Example sentences of "[noun sg] and can only [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The title Architect is protected by law and can only be used by those appropriately qualified and registered . |
| 2 | It is however deeply embedded in English law and can only be removed or moderated by Parliament . |
| 3 | None is an objective phenomenon to be studied in isolation ; they are all constructed from within the society in question and can only be interpreted in conjunction with other social ideas , in particular indigenous ideas concerning human nature . |
| 4 | The wave , like the mele , like all music , like the text , is a mental event , since it is never wholly present in any one instant and can only be grasped as a formal pattern existing through time . |
| 5 | Stenopus hispidus sometimes called the Boxing Shrimp , is far more aggressive towards its own kind and can only be kept as a single specimen or a matched pair . |
| 6 | The subject of tax reform is a topic in its own right and can only be touched upon here . |
| 7 | Dating a rug from its weave and design requires extensive specialist knowledge and can only be undertaken by an expert . |
| 8 | This ethnography is therefore an attempt to meet the dilemma , for the problem of revelation and betrayal continues to surface and can only be resolved , at best , by overcoming these subjective feelings and pursuing compromises ( Barnes 1981 : 2 ) . |
| 9 | But he has submitted that non-litigation costs are not subject to taxation and can only be quantified by the taking of an account , with or without supplementary inquiries . |
| 10 | To present such fantasy in your article as though it were fact is unworthy of your newspaper and can only be regarded as malicious mischief-making . |
| 11 | Module descriptions must specify how a module will be assessed in terms of the proportion of examination to coursework and can only be changed via the internal validation procedure described in Chapter 2 . |
| 12 | It may be that a product or process is protected by a patent and can only be produced if a firm purchases the patent right or enters a licensing agreement . |
| 13 | To continue with Gregory 's example , his radio might emit a whine so high-pitched that it is undetectable to the human ear and can only be picked up by special test equipment . |
| 14 | Called a snuffer , it looks like a tiny gold-plated cooling tower and can only be found in rather grand shops : Asprey , Fortnum & Mason , Selfridges and Smythson of Bond Street . |
| 15 | The relation CONTAINS-SOURCE-OF is a tight coupling relation and can only be used in a module of type PACKAGE . |
| 16 | None of their currencies are convertible , which means that Polish zloty or Hungarian florints have no value outside their country and can only be exchanged in their country , unlike sterling and dollars . |
| 17 | It requires a good water starting and carve gybing ability and can only be sailed in a consistent Force 3/4+ . |
| 18 | It has a tendency to lose its shape and can only be spun into relatively thick strands . |
| 19 | The technique is of limited value and can only be used when the polymer has an end group amenable to analysis . |
| 20 | Both grain size and sorting can not , therefore , be measured directly from a thin section and can only be estimated . |
| 21 | Because even in a more refined system there is going to be a stage where issues can not be resolved by analysis or delicate agreement and can only be resolved by crude political battering . |
| 22 | Hitting some of the soft spots in certain ways can cause really serious injury and can only be justified in extreme circumstances . |
| 23 | Remember that cases which have apparently recovered , can remain as carriers for a considerable time and can only be detected by laboratory isolation from nasal swabs . |