Example sentences of "[vb mod] only [be] guessed " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hudson and Denner present only a successful and respected gentleman whose accomplishments might only be guessed at . |
| 2 | There were three possible air-launched solutions : the US Air Force 's Skybolt , which could be modified to fit the V-bombers ; a simpler British ‘ ram jet ’ , called Pandora , suitable for the TSR 2 , whose development was at such an early stage that costs could only be guessed ; and further development of the existing Blue Steel stand-off bomb on which work had been stopped after the Sandys Defence Review . |
| 3 | Their destination could only be guessed at , but by their line of march through upper Clydesdale it looked as though they were heading for the West March , possibly even Galloway . |
| 4 | A month after the invasion the full implications of that realignment could only be guessed at . |
| 5 | Purposive sampling , for example , could not be effectively done in advance of interviewing , since significant others could only be guessed at without the informant furnishing more detailed information . |
| 6 | WHEN President Ceausescu of Romania ordains his forces to shoot on his own people after they call for democracy and bread , and causes mass deaths whose numbers can only be guessed , Nato and Warsaw Pact countries cry shame and horror . |
| 7 | It is happening in the present , and the future can only be guessed at . |
| 8 | Quite how these amazing animals landed and took off ( if they did ) can only be guessed at . |
| 9 | For example , we know that some people eventually decided not to be recorded because of painful secrets in their lives , while there were others who for just this reason found it helpful to talk : but how far these two groups balance out can only be guessed . |
| 10 | The precise composition of the £0-£4 group can only be guessed at ; nevertheless it is clear that the gulf between the merchant class and the artisan population was a very wide one indeed . |
| 11 | How their absence of social distinction affected the performance of their duties can only be guessed . |
| 12 | Why the whale should sport with the helpless pup in this way can only be guessed . |
| 13 | Whatever specific qualities Donald Wilson observed in Whitaker 's style of writing , and saw as suitable for Doctor Who , can only be guessed at , but it is very likely he saw in Whitaker the sought-after bridge of writing for adults and writing for children . |
| 14 | The excavated third of the sett was carefully mapped , but the details of the rest of the sett — which continues south for another 65 metres and now houses all badgers — can only be guessed at . |
| 15 | For reasons which can only be guessed at he decided to establish himself near Keswick in Cumberland and returned in the following year with Hans Loner , a relative by marriage , and twelve German workers , to set up works and to prospect more fully . |
| 16 | Reckoned up over the eleven months covered , this represented a take-home figure of £64 : 3s. : 5d. , but in what proportion this was distributed amongst them can only be guessed at . |
| 17 | Local tradespeople obviously benefited , but to what extent can only be guessed at . |
| 18 | New technology affecting the storage and dissemination of information will change the collection in ways that can only be guessed at . |
| 19 | Its origins can only be guessed at . |