Example sentences of "can only speculate [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the absence of more detailed evidence we can only speculate whether the more vocationally , or instrumentally , motivated applicants are , the less willing they will be to consider other , alternative courses and institutions if they do not get on to the course they wanted . |
| 2 | One can only speculate that the GMC took the easy option and avoided testing the issue of clinical ecology head on because it feared a lengthy presentation of evidence on both sides , with the risk of an inconclusive result . |
| 3 | It could be , or I 'm just wondering if it 's actually squirrels , because although the , the excreta contains berries erm a squirrel will eat berries , it will also eat nuts and of course they do bury their nuts and I 've actually seen squirrels in other parts of the country digging holes and starting a bit of a larder and of course there are a lot of , of erm squirrels in Croydon so I think unless you actually see the animal you can only speculate that it is something small like a vole or , or a squirrel . |
| 4 | One can only speculate as to who put them up to it . ’ |
| 5 | We can only speculate as to why such ambivalence or hostility to markets persists . |
| 6 | On reading the list of collections in the occupied territories , one can only speculate as to what has happened to some 3,000 numismatic items , 15,000 volumes of rare books and 8,100 prints , as well as antique arms belonging to the collection of Baltazar Bogisic , one of the most distinguished Croatian scientists of the nineteenth century . |
| 7 | Indeed we know very little about contemporary kin relationships ( Finch 1989 ) and can only speculate as to how increased rates of divorce and remarriage will affect family relationships . |
| 8 | Obviously he did not make himself known so we can only speculate as to who he was watching , but we are all hoping that Trevor Proby will soon get the call . |
| 9 | It looks as though John McVeir was a party to Moir McIlchenich 's murder although he was never charged with it , and we can only speculate as to what the three accused said before the Baillie on 16th May which induced the authorities to apprehend John McVeir and bring him before the Baillie on 22nd May 1699 — did they " split " on him ? |