Example sentences of "could only [verb] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sanitary legislation could only go so far in monitoring personal health ; what was vital was a popular campaign stressing the individual 's own responsibility to observe the rules of health . |
| 2 | you could only go so , yeah and |
| 3 | Whilst humans could eat meat , they could only do so after careful selection and preparation of the animal ( Lev . |
| 4 | The Americans , called on to prove their sincerity , could only do so in terms of the number of Hawks and TOWs that had already been shipped . |
| 5 | Her letters to her daughter were a constant reminder of the affairs of her kingdom — and of the fact that regents could only do so much . |
| 6 | If the sectoral approach and spillover were to achieve any great potential , they could only do so on a more limited front — that is , by the six states which had already agreed to the supranational principle by forming the ECSC . |
| 7 | In her eyes , she could only do so by stepping outside the framework imposed by the Act . |
| 8 | A King , he said , could only do so in terms approved by his ministers . |
| 9 | They observe , however , that it would on any view be a grave impediment to the freedom of the press if those who print , or a fortiori those who distribute , matter reflecting critically on the conduct of public authorities could only do so with impunity if they could first verify the accuracy of all statements of fact on which the criticism was based . |
| 10 | We could only do so if in our view he was so clearly and outrageously wrong that his decision could properly be said to be irrational . |
| 11 | The vicar had asked me in the war to do this and erm I was secretary of that and I used to say er , you know you could only do so much because we was n't like housewives today . |
| 12 | At Hendaye , Franco stated personally what had already been said in his letters and through his ministers and officials : Spain was committed to helping the Axis , but could only do so when she was materially equipped for war and assured of her " rightful " territorial claims in North Africa . |
| 13 | The couturier could only give so much . |
| 14 | Because he only had to be in the same room for her nervous system to run haywire , and she could only take so much punishment . |
| 15 | It could only seem so to those who see sexuality as something essentially disruptive , invading , and dangerous . |