Example sentences of "[det] [modal v] only [be] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He assumed that this could only be because he was one of the possibles . |
| 2 | It seems as though the world is going on , everybody rushing about their daily tasks , but surely this can only be because they have not yet heard the news or else they too would feel emotionally paralysed . |
| 3 | And all of this can only be because you are very wicked indeed . |
| 4 | If it seems that things could be finally settled by deciding whether a foetus is a person , this can only be because ‘ person ’ is used to ascribe a moral status rather than merely to describe . |
| 5 | Finally , if a comparison is possible at all , this can only be because ultimately we have non-comparative knowledge of the two things compared . |
| 6 | " This can only be because operators think that levels of toxic waste imports will go on increasing " . |
| 7 | It was true that she worried more about her mother now she was living near by than she had when she was living in the Tuscan hills , but that might only be because of the possibility that she would call without warning . |
| 8 | This brings us on to the second of Dworkin 's grounds for excluding such background policy issues from the jurisdiction of the courts , for if no one has a right to any particular form of decision-making process — whether a right to a hearing itself , a right to cross-examine witnesses or to be given reasons for a decision -this can only be because such a right can not be derived from the master principle of equal concern and respect . |
| 9 | Perhaps , in the years to come , she would get Mrs Aggie to move , but that would only be when she was too old to take the cart out . |