Example sentences of "only be [verb] by [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , no respectable economist derives a trend by comparing a trough year ( 1981 ) with a peak ( 1988 ) : sensible figures can only be obtained by contrasting peak-with-peak or trough-with-trough . |
| 2 | CANCELLATION : When you book your accommodation , you will be entering into a legally binding contract which can only be broken by mutual consent . |
| 3 | Such discrepancies can only be bridged by national funding . ’ |
| 4 | Just because Ben Nevis is a popular peak do n't be lulled into a false sense of security — it 's a peak worthy of respect and in snow and mist should only be tackled by experienced walkers . |
| 5 | It should only be tackled by fit walkers who know what they 're doing with a map and compass . |
| 6 | These differences can therefore only be explained by racial discrimination ’ ( p. 16 ) . |
| 7 | What happens to the rest of Rangers ' season can only be determined by medical examination rather than any other form of analysis . |
| 8 | Thus he says that many varieties of domesticated species , fancy pigeon breeds for example , are monstrous not adaptive ; they can only be maintained by artificial feeding and breeding , including selective breeding ; they are quite unlike wild , natural and adaptive varieties and even more unlike wild species . |
| 9 | Whether annexation was a long-term aim in Japan is debatable ; what is clear is that Japanese believed that their nation 's security necessitated a hold on power in Korea of a kind which could only be achieved by colonial status . |
| 10 | Equally , it could be argued that the promotion of a sense of community , of which the primary school is a vital part , can only be achieved by local commitment and action . |
| 11 | Morality is still uppermost , but it is a social morality with which parents and teachers are concerned , not the repression of old Adam , the suppression of evil , or the breaking of the will , and , in consequence , the view that a proper submissiveness in the child can only be achieved by harsh discipline weakens , at least for a time . |
| 12 | A proper understanding of the way the ordinary Scot lived in the past , and of the main forces affecting his standard of living , can only be achieved by careful investigation along these lines . |
| 13 | Therefore , even if complex real-world situations can only be represented by complex models , the proponents of the object-oriented model argue that it is only as it need be to represent these situations on computers and to manipulate those representations for the purpose of processing queries . |
| 14 | At best these dependences can only be approximated by complicated networks and the performance of any real filter must fall short of that represented by figure 9.3(b) for a correctly terminated filter . |
| 15 | Even well-established commercial farmers are finding themselves on a cruel treadmill of soaring capital investment , the financing of which can only be serviced by increasing mortgages based on the rising cost of land . |
| 16 | The second reason why a simplistic relationship between agricultural technology and relations of production can not occur is that there are frequently many important local variations in technology which can only be uncovered by detailed analysis of settlement histories and cultural development . |
| 17 | It would , however , be incorrect to assume that syntactic aspects of language production could only be influenced by automatic accessing of particular lexical items . |
| 18 | Visits to observe lessons should only be made by prior appointment with the headteacher , all concerned knowing of the visit well in advance . |
| 19 | That is unremarkable since the anticipation of such problems and assessments of some of their causes and magnitudes can only be made by environmental scientists . |
| 20 | The Smalls reef is now a designated site which can only be explored by diving teams working alongside the Museum of Wales . |
| 21 | It was against self-will and worldly desires that he set his face ; and these could only be overcome by personal conversion . |
| 22 | There will always be imperfections and they can only be overcome by personal relationships . |
| 23 | He believed that good architecture could only be created by good people and that you could only be good by being an unreformed Christian . |
| 24 | They were enemies of the sovereign , public thieves , full of vice , and atheists whose pernicious doctrine could only be met by illuminating men 's minds with geometry , physics , and astronomy . |
| 25 | The ‘ antagonism of interest ’ , which Green knew existed , could ‘ only be met by moral ideas appropriate … to the citizen stage … the reconciliation must come through a higher gospel of rights — the gospel of duty ’ . |
| 26 | The challenge of meeting all children 's needs and of helping them achieve their rights can only be met by concerted efforts of governments of multi-lateral agencies and bi-lateral donors , as well as by the path-breaking initiatives of N G Os such as Save The Children . |
| 27 | He argues the company has tried to monopolise the market by convincing customers that its relational database management system is effectively the computer , making it appear that all other functions and tasks the user may want to perform are bound tightly to the database — requirements that can only be met by other Oracle products . |
| 28 | The Centre for Research on User Studies asked its respondents to indicate ‘ topics for which you think there is most need for external provision of training ’ , and while there was little evidence of lack of interest in external training or lack of perceived need , there was also little evidence of discrimination between needs that could be met by a range of methods and needs that could only be met by external provision . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | One , the general public , can really only be reached by direct advertising in the media — the other , the ‘ gate-keepers , ’ those who work in the social field and in advice agencies , need to be approached much more selectively . |