Example sentences of "may be [verb] only [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 In many cases , the arbitrator may be appointed only from a list of people approved by the brewer .
2 Thus , the interests of employees , customers , or the local community , for example , may be served only as a means of increasing shareholder wealth and may not be treated as ends in their own right .
3 Definitive evidence of discrimination , however , may be obtained only from a prospective study .
4 This view , however , may be to perceive only as a weakness within the British scene something which may more interestingly be considered an incentive to , even a necessary condition of , modernist and postmodernist writing generally .
5 Tight coupling relations may be used only in a module of type PACKAGE and must refer to a PREFERRED , LATEST or SELECTED version of the referenced module .
6 An application for relief may be filed only within a reasonable time after the defendant has knowledge of the judgment .
7 Deceit may be practised only on a human mind .
8 In many cases there is a hefty bank and ditch marking the village boundary , but in others this may be marked only by a slight change in level or by the continuous line of the rear of the platforms .
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