Example sentences of "only [be] [verb] [adv prt] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , the insurers will not necessarily cover all your customers and those that they do cover may only be covered up to a certain amount . |
| 2 | Not surprisingly , in view of the dangers and discomforts of a life at sea , the navy could still only be kept up to strength by the press gang , but everyone did his best to obstruct the activities of the pressmaster , as one , writing from Hull on 13 May 1694 , made all too clear : |
| 3 | Such task analysis can only be carried out to some cost-effective limit beyond which the skilled operator must be trusted to get things right by applying his broad expertise . |
| 4 | This could only be leading up to one thing : when are you going to marry my daughter ? |
| 5 | Due to jamming , however , the tether could initially only be wound out to some 230 metres and , although it was subsequently freed , another attempt was cancelled to avoid the risk of having to jettison the Italian Space Agency satellite which had been safely recovered . |
| 6 | The standards and safety measures now required for the care of the elderly and disabled mean that houses used , for example , as Cheshire Homes , can only be brought up to current standards at inordinate expense and involving radical alteration of the historic interiors . |
| 7 | This improvement in standards can only be put down to cellar training . |
| 8 | It can only be put down to the ravages of drink ’ . |