Example sentences of "[modal v] only [be] given [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Stage II , however , resits may only be given on compulsory modules , normally including projects and dissertations . |
| 2 | But a new entity , MODULE can be described which may only be given by one LECTURER and is part of only one COURSE . |
| 3 | Should only be given to babies that can be observed easily in a room in which staff are always present . |
| 4 | 1 Gifts or free samples should only be given to the media for sampling purposes , to draw attention to a new , changed or ongoing product , or to say " thank you " . |
| 5 | All response to tracheal suctioning ceases with this dose , so it should only be given after consultation with senior medical staff . |
| 6 | It could either provide that all married women should hold their property as their separate property — thus giving to all married women the right to dispose of their property and to make contracts binding it which formerly could only be given to them by a will or a settlement ; or it could adopt the more straightforward course of making the capacity of a married woman to own property , make contracts , and incur liability for torts the same as that of a man . |
| 7 | He thought that precisely because it was impossible for the human mind to construct an idea of God from its inherent mental resources , such an idea could only be given to it by revelation — in other words directly implanted by God Himself . |
| 8 | It could only be given to a child in very mild doses because excessive use could cause ‘ retard growth and lasting disfiguration ’ . |
| 9 | The legislation turned the transition into a public activity , performed to certain rules , clothed in the rhetoric of advice , guidance , and protection which , it was claimed , could only be given by ‘ experts ’ and selected voluntary ‘ helpers ’ . |
| 10 | Speake has commented that : ‘ Patronage to support and pay a goldsmith or craftsman who utilised such expensive materials as gold , silver and garnet , could only be given by the ‘ top people ’ in Anglo-Saxon society' ( 1980 , p. 39 ) . |
| 11 | As for confession , which had been allowed to laymen , this was to be undertaken only when the penitent was in mortal danger : the emphasis now was not on contrition but on absolution which could only be given by a priest . |
| 12 | He explained that by 1996 all trades and industry would be covered by NVQ 's and government funding for training would only be given for NVQ 's . |
| 13 | An example of indirect discrimination would be a condition that a vacant job will only be given to someone who is at least eight feet tall . |
| 14 | The European Council considers that the presidency 's draft forms the basis for the continuation of negotiations … on the understanding that final agreement by the member states will only be given to the treaty as a whole . |
| 15 | Credit will only be given for technical articles and credit for this type of reading is unlikely to account for more than 25% of total unstructured CPE . |
| 16 | The first is that the retention by the state of taxes unlawfully exacted is particularly obnoxious , because it is one of the most fundamental principles of our law — enshrined in a famous constitutional document , the Bill of Rights 1688 — that taxes should not be levied without the authority of Parliament ; and full effect can only be given to that principle if the return of taxes exacted under an unlawful demand can be enforced as a matter of right . |
| 17 | Advice and assistance in making a will can only be given to a client who is over 70 , or disabled or suffering from a mental disorder ( or a parent or guardian wishing to provide for such a person ) , or a single parent wishing to appoint a testamentary guardian . |
| 18 | Opinion on an individual 's functioning can only be given to others with that person 's consent . |
| 19 | HRP can only be given for complete tax years ( 6 April to 5 April ) , so if you simply gave up work for a few weeks in order to help out , you would be unlikely to qualify . |
| 20 | In places where the RCN is not recognised then representation can only be given as a ‘ friend ’ . |
| 21 | What amounts to reasonableness is a question of fact and any answer approaching certainty can only be given after examining the circumstances of each case . |
| 22 | An answer can only be given in the kind of perspective which the processes of East-West reconciliation and arms control may , in any case , create : a perspective in which the strategic factors progressively diminish in importance , until the 19 Soviet divisions now stationed in the GDR have no more significance than a knight or bishop stranded on a square of a chessboard which no longer figures in the game . |
| 23 | In any fairly homogeneous society the meaning of even such basic valuational words as ‘ right ’ and ‘ wrong ’ can only be given in such value charged definitions , which point to the society 's shared values . |
| 24 | In the main , notices to be given under the Act can only be given in the prescribed form ( see the Landlord and Tenant 1954 Part II ( Notices ) ( Amendment ) Regulations 1989 ) . |
| 25 | Without probate of the will or letters of administration , neither executor nor administrator can take any steps in any other court of law , for the executor 's proof of his title , and the administrator 's title itself , can only be given by the Ecclesiastical Court . |
| 26 | The statement that the actions we ought to do are those which promote the general happiness would be useless if it meant nothing more than that they do promote it , and that something more can only be given by an intuition . |
| 27 | But suppose now we require that adequate grammatical descriptions include specifications of the meaning of every word in a language , and such a requirement has normally been assumed , then we find words whose meaning-specifications can only be given by reference to contexts of usage . |