Example sentences of "can [vb infin] only a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Committee can consider only a fraction of the instruments laid before Parliament . |
| 2 | Many of the coaxial links in the ground today can carry only a handful of different channels at the same time . |
| 3 | Here I can sketch only a part of that answer — although , as might be expected after seven years , I can also now take it a little further . |
| 4 | Although I believe that hysteria , as classically defined , can provide only a part of the answer to the problem of anorexia nervosa , it is a starting-point and , in the light of Szasz 's observation that ‘ hysterical conversion is best regarded as a process of translation , ’ I propose to translate the history of my own symptoms back into the language in which they were intended to be expressed . |
| 5 | With limited space , it is unavoidable that I can provide only a summary of the work of a very active Association , but I thought your readers would be interested to know that schools are not being neglected . |
| 6 | THE law stipulates that on school days people under the age of 16 can work only a maximum of two hours . |