Example sentences of "can only [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm sure such generalisations are unjust , but I can only speak as I find ! |
| 2 | You can only do as well as your knowledge and experience allow which is just the same as the rest of us . |
| 3 | Worries centre on what appears to be an acceptance by IBM that its mainframe business has slipped into irretrievable decline , and as that perception becomes widespread among users the decline can only accelerate as those that had planned to grow their mainframe installations pause and reconsider the options . |
| 4 | Since their parts ( or at least some of them ) can only exist as parts of just such a whole , no definite sense can be attached to a contrast between the sum of the values of their parts and their value on the whole . |
| 5 | One can only speculate as to who put them up to it . ’ |
| 6 | We can only speculate as to why such ambivalence or hostility to markets persists . |
| 7 | On reading the list of collections in the occupied territories , one can only speculate as to what has happened to some 3,000 numismatic items , 15,000 volumes of rare books and 8,100 prints , as well as antique arms belonging to the collection of Baltazar Bogisic , one of the most distinguished Croatian scientists of the nineteenth century . |
| 8 | Indeed we know very little about contemporary kin relationships ( Finch 1989 ) and can only speculate as to how increased rates of divorce and remarriage will affect family relationships . |
| 9 | Obviously he did not make himself known so we can only speculate as to who he was watching , but we are all hoping that Trevor Proby will soon get the call . |
| 10 | It looks as though John McVeir was a party to Moir McIlchenich 's murder although he was never charged with it , and we can only speculate as to what the three accused said before the Baillie on 16th May which induced the authorities to apprehend John McVeir and bring him before the Baillie on 22nd May 1699 — did they " split " on him ? |
| 11 | We can only guess as to the type of houses at this period , but if we believe the cartographer they seem to be buildings of the Hall House type . |
| 12 | They can only act as he has taught them . |
| 13 | ‘ We can only demolish as and when a number of properties become available and can be taken out without affecting the remaining properties , ’ said Mr Allan . |
| 14 | THE nuclear debate can only heighten as the election draws near which means , as it will he mainly be between politicians , that it will get more incomprehensible . |
| 15 | A small indeterminate woman in a lightly belted black raincoat slipped in past me : she had wispy fair hair and I could see at once from whence the twins had inherited what I can only describe as their nebulousness — a sense of the nebulae or star cluster that is better seen out of the corner of the eye . |
| 16 | ‘ So Ryan 's stuck with a piece of land he ca n't develop and can only sell as it stands at market value ? ’ she asked , beginning to enjoy the irony of it . |