Example sentences of "can [be] [verb] only [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | REMEMBER — IN BRITAIN , IMAX CAN BE SEEN ONLY AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY , FILM AND TELEVISION , BRADFORD |
| 2 | The way in which the process of understanding works can be seen only in the way we produce a response or description of some kind . |
| 3 | He said : ‘ Safer workplaces can be achieved only with the commitment and involvement of employees and management . |
| 4 | According to the nineteen eighty eight Road Traffic Act the E T F can be charged only to the driver of the car involved irrespective of who caused the accident . |
| 5 | Yes , we 've all seen all the reports — distributed open systems end up costing downsizers more money than the mainframe ever did , that there are many applications that can be handled only by the mainframe , that the mainframe has a bright future if only IBM Corp can get over its present problems . |
| 6 | The Minister will know that those targets can be met only by the air ambulance in my area . |
| 7 | As Lord Upjohn said in Phipps v. Boardman , at p. 123 : ‘ Rules of equity have to be applied to such a great diversity of circumstances that they can be stated only in the most general terms and applied with particular attention to the exact circumstances of each case . ’ |
| 8 | To expect a full grammatical statement of BSL after a research history which can be traced only to the mid-70s , would have been optimistic in the extreme . |
| 9 | Similarly the pronouns I and you ( je and tu ) are personal because they can be defined only by the utterance in which they appear . |
| 10 | The good effects of war can be detected only in the long term , and there were bad effects too , while the consequences of coalition for the party were immediate and almost wholly negative . |
| 11 | Parliamentary sovereignty was felt to be compatible with the rule of law primarily because ‘ the commands of Parliament … can be uttered only through the combined actions of its three constituent parts ’ and that , ‘ unlike a sovereign monarch who is not only a legislator but a ruler , that is , head of the executive government , has never hitherto been able to use the powers of the government as a means of interfering with the regular course of law ’ . |
| 12 | Any other arrangement can be based only on the assumed requirements of each sex , an approach which we consider to be incompatible with equal status ’ . |
| 13 | Even these can be criticized only upon the basis of other assumptions . |
| 14 | This facility can be started/stopped only by the LIFESPAN Manager . |
| 15 | How that responsibility is best discharged can be decided only by the person concerned . |
| 16 | The range of the signals depends on conditions , but in any case , they can be received only in the area served by an electricity substation . |
| 17 | A projection can be made only on the assumption that current levels or trends continue . |
| 18 | Identifying references to qualities can be made only via the latter 's exemplifying instances and the thesis that what actually exists can be described simply in terms of qualities and relations between qualities , can not be consistently defended . |
| 19 | Alternatively , when the costs of transport are high and local production can be justified only by the creation of a single plant , competitors may choose to collaborate , as in the case of consortium oil refineries . |
| 20 | The extent to which the market for control should be relied on as a disciplinary device can be determined only in the light of an approximation of the social costs it may impose . |
| 21 | It is a claim additional to this , but one which I also believe to be true , that human conventions , at least beyond a certain state of elaboration , can be understood only with the help of history , and that the social sciences accordingly have an essential historical base . |
| 22 | These developments can be understood only in the context of the long continued debate between two sides concerning the nature of intelligence , one captained by Sir Francis Galton , the other by Alfred Binet . |
| 23 | However , this paper has attempted to demonstrate that there is a whole range of dimensions to the experience of ageing with a disability , and also that both the subjective and objective reality of ageing can be understood only in the context of prior experience . |
| 24 | That 's rather like having a King Lear spiritually emoting with an insight which may transcend any previous realisation , whilst unfortunately playing havoc with the syntax , changing and/or forgetting words , and mumbling so that certain words inaudible to the unaware onlooker can be understood only by the expert who knows the text ! |
| 25 | — building society , etc. , deposits which can be transferred only by the use of secondary money , i.e. deposit balances at banks . |
| 26 | The date of these events can be inferred only by the episcopal chronology of the bishops of the eastern Angles . |
| 27 | Little is known about his family , and his date of birth can be inferred only from the fact that he was apprenticed to a mercer in 1528 . |
| 28 | In the material area of life this can be guaranteed only by the existence of private property rights . |
| 29 | Do n't forget — the £22,250 Extra Prize ( which you may already have won ) and the £27,750 ‘ Early Bird' Prize can be claimed only within the next SEVEN days . |
| 30 | Even your supporters are becoming alarmed by the destabilising effect of general practitioner fundholding , as you top slice cash from the central reserve and ensure that it can be spent only on the limited number of services that general practitioners are allowed to purchase directly . |