Example sentences of "only be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reality of meaning therefore , would only be accessible to some idealized third person who was able to observe the relation between the particulars . |
| 2 | He managed to move most of the ammunition away from the fuel but some would only be accessible When the vehicle was righted by the recovery section from the AMF(L) Workshop . |
| 3 | Language may not only be ill-adapted to communication ( as Professor Chomsky shows us in chapter 3 ) , it 's also in principle , and quite often in practice , unnecessary . |
| 4 | The MINSE approach requires a detailed investigation which moves beyond the intuition of the analyst , and can therefore only be accurate with a continual input of local expertise which was obviously missing during some of the phases of the research project . |
| 5 | Calculations suggests that a planar lithiomethane molecule would only be 34 kcal mol-1 less stable than its tetrahedral form . |
| 6 | If management , as usually conceived , attempts to mediate this role it will either fail utterly because it will be excluded by the people involved , or it will have distorting effects which can only be dysfunctional . |
| 7 | It was primarily a Display Laugh , something to indicate that she could rise above Henry , but ( this disturbed him somewhat ) at the back of her he caught a glimpse of something that could only be genuine amusement . |
| 8 | My time would only be impressive if clocked by sundial but I was pleased with it , though I could have done with a couple of gym sessions to get in shape . |
| 9 | Discussing how practitioners can not only be involved in research , but may conduct research studies themselves , with many potential pay-offs for workers , managers , agencies and the field , the writers suggest : The importance of the integral relationship between research and practice was also the subject of discussion by Lord Rothschild , head of the Central Policy Review Staff whose paper ‘ The organisation and management of Government research and development ’ ( 1971 ) did much to lay the foundations of the structure of research in the public sector . |
| 10 | In other cases some centres may only be involved in the development or delivery of part of a course . |
| 11 | Secondly , the treaty itself embodies the vital principle of ’ subsidiarity ’ , making it clear that the Community should only be involved in decisions which can not more effectively be taken at national level . |
| 12 | The process will only be complete when the national executive endorses the candidate . |
| 13 | In the story of Aladdin , his beloved is told that the wonderful palace he has got the genie of the lamp to build for her will only be complete if a roc 's egg is suspended from the dome , DC 3 . |
| 14 | Instead , place your fingers on each note in the order that you intend to pick them ; in other words , the full voicing of each chord will only be complete as you play the final , highest note . |
| 15 | Our understanding of what was happening to party politics under William and Anne can only be complete when we consider the wider world outside Westminster , which will be the subject of the following chapter . |
| 16 | Two quantities can only be equal if they contain the same powers of space , time and mass . |
| 17 | The two will only be equal : ( a ) if wages and prices are such that firms plan to produce what is currently being produced ; and ( b ) if firms are able to implement their production plans successfully . |
| 18 | From graph ( c ) , however , we see that the transactions demand will only be equal to £30 million when national income is £45 million . |
| 19 | One can only be fearful of what could have been the situation . ’ |
| 20 | The ultimate clue to Ecgfrith 's regnal chronology , however , is the documentary report of the council of Hatfield which Bede includes in the Ecclesiastical History ( IV , 17 ) and which demonstrates , by reference to Ecgfrith in his tenth year on 17 September in a year which can only be 680 ( see below , p.113 ) , that Ecgfrith certainly succeeded no earlier than 17 September 670 — which introduces an even longer interregnum if Oswiu had died in the February of that year and makes his death in February 671 more likely still . |
| 21 | This may not only be encouraging for the parents , but it may also provide the teacher or therapist with valuable information about the child 's functioning which would not otherwise be available . |
| 22 | Many would have to be removed for a successful Woonerf to be created , yet this would not only be expensive in construction or land costs ( or both ) , but may also impinge on other , equally deserving neighbouring areas . |
| 23 | But even in Kenya — the country with one of the fastest population growth rates in the world — there will only be 120 million people by the time Kenyan population stabilises . |
| 24 | Nevertheless in most cases the right of possession and the right to the proceeds of the sale of your goods can only be helpful . |
| 25 | It can only be confusing to a pupil if features of dialect are ‘ corrected ’ at the same time and in the same way as , for example , spelling errors . |
| 26 | She would treat him as a delinquent , a time-waster , a bad child , whose offences could only be petty . |
| 27 | One will probably need to consider many critical factors in order to develop cash-flow estimates to calculate an NPV , but those critical factors themselves will only be identifiable by developing an understanding of the market place . |
| 28 | As already in the UK , it will render unlawful ( although not necessarily in terms of criminal law : the penalties may only be civil but must be sufficiently dissuasive ) the misuse or improper disclosure of unpublished price-sensitive information , either by insiders or by those who obtain the information from them . |
| 29 | Since [ J. ] has made very little development progress since the accident he has no potential to return to a healthy life and thus intensive care would not only be cruel but would artificially prolong his vegetative state . |
| 30 | This fact is consonant , to say the least , with the long philosophical dispute about causation and time , including the idea that causes might not only be simultaneous with their effects but might come after their effects . |