Example sentences of "can only [be] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This diligence can only be exercised once the curt papers have been served on the debtor . |
| 2 | It is like expert power in that it can only be exercised if others recognise and accept it . |
| 3 | The power of entry and search section 17(1) ( d ) of PACE can only be exercised if the police are in pursuit of the patient . |
| 4 | Such freedom can only be exercised if the manager has the full authority to make decisions , without the need to ask a boss for approval , and without the chance that a boss might step in and alter or reverse the subordinate 's decisions . |
| 5 | During 1987 blitzes by the HSE of over 1,000 prohibition notices , which can only be served where there is a risk of ‘ serious personal injury ’ were issued , but led to only 25 prosecutions . |
| 6 | Version ranges can only be extended and modules may not be deleted from the displayed list . |
| 7 | This means that a surplus of 38 votes can only be transferred if there are 3,800 voting papers or fewer which have expressed on them subsequent preferences for continuing candidates . |
| 8 | Note that managership of the package can only be transferred if there are no DCs already active on it . |
| 9 | It can only be activated when a false statement actually damages a reputation . |
| 10 | Part of the function of an external UPS is to smooth out the incoming power , but that can only be done before it reaches the PC 's power supply . |
| 11 | That can only be done if you spare just a few quiet moments away from the television and video , the toys and games , the table groaning with food and the glasses of cheer . |
| 12 | This can only be done when you are sailing directly with the wind on a run . |
| 13 | She considers marriage to be a gamble for any woman , a gamble which can only be justified where the woman examines the character and prospects of the man she is to marry . |
| 14 | In developing a celebrated liberal position , H. L. A. Hart argues that criminal laws can only be justified where they deter harm or offensive behaviour to others , or , in limited instances of ‘ legal paternalism ’ , where the laws discourage serious harm to oneself . |
| 15 | Such treatment can only be justified if it is necessary to give a true and fair view . |
| 16 | For instance , the relatively high costs of a quality orientated operation can only be justified if forecasts of market demand show that customers will remain insensitive to price increases , but sensitive to variations in product quality . |
| 17 | To keep the family together must be the first aim , and the separation of the child from its parents can only be justified when there is no possibility of securing adequate care for that child in his own home . |
| 18 | It gives a good sense to the idea that a weakly verifiable statement can only be confirmed or disconfirmed , and never conclusively verified . |
| 19 | HIV can only be transmitted if virus from infected body fluids — blood , semen , vaginal secretions — enters the blood of another person . |
| 20 | The Product can only be registered if a known Product package and Package version have been entered using option 5.1.2 — Update Product . |
| 21 | But the very nature of advice can only be understood if we understand in what spirit it is meant to be offered and for what reasons it is meant to be taken . |
| 22 | The history of company legislation over the past century can only be understood if it is seen as an attempt to rectify the imbalance and injustice resulting from the creation of limited liability in the mid-nineteenth century . |
| 23 | The nature of the movement of goods can only be understood if it is seen in relation to the complex and changing framework of society . |
| 24 | So the struggle became to some extent a contest between the German bishops and the pope , and the position of the German bishops in extending the conflict can only be understood if we understand their relationships with the political parties and the rival claimants . |
| 25 | And many of our society 's institutions and problems can only be understood if we know about their origins and their subsequent development ; our industrial relations system , conflicts between religious groups , the ‘ crisis ’ in the welfare state and the problems of the world economy today are four instances of this point . |
| 26 | The answer is ‘ yes ’ : a recent article , drawing on Eusebius ' Life of Constantine , seems to show without doubt that it was Constantine who introduced this law : Eusebius describes measures implemented by Constantine which can only be understood as referring to this law . |
| 27 | Due to its size , it can only be handled and converted by merchants with large enough bandsaws . |
| 28 | What evidence there is can only be regarded as peripheral . |
| 29 | In its first year of rail operations based solely on the seven-mile Paignton to Kingswear line , these figures can only be regarded as poor . |
| 30 | He argued that education for understanding can only be regarded as successful to the extent that it makes behavioural outcomes unpredictable . |