Example sentences of "we can only [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | While over 2,300 people wait on death rows countrywide to see if they will die or not , we can only hope that the US comes to its senses soon . |
| 2 | We can only hope that the future will see technological advance : perhaps overhead power lines will carry DC in preference to AC to the extent that converters are used to generate AC domestically or industrially . |
| 3 | After that we can only hope that it goes in our favour because we know it wo n't be easy . ’ |
| 4 | We can only hope that the message was garbled in transmission , or possibly in translation from the Italian — a much more difficult language than many seem prepared to believe . |
| 5 | We can only hope that the current problems will be resolved . |
| 6 | We can only hope that common sense will prevail more quickly than it did in the previous instance . |
| 7 | These knobbly penises were also supposed to add excitement to love making — we can only hope that their ladies appreciated the gesture . |
| 8 | We can only hope that their soon to be announced UK distributor is as helpful in sorting out these little problems . |
| 9 | We can only hope that a combination of international intervention and dawning sanity among the fighters will silence the sound of the guns . |
| 10 | ‘ We can only hope that the courts will deal very seriously with attacks on police officers . ’ |
| 11 | Now we can only hope that things are resolved quickly enough for the developments to be finished in time for the 1994 Open . ’ |
| 12 | But if it can be proven that overfishing of sand-eel is the principal cause of the problem , we can only hope that remedial action can be taken before it is too late for our important sea-bird colonies to recover . |
| 13 | We can only hope that since the incident he has had some serious therapy , both on his flying and on his mental state . |
| 14 | We can only hope that materials designers will be able to rise to the Challenge and that teachers will recognise the role it can play in learning outside the classroom . |
| 15 | ‘ We can only hope that Implexion 's agents will be appeased by our offer , although it is likely we will still be penalised for failing to furnish them with a living child . |
| 16 | For now we can only hope that both he and the government appreciate the industry 's need for a firm and steady hand at the tiller . |
| 17 | We can only hope that that review will be followed by sensible action . |
| 18 | ‘ We will obviously monitor everything that goes on over the next 12 months ’ , he says ‘ We can only hope that when we do our assessments of need we can support that need with the finances we 've been given . |
| 19 | We can only hope that this issue 's reviewer , senior analyst/programmer , will be able to truly speak for the people . |
| 20 | Well , it did go erm but Tony Mould who in actual fact is the promoter at erm Wolverhampton with Chris van Stratten , has gone into Longeaton. erm So we can only hope that he can do the job and keep them there . |
| 21 | We can only surmise that a few basic signalling systems emerged early in evolution and were then modified in subtle ways to meet the unique signalling requirements of different cells . |
| 22 | The Trust adds : ‘ The immense work done by the three principal participants , Simon Pepper ( WWF ) , John Hunt ( RSPB ) and Nigel Hawkins ( JMMT ) and the crucial role played by Chris Brasher has to be acknowledged and we can only regret that their efforts were not rewarded with a more positive outcome . ’ |
| 23 | As she seems to have stayed on the island for only three weeks , however , being moved back to Stirling when the English army left Scotland at the end of September , we can only conclude that these are testimony not to Mary as an infant prodigy , but to her fascination as a source of romance and legend . |
| 24 | We can only conclude that it was chiefly in the enthusiasm with which the British talked about it all . |
| 25 | From this whole picture of ignorance and inactivity , and of continuing dissent even where there was knowledge , we can only conclude that legislative acts were commonly accepted , even by those responsible for them , as expressions of hope or at best long-term intention , rather than as strictly enforceable legislative acts . |
| 26 | After these two letters , we hear no more of Osbern , and we can only conclude that he died soon after Anselm 's consecration . |
| 27 | At type II promoters we can only conclude that the precise nature of the interactions between CRP and the truncated and wild-type polymerases , and their role in the activation mechanism , remain to be determined but that the C-terminal part of the α-subunit of RNA polymerase is not involved in this process . |
| 28 | His food goes in a corner manger and a brick goes in with it ; the weight of the brick means he ca n't throw the manger about and we can only assume that its bulk gives him something to think about . |
| 29 | We can only assume that Sussex did not diverge too far from the rest of the southern English religious experience , after its rather late entry into the fold . |
| 30 | Where hedging of bets ( ‘ ambiguity ’ ) is not just feasible but desirable , we can only assume that the problem is not cancer , but hypochondria . |