Example sentences of "can only [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is tempting to put this all down to a simple lexical ambiguity , but we should not do so before remarking that while question ( 44 ) can correspond to either version , ( 45 ) can only match the " unacquainted " version . |
| 2 | The police , therefore , have little to gain in promoting any exploration of their modes of thought , for analysis can only hold the possibility that the whole intricate system , to paraphrase Lévi-Strauss ( 1967 ) , will be revealed ‘ as an immense disorder [ which ] is organised in the form of a grammar ’ . |
| 3 | Earlier in the same discussion Sockett ( 1980 ) argues that you can only hold the teacher accountable ‘ for what is within his control ’ . |
| 4 | Devoid of vision , replete with expediency , riddled with past prejudices , they can only offer the promise of a return to a past that did not work . |
| 5 | It can only improve the quality of the decisions taken and hence improve the effectiveness of the school . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It may not matter very much what claims the Association makes for itself but one would hope that co-operation and not confrontation is to be its approach , and the making of false claims can only antagonise the Law . |
| 9 | Campaigners say that can only fuel the alarming interest in Hitler 's propaganda . |
| 10 | We can only presume the allocation for the current financial year is the first element of a rapidly expanding budget over the full five years of the scheme . |
| 11 | I can only suppose the fans ignore you because they are too engrossed in my thought-provoking programme notes . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Write your information on the back and tell them they can only eat the eggs after the instructions have been copied down . |
| 14 | The politics are quite different , and if the SNP MPs really expected to be hailed as conquering heroes , then it can only fortify the impression that they were either negligent or culpably naive in thinking through the consequences of their actions . |
| 15 | A popular weekly magazine is hardly the place for heavyweight confrontations between experts , which can only leave the general public feeling confused . |
| 16 | Yet on the other hand , for the counsellor to be too conscious of saying the right thing at the right time in every situation represents a state of mind that can only hamper the counselling process . |
| 17 | He urged the millions of protestors to exercise restraint and respond rationally to a war which can only benefit the enemies of Islam . |
| 18 | There is nothing to fear from this motion Congress , and it can only benefit the trade union movement . |
| 19 | They can only evaluate the care that they 've had |
| 20 | One can only applaud the selfless dedication of our law-enforcers . |
| 21 | And he he was n't he said they can only stand the water problem so long so what they can do with it I do n't know . |
| 22 | One can not judge which of these views is preferable , because one can only infer the motives of the landowners from their actions ; we do not know if they were genuinely frightened by the memory of the revolt , or for how long any such fear persisted . |
| 23 | You can send any character into any tunnel , but each can only collect the pages for which he 's responsible , and the only way to find out who gets what is through trial and error . |
| 24 | Furthermore a citizen can only enforce the cancellation by making a formal objection within one month of notification ; and if that objection is rejected by the authority , the citizen must take legal action within another month . |
| 25 | If the client informs its trading partners before entering into a contract that it will not insist on the strict letter of the terms , it may be estopped from relying on their letter ; similarly , if the client describes the effect of a term , a court may hold that the client is bound by that description and can only enforce the term to the extent of that description ( Curtis v Chemical Cleaning and Dyeing Co Ltd [ 1951 ] 1 KB 805 ) . |
| 26 | So there are only a few foxes in the neighbourhood of the colony and they can only raid the margins of it . |
| 27 | You can only alter the state as follows , from : |
| 28 | The user can only alter the state as follows , from : |
| 29 | An implication of the preceding analysis is that the monetary authorities can only alter the level of output by engineering unanticipated variations in the money supply which , in turn , implies that they are continually altering their policy rule . |
| 30 | They can only contain the characters A … |