Example sentences of "[indef pn] can only [verb] that [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One can only deduce that the Eurasian and African plates began driving together at this time , with the latter dragged down beneath the rising Alpine mountains . |
| 2 | One can only assume that the farm would suffer if this came about . |
| 3 | One can only assume that the purchasers of these lichen-grey accoutrements are members of EXIT , and that anyone attempting to rescue them would receive a bloody nose for their trouble . |
| 4 | One can only assume that the later , powerfully muscled and squatter ankylosaurs were more finely tuned to Earth 's gravity . |
| 5 | One can only assume that the Roman officials exceeded their authority and treated the royal family with disrespect . |
| 6 | One can only speculate that the GMC took the easy option and avoided testing the issue of clinical ecology head on because it feared a lengthy presentation of evidence on both sides , with the risk of an inconclusive result . |
| 7 | As for those who already receive High and do n't want another copy , or those ex- Mountain subscribers who just do n't want High , then one can only hope that a refund will be available . |
| 8 | One can only hope that the £2 million restructured county ground at Bristol , where the old Victorian orphanages can give such a depressing aura to the ambience , will bring a corresponding resurgence in the fortunes of the team . |
| 9 | One can only conclude that the story about the two-way radios is entirely false . |
| 10 | Well , we have our own gifts , but the presentation of food is not one of them , and since French cooks and food purveyors so often appear to lose the lightness of their touch in this respect when they leave their native land and settle abroad , one can only conclude that the special stimulant which brings these gifts into flower is in the air of France itself . |
| 11 | One can only conclude that the bare and to infinitives are anything but meaningless contextual variants . |
| 12 | One can only suppose that the smiths at Igbo Ukwu enjoyed demonstrating their virtuosity . |
| 13 | Indeed , one can only wonder that a deep , profoundly intelligent and inherently human European culture is retreating to the background before the primitive revelry of violence and pornography and the flow of cheap feelings and low thoughts . |