Example sentences of "only [be] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I were looking for a fault with the conception of the series , it could only be that it lacks a single volume overview of the whole of the development of quantum theory , a volume concentrating on the broad sweep of ideas and leaving out the mathematical detail . |
| 2 | The final reason for ignoring human actors can only be that they do not matter . |
| 3 | For the alternative view can only be that the assumptions on which that policy is founded are unsound , if only in supposing that employers can and will deliver wage restraint . |
| 4 | The reaction of any neutral bystander could only be that the judge had become the adversary of the defence . |
| 5 | All the suggestions for improvement had been adequately implemented so the conclusion could only be that neither party had grasped the size and nature of the problem . |
| 6 | Nor did she think he could ever feel anything but shame for the way he treated them ; if he was now ready to pretend otherwise , it would only be that he saw some advantage in it . |
| 7 | The latter point is debatable and it may only be that the practical aspects of creep measurements are simpler . |
| 8 | he was n't going to let them go , I mean we were n't told any of that on the news , there was n't a word of that , it only be that from the papers that we 'd got |