of beaches and coves , some so secluded that they can only be reached by boat .
13 But of the remaining remote and unspoilt places left on earth many can only be reached on foot , or with the help of pack animals .
14 MANY PLACES OF INTEREST on and around the Three Peaks can only be reached on foot after many miles of walking over rough ground , but visitors to Leck Fell are favoured by a quiet moorland road that takes them to their objective precisely and , if they travel by car , without effort .
15 Similarly , bathrooms that can only be reached through a bedroom are not a good idea if you have guests in the bedroom which does not adjoin the bathroom .
16 Their hideaway — 45ft above the ground in the branches of a 100-year-old ash tree — can only be reached by clambering up a 28-step ladder .
17 Staff rooms on the lower and upper mezzanine floors can only be reached by the back staircase or the service lift .
18 The goal of ‘ Education for All ’ can only be reached if we succeed in developing a working partnership between teachers , pupils , parents , and the community at large .
19 Near to them is Lindisfarne or Holy Isle which can only be reached by way of a causeway at low tide .
20 These chambers can only be reached via location 33 , if the adventurers have the guidance of Bardul the Hunchback ( see location 55 ) .
21 Islands in Loch Ballygrant and Loch Lossit , which still have substantial building remains , can only be reached by boat .
22 ’ Ransom strips ’ arise in a number of situations where land for development can only be reached by crossing land not in the vendor 's or developer 's ownership .
23 Most specialized is the condition in Couratari spp. , where the hood is coiled under itself , concealing the nectar , which can only be reached by the long-tongued female euglossines .
24 Thus , a conveyance of land may include a cellar below ground level that can only be reached from an adjoining shop ( ibid ) .
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