Example sentences of "be [vb pp] only with the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Its problems began to be solved only with the digging of a new 2-mile course in 1802 .
2 The first was that such privileges could be secured only with the sanction of the other powers ; this had been clearly demonstrated by the Triple Intervention .
3 The climb was so steep that in places it could be made only with the help of ropes .
4 They constitute a field of choice for the development of democracy , because the ‘ energy mutation ’ that is now occurring can be accomplished only with the consent and help of all .
5 If any part of such a simulation is not achieved then the trainee should be credited only with the Learning Outcomes which have been achieved and will , after appropriate remediation need to work through another similar situation in order to demonstrate competence in the remaining Learning Outcomes .
6 b ) if the Council determine as aforesaid , any discretion as to the benefits payable to or in respect of him which the scheme confers on the Council shall be exercised only with the consent of the Secretary of State given with the approval of the Treasury .
7 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 .
8 Unlike Eisenhower ( who had argued in 1959 , that if the Soviets really intended to make trouble they could be deterred only with the threat of nuclear war ) , Kennedy believed that Western diplomacy should be backed up by increased conventional forces on the continent .
9 Your reader should be left only with the feeling that something about life has been made clear .
10 Even before the war was won , he had been afraid that peace might be associated only with the concept of " efficiency " , and in radio talks in 1946 he spoke of the necessity for maintaining the " spiritual organization " as well as the " material organization " of Europe .
11 He said : ‘ Safer workplaces can be achieved only with the commitment and involvement of employees and management .
12 This will be avoided only if adequate progress can be made in developing community services including community hospitals … the release of really substantial resources for deployment in the development of local psychiatric services generally is likely to be achieved only with the closure of a whole hospital .
13 The lack of an overall majority in the 252-member House of Councillors ( the upper chamber ) for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ( LDP ) , however , meant that the bill 's approval could be achieved only with the co-operation of some of the opposition parties .
14 The book could be read only with the aid of a magnifying glass on pages turned with a needle .
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