Example sentences of "can only [be] give [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first is that the retention by the state of taxes unlawfully exacted is particularly obnoxious , because it is one of the most fundamental principles of our law — enshrined in a famous constitutional document , the Bill of Rights 1688 — that taxes should not be levied without the authority of Parliament ; and full effect can only be given to that principle if the return of taxes exacted under an unlawful demand can be enforced as a matter of right . |
| 2 | Advice and assistance in making a will can only be given to a client who is over 70 , or disabled or suffering from a mental disorder ( or a parent or guardian wishing to provide for such a person ) , or a single parent wishing to appoint a testamentary guardian . |
| 3 | Opinion on an individual 's functioning can only be given to others with that person 's consent . |
| 4 | HRP can only be given for complete tax years ( 6 April to 5 April ) , so if you simply gave up work for a few weeks in order to help out , you would be unlikely to qualify . |
| 5 | In places where the RCN is not recognised then representation can only be given as a ‘ friend ’ . |
| 6 | What amounts to reasonableness is a question of fact and any answer approaching certainty can only be given after examining the circumstances of each case . |
| 7 | An answer can only be given in the kind of perspective which the processes of East-West reconciliation and arms control may , in any case , create : a perspective in which the strategic factors progressively diminish in importance , until the 19 Soviet divisions now stationed in the GDR have no more significance than a knight or bishop stranded on a square of a chessboard which no longer figures in the game . |
| 8 | In any fairly homogeneous society the meaning of even such basic valuational words as ‘ right ’ and ‘ wrong ’ can only be given in such value charged definitions , which point to the society 's shared values . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | Without probate of the will or letters of administration , neither executor nor administrator can take any steps in any other court of law , for the executor 's proof of his title , and the administrator 's title itself , can only be given by the Ecclesiastical Court . |
| 11 | The statement that the actions we ought to do are those which promote the general happiness would be useless if it meant nothing more than that they do promote it , and that something more can only be given by an intuition . |
| 12 | But suppose now we require that adequate grammatical descriptions include specifications of the meaning of every word in a language , and such a requirement has normally been assumed , then we find words whose meaning-specifications can only be given by reference to contexts of usage . |