Example sentences of "[noun sg] can only [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any time that a wing begins to drop at a stall it is the beginning of a possible spin , but the spin can only develop if the wing is kept stalled and the glider is allowed to continue to yaw . |
| 2 | This programme can only succeed if the public are able to understand what is being done with their money , and why , and are encouraged to work with the landowners concerned so that the most practical and cost- efficient results are obtained . |
| 3 | The adviser can only hope that if the client was put at her ease while at the bureau then she may come back for further help when that issue could be picked up for suitable referral . |
| 4 | Instead , comparison of progress with a checklist of internationally agreed good practice would be more helpful , though of course , knowledge of what constitutes good practice can only emerge after experience has accumulated . |
| 5 | This effect can only arise if the nonword " are being transformed into a phonological code before lexical access is attempted . |
| 6 | Such research can only discover whether lawyers are doing a good or a bad job in terms of common sense criteria , themselves embedded in , if not derived from , the ideology of lawyers themselves . |
| 7 | Peace can only come when the terrorists are thoroughly defeated by the forces of law and order . |
| 8 | Supporting players in the lineout can only move when the jumper has touched or caught the ball . |
| 9 | In other words , if you need to access text and images together , CD-ROM can only retrieve and display the text and then subsequently address the related image data . |
| 10 | A truly responsive adult education service can only exist when specialist staff are appointed or designated to take responsibility for this important area of work . |
| 11 | The commitment of such a large organisation can only ensure that the levels of excellence will always remain outstanding . |
| 12 | for referral to the Parliamentary Commissioner or a Local Councillor for referral to the Local Commissioner , although it must be remembered that the Local Commissioner can only investigate after a complaint has been brought to the attention of the authority complained against and they have had a reasonable time to reply . |
| 13 | With fixed exchange rates , an inflationary impulse from the exchange rate can only arise when there is a devaluation of the domestic currency . |
| 14 | Democracy can only advise and consent , and then only in an indirect and spasmodic manner . " |
| 15 | This particular game can only work if the concept of a vow to give sanctuary is something the participants already have a vested interest in . |
| 16 | Businesses which rely on traffic for trade can only hope that the message does n't go unheeded . |
| 17 | THE nuclear debate can only heighten as the election draws near which means , as it will he mainly be between politicians , that it will get more incomprehensible . |
| 18 | Such a state can only arise where structural surfaces very nearly conform to an equilibrium profile . |
| 19 | For the second consecutive year , Winemark have entered a selection of wines in the International Wine Challenge 1993 and , with more than 130 medal winners , this year 's success can only confirm that the quality of their wine is of the highest standard . |
| 20 | This talented orchestra can only survive if the people of Merseyside continue to support it . |
| 21 | There is tremendous customer loyalty involved in the fortunes of Champagne , but this loyalty can only survive if it has a two-way traffic . |
| 22 | A swing can only occur if the tail is sliding sideways over the ground . |
| 23 | The world can only pray that they do not gain the upper hand . |
| 24 | A new one has to be built from scratch but fabrication can only start when plans are eventually acquired from York . |
| 25 | And the Attorney-General can only act if there is a complaint about sentence within 28 days of the verdict and can only refer it for review on grounds of leniency . |
| 26 | This situation can only deteriorate once the reforms are in place . ’ |
| 27 | In the first place , he contests its equation with any anthropological definition of ‘ man ’ ; in the second , he argues that Sartre 's description of history as making up one ‘ History ’ with one meaning is only achieved through the exclusion of all other histories with other meanings : the totalization can only totalize if everything which remains other to it is excluded . |
| 28 | Enclaves of this non-dispersing animal can only survive where the adults can breed successfully . |
| 29 | Such a possibility can only arise if the impulsive components of the matter tensor occurring on the boundary of region IV have negative energy density . |
| 30 | This possibility can only occur if the masses are generally speaking apolitical and acquiescent , or ready to defer to authority ; or if patron — client relations can be pyramided up to the national level so as to bind mass support very firmly and unconditionally to national elites ; or if mass parties with extensive organizational capabilities can be created and continuously sustained by major political leaderships . |