Example sentences of "[pers pn] can only be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sorry I can only be done , I said , mm , would I understand , and I said yes . |
| 2 | Now if ‘ I can only be known by description , and the only description which is true of it is ‘ that group of mental states , caused by the same living body ’ of which the envy and my judgement are members ' , it follows that anyone who does not describe ‘ I ’ in that way , will not know what ‘ I ’ means , and so will mean nothing when he says ‘ I was envious yesterday ’ . |
| 3 | then he or she can only be forced to hand back the item if the price it cost him or her is paid in compensation [ Art . |
| 4 | ‘ You ca n't be influenced from the future because you do n't know what 's going to happen , so you can only be influenced from the past . |
| 5 | You can only be hurt if you do — and you will surely hurt her . |
| 6 | ‘ We can only be seen from the river , and no one 's likely to be down there at this time of night . ’ |
| 7 | A person may be resident in more than one country but at any given time he/she can only be domiciled in one . |
| 8 | They can only be exerted within the body of water so the outermost molecules are drawn inwards away from the surface . |
| 9 | In the pre-1973 definition case of BS Brown and Son Ltd v Craik Ltd [ 1970 ] 1 WLR 752 which was accepted as authority in Aswan Engineering ( 1987 ) , the House of Lords held that goods will be unmerchantable if they can only be resold at a substantially reduced price . |
| 10 | In this case , they can only be assessed by reference to actuality . |
| 11 | They can only be assessed subjectively , and this was done by questioning volunteers after a stint on a treadmill and on a hillocky outdoor circuit . |
| 12 | Most fungi grow as long thin threads called hyphae — they are so slender that they can only be seen under a microscope , but a mass of intertwined hyphae is visible : this is what makes up toadstools and mushrooms . |
| 13 | They are so small that they can only be seen with a microscope . |
| 14 | But there are things you would be ashamed to tell even your doctor , things so vile they can only be confessed to the lowest , most contemptible functionaries of all . |
| 15 | There will always be imperfections and they can only be overcome by personal relationships . |
| 16 | They can only be overcome by action on an international scale , rather than by castigating one or two countries . |
| 17 | They can only be understood , and their truth can only be measured , by reference back to that awareness . |
| 18 | Where the land meets the sea there are hundreds of beaches and coves , some so secluded that they can only be reached by boat . |
| 19 | You 're always seeing inexplicable bumps , they can only be caused by people nodding off |
| 20 | They can only be taxed to the extent that there is relevant income in the trust . |
| 21 | On Iceland , one might , if one were lucky , also find small quantities of andesitic and rhyolitic rocks being erupted but they are scarce , since they can only be formed by skimming off silica-rich material from a large volume of basaltic magma , in the same way as cream is skimmed off the top of milk . |
| 22 | Thus he says that many varieties of domesticated species , fancy pigeon breeds for example , are monstrous not adaptive ; they can only be maintained by artificial feeding and breeding , including selective breeding ; they are quite unlike wild , natural and adaptive varieties and even more unlike wild species . |
| 23 | The position is that when we admit anyone to nursing home care , they can only be admitted if there is a joint assessment partly by a social worker from this department , partly by either the nurse or G P , or consultant , and the , the key element needless to say in that , in terms of need , is very much the health authority input . |
| 24 | But if they can only be anticipated at the end of one of the odd periods , they will have an effect on real output because prices are fixed . |
| 25 | They 're a wonderful blend of natural , gentle herbs and a hint of pure fruit juice , with added vitamin C. And they can only be described as liquid goodness . |
| 26 | They follow roughly parallel courses down from high mountains to the coastal plain ; all have lochs serving as reservoirs ; all have roads , public or private , that extend far into the interior and there end ; none of them is accessible by road from the west and they can only be approached by wheeled traffic coming from the east . |
| 27 | Either the physical limits of the item are wide , so that the design and production of the mating parts become difficult and expensive , or they are narrow so that they can only be produced by expensive processes . |
| 28 | Either the physical limits of the item are wide , so that the design and production of the mating parts become difficult and expensive , or they are narrow so that they can only be produced by expensive processes . |
| 29 | The Scots say they can only be driven away by holding up an open Bible in their face . |
| 30 | Punning , coining and wordplay are not immediately accessible to many readers ; and as sustained devices , they can only be used in written texts , not in everyday speech . |