Example sentences of "the [noun] can only [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even that buttock-licker Pybus seems worried that Pahdra Singh has replaced them with his shifty brothers but , as I told Crowe , having a property developer , an estate agent and a supermarket magnate on the board can only be good for the club . |
| 2 | The sentence can only be assigned the right truth conditions , or alternatively be given the correct semantic representation , if the pragmatic significance of and in this sentential context ( namely the " and then " interpretation ) is taken into account before doing the semantics . |
| 3 | Indeed , in my opinion , the privilege can only be justified on two grounds , first that it discourages the ill-treatment of a suspect and secondly that it discourages the production of dubious confessions . |
| 4 | The walls and floor do not move and so count as prone , but the Daemon-room can only be damaged by spells and magical weapons . |
| 5 | A spokesman said : ‘ Obviously the bikes can only be used by those fit enough . |
| 6 | If you write the words ‘ Account Payee Only ’ between the crossings on the cheque , you can be certain that the cheque can only be banked by the person to whom you made it out . |
| 7 | The contrast can only be appreciated if we first quote a more characteristic passage from the same episode : [ i ] That way nothing is accomplished , he thought . |
| 8 | Note that the user can only be given privileges which you possess ( or a subset thereof ) . |
| 9 | For example , a major constraint upon effective management of human resources in secondary schools is the notion that the curriculum can only be delivered by one teacher in one classroom teaching one subject to one class . |
| 10 | A further point was taken by Mr. Scrivener that the decisions referred to in the subsection can only be made by the Secretary of State personally and that he may not delegate or transfer the power to make the decision to a minister of state , as happened in the case of Mr. Pegg . |
| 11 | All replacement window specialists offer the option of sealed double glazed units , but many off-the-shelf replacement windows from timber merchants and the like can only be single-glazed . |
| 12 | Hence the theorem can only be valid under rather specific assumptions on industry cost structure . |
| 13 | It is happening in the present , and the future can only be guessed at . |
| 14 | The forces are larger than in the experiment of Roll , Krotkov , and Dicke but the torque can only be reversed by bodily rotating the apparatus , which gives large and irreversible effects that vitiate the method . |
| 15 | The originator of the tapes has clearly decided to make his tape deck pay for itself ( although I think he could take a few hints on how to eliminate unwanted hum and noise ) and the result can only be described as a rip off . |
| 16 | ‘ The result can only be health care services which have virtually no real accountability or contact with the local community , ’ he said . |
| 17 | The commitment in time and effort of members and friends of St. A's and St.G 's os enormous , but the result can only be achieved nowadays because of the constant support from Saughton , and that not just in terms of physical strength . |
| 18 | If both have identical mark positions but are still asymmetric then the fault can only be analysed by measuring line lengths to determine which is wrong . |
| 19 | ‘ As the brat will be touched by your hands , Res , the pleasure can only be his . ’ |
| 20 | in the case of Dahl 's study of New Haven , the power of the mayor can only be assessed on the basis of his own particular preferences for urban development and how he managed to secure these preferences in the decision-making process . |
| 21 | His idea of the " popular play " is important , since his devotion to the music hall and his belief that the poet can only be socially useful in the theatre spurred him on to achieve what was for him the unachievable : the plays bear all the marks of their deliberate and laborious composition . |
| 22 | The effect can only be bad |
| 23 | This was a great age of Catholic history and the importance of the Council can only be appreciated if the strength of the Church it triggered into a spiral of reform — a strength that had steadily grown beneath the surface in the pontificate of Pius XII — is well appreciated . |
| 24 | In effect , the machine can only be kept running when you 're pressing the on/off switch with one hand , and the other hand is pulling the wide handled switch at the front . |
| 25 | Peace should be ours too , within the church family , and the origin can only be God . |
| 26 | The village can only be described as picturesque , the core built in the 13th century has narrow and sometimes steep and winding cobblestone alleys . |
| 27 | The ERM can only be justified as a stepping-stone towards a Single Currency . |
| 28 | In the main , notices to be given under the Act can only be given in the prescribed form ( see the Landlord and Tenant 1954 Part II ( Notices ) ( Amendment ) Regulations 1989 ) . |
| 29 | Fasting and abstention from intoxicating drink and drugs is also invaluable since the senses can only be kept under control when they are contained . |
| 30 | The matter is discussed in detail in Chapter 9 , where it is suggested that the quality of stock on the shelves can only be maintained through extensive stock revision , and that most public library authorities would at present benefit from allocating at least 40% of their bookfunds to stock revision . |