Example sentences of "can only [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly this is simplistic , if not mischievous , but on the other hand , we can only measure the measurable , and if science as a subject can not be studied using scientific methods — deduction and induction , prediction and experiment — then measures of its output , in the form of scientific publications , have no logical validity . |
| 2 | Clearly this is simplistic , if not mischievous , but on the other hand , we can only measure the measurable , and if science as a subject can not be studied using scientific methods — deduction and induction , prediction and experiment — then measures of its output , in the form of scientific publications , have no logical validity . |
| 3 | Campaigners say that can only fuel the alarming interest in Hitler 's propaganda . |
| 4 | Whether you can only spare the occasional day or are prepared to help on a regular basis , Chapter 12 , Voluntary Work , lists a fund of suggestions you might like to consider . |
| 5 | A popular weekly magazine is hardly the place for heavyweight confrontations between experts , which can only leave the general public feeling confused . |
| 6 | The practice of judicial obedience to statute can not itself be based on the authority of statute : it can only reflect a judicial choice based on an understanding of what ( in contemporary conditions ) political morality demands . |
| 7 | Simon Wright has almost lost his memory , and can only walk a short distance . |
| 8 | ‘ You can only evaluate a neural network empirically ; you can not guarantee up front that the neural network will work correctly , ’ warned Professor John Stonham of Brunel University . |
| 9 | One can only applaud the selfless dedication of our law-enforcers . |
| 10 | If the hon. Gentleman and some brewers say that prices will increase , I can only quote a leading national newspaper which said : ’ Why should a pint be a pint everywhere but in a pub ? |
| 11 | We can only identify the proper criteria correctly if we accept that medical treatment in general ought to be divided , for our purposes , into two classes . |
| 12 | We can only protect a national curriculum from the political dogmas of either the right or the left if we understand the reasons for these changes . |
| 13 | I feel it can only damage a wonderful friendship . ’ |
| 14 | Most people can only influence the local and the familial , so if people are parochial it 's probably because they 're relatively powerless elsewhere . |
| 15 | The ferry can only carry a limited number of cars per hours . |
| 16 | They are small and can only carry a small amount of human DNA ( which substitutes for some of the viral genome , providing additional safety as well as more space ) , and only infect dividing cells . |
| 17 | Table 5.2 shows the necessary calculations and the fact that , if its cost of capital is 15 per cent , the rival can only earn a negative NPV of 252,497 . |
| 18 | With its low market share it has higher costs than the rival , and so , by pricing to give its rival a zero NPV , it can only earn a negative NPV itself . |
| 19 | This means that the owner of an equitable lease can only grant an equitable sub-lease , not a legal lease , irrespective of the mode of the sub-tenancy 's creation . |
| 20 | This is a particularly ill-chosen moment to start ringing population alarm bells , as it can only threaten the UNCED process . |
| 21 | Paul Cook 's lovely ball to Andy Thomson , a penalty by the midfielder who can only command a weekly contract , did his and Turner 's cause no good at all . |
| 22 | These four diagrams can only represent a simplified overview ; in practice accountability relationships exist via a variety of direct and indirect routes . |
| 23 | In much of his fiction , early and late , Waugh turns from comedy to the haunting thought of a lost Eden ; and in a nation that had once been the first industrial civilisation that can only mean a pastoral world . |
| 24 | But academics at Oxford are outraged and say it can only mean a Jewish Messiah . |
| 25 | Periods of low income when workers are in their 50s and 60s can only mean a sustained period of poverty in old age itself . |
| 26 | They can only mean the magic word — Connie ! |
| 27 | Right you can only differentiate a continuous function . |
| 28 | NERC is in a situation in which it can not please every department , and it can only achieve a limited degree of acceptability by adopting the negative posture of being seen not to be unfair to particular departments ( hence spreading small numbers of grants as widely as possible ) . |
| 29 | Some people just do n't want to sell and we can only pay the going rate . |
| 30 | But the ruling says they can only pay the bare minimum . |