Example sentences of "it can only [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The practice of judicial obedience to statute can not itself be based on the authority of statute : it can only reflect a judicial choice based on an understanding of what ( in contemporary conditions ) political morality demands . |
| 2 | I feel it can only damage a wonderful friendship . ’ |
| 3 | NERC is in a situation in which it can not please every department , and it can only achieve a limited degree of acceptability by adopting the negative posture of being seen not to be unfair to particular departments ( hence spreading small numbers of grants as widely as possible ) . |
| 4 | But academics at Oxford are outraged and say it can only mean a Jewish Messiah . |
| 5 | With its low market share it has higher costs than the rival , and so , by pricing to give its rival a zero NPV , it can only earn a negative NPV itself . |