Example sentences of "can only [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ongoing commitment can only hold us in good stead in the eyes of our established and potential clients as a company of recognised capability . |
| 2 | Here again , because positive proof is not available , I can only offer you my own theories for your consideration . |
| 3 | We seem to have a breed of unadventurous promoters who can only offer us the likes of Grooverider and Carl Cox , making it difficult for talented newcomers to get the break they deserve . |
| 4 | From the available information , we can not tell how many of the 1160 deaths in 1986 belong to the 1946 cohort so we can only estimate it to be 1160÷2 = 580 and assume that another 580 of the 1946 cohort will die in 1987 . |
| 5 | However , the distances to the galaxies are not very well known because we can only measure them indirectly . |
| 6 | They can only hopes it 's not repeated in the Commons . |
| 7 | Spending our lives in jealousy and envy can only isolate us from other people and make us unhappy . |
| 8 | We can only stay you know , we 'll be coming on that night . |
| 9 | You can only affect them peripherally . |
| 10 | We can only presume they mean too BUSY |
| 11 | I can only presume he means the cir-culation in his big toe after osculatory manipulation by his lover . |
| 12 | I can only suppose she gets them from her father . ’ |
| 13 | Steve Coppell 's men return for a Coca-Cola Cup-tie tomorrow and I can only suggest they pray Barnes is too tired to take part . |
| 14 | … I think you can only treat them similarly if all other things are equal , if they 're discharging into the same sort of watercourse in the same sort of position . |
| 15 | ‘ Being in the same side as people like Rob Andrew can only do me good . |
| 16 | Yes , but I can only do it if I am convinced . |
| 17 | So far as talking is concerned , they can only do it to each other . |
| 18 | ‘ I can only do it when we 're in the middle of a conversation and you look at me speculatively and then say something anodyne in a voice that is so deliberately empty of judgment I can practically feel the strength of will you are exerting to keep it so , ’ said David with the hint of a laugh in his deep voice . |
| 19 | You can only do it if you miss out that . |
| 20 | But he can only , he can only do it on your information . |
| 21 | Remember , they can only do it once . |
| 22 | You can only do it when you 're in the right mood . |
| 23 | But you can only do it when you 're at home or out ? |
| 24 | That sort of dream can only do you harm . " |
| 25 | they wanted me for the whole day of Friday but I said I 'm sorry I can only do you half day if you 're interested , they were , they were desperate . |
| 26 | Unfortunately , there is no real solution to these difficulties and again we can only leave it to the reader to arrive at his or her own conclusion on the basis of the material presented . |
| 27 | Education can make people more productive while health can only prevent them from becoming less productive . |
| 28 | going to cash my giro today as well you can only cash it at one of your local |
| 29 | The Leith-based Small , 19 , who reached the last 16 of the 1992 Embassy World Championship , said : ‘ This is my last event of the season , but I have still learned a great deal and I 'm sure it can only benefit me in the years to come . ’ |
| 30 | ( 110 , p.225 n.2 ) Possibly such claims were put forward even earlier , although one can only infer them from the appearance of closed crowns on the English coinage in the reign of Henry VII . |