Example sentences of "can only [be] [verb] [adv prt] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two older seated men can only be fitted in as they are in fig. 124 : behind the chariot on our right ; and next the figure in the other angle . |
| 2 | This is a paradoxical fact for those empiricists who think that new theories are derived from the facts in some way , but it is quite comprehensible when it is realized that precise experimentation can only be carried out if one has a precise theory capable of yielding predictions in the form of precise observation statements . |
| 3 | Such tasks as these can only be carried out when the engineer has also derived methods of organising his knowledge on a wide range of subjects such as efficiency , reliability , safety , economics , elegance , marketability etc. in a coherent way . |
| 4 | S 239(3) , ICTA 1988 states that surplus ACT can only be carried back if it arises in a corporation tax accounting period . |
| 5 | If , for example , a client discloses to a solicitor , in confidence , the fact that a child is being abused by another person , this information can only be passed on if the public interest in protecting children from serious harm outweighs the public interest in maintaining confidentiality between solicitor and client . |