Example sentences of "can only [be] [verb] where " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Good practice in the classroom can only be achieved where the teacher has evolved a clear framework wherein pupils can become secure , confident and interested . |
| 5 | Sheep-mown hills can only be retained where sheep farming prospers ; otherwise the hillsides will revert to equally disfiguring scrub as farms are eventually abandoned . |
| 6 | As lace can only be produced where there are needles on the back bed in working position , by simply removing a block of needles on the back bed , lace will only be knitted on the remaining needles . |
| 7 | In McCutcheon v David MacBrayne Ltd Lord Devlin suggested that a course of dealing can only be established where it can be shown that the party against whom the terms are to be enforced had actual knowledge of them as a result of the previous dealings . |