Example sentences of "could only [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the area of taxation it had been established by the time of Edward I that direct taxes could only be levied with the consent of Parliament . |
| 2 | Additionally , certain screens could only be accessed through the enquiry option because the data displayed could not , and should not , be directly amended . |
| 3 | Since jade can not be flaked , like flint and obsidian , it could only be shaped by grinding it with sand on a piece of wood for weeks or months . |
| 4 | Rather , Marx argued , the nature of man could only be revealed by seeing man in society , in history , and in politics . |
| 5 | From his position at the Paris museum , he promulgated a new approach in which animals would be classified not by their external appearance but by internal resemblances that could only be revealed by dissection . |
| 6 | These were in contrast to upland permanent pasture , where arable farming could only be undertaken infrequently , in special circumstances . |
| 7 | 7.6.3.3 some defect or deficiency in the site upon which the rebuilding or reinstatement is to take place [ would render the same impossible or would mean that the same could only be undertaken at a cost that would be unreasonable in all the circumstances ] |
| 8 | As to its effect on Heather , struggling to shake off nervous depression and come to terms with her sister 's loss , that could only be imagined . |
| 9 | The ballistic expert 's evidence was that the defendant 's gun was fitted with a hammer block safety mechanism , which was in proper working order , so that it could only be fired if the trigger was fully pressed back . |
| 10 | It required no elaborate analysis to draw the lesson : economic grievances could only be redressed by achieving political change . |
| 11 | Science and technology would be harnessed and a political dimension was introduced with the belief that the full potential of the new architecture could only be realized if established traditions were overthrown . |
| 12 | Henry Dyer , the Scottish educationalist , warned of the ‘ vast forces ’ which needed to be ‘ guided by an intelligent democracy ’ which itself could only be ensured by ‘ an adequate system of education ’ , otherwise , everything ‘ will end in chaos and despotism ’ . |
| 13 | There had been some plants under construction for wartime-approved purposes , but in 1945 itself only 170MW of new plant had been completed , and in 1946 this could only be increased to 288MW and in 1947 to 340MW . |
| 14 | The efficiency of government could only be increased at the expense of its popularity ; the more corrupt and less efficient the government , the more acceptable it was to creole merchants and landowners . |
| 15 | for him to determine as a preliminary issue whether the county court had jurisdiction to deal with the matter , or whether , as the council claim , the question whether they had discharged their statutory duty under section 69 could only be raised by way of proceedings for judicial review in the High Court . |
| 16 | l he general conclusion reached here was that any attempt to get behind the early church 's proclamation of Jesus to what Jesus himself had actually believed about himself could only be built on psychological conjecture and historical guesswork . |
| 17 | The council says the 1987 lease states a pharmacy could only be built there if a doctor 's surgery was on the site as well . |
| 18 | They could only be understood by those educated as courtiers . |
| 19 | Arguably just such a change took place in the early 1980s , and the pressures encouraging it could only be understood in the context of shifts in the wider political economy . |
| 20 | Fleischmann told him that they were seeing heat coming from their cell in amounts that could only be understood if nuclear fusion was happening . |
| 21 | He argued against the linear view and stated that the study of history could only be understood through an intuitive understanding of spiritual destiny , rather than the material cause and effect relationship of modern science . |
| 22 | This would be the case if texts could only be understood completely as long as they were accompanied by the single , correct title . |
| 23 | The community was something more than a collection of species working together for mutual advantage — it obeyed laws that could only be understood at a level transcending that of the individual organisms . |
| 24 | By dwelling on this complex chain of cause and effect , Gouldner indicated that the strike could only be understood against the background of changes in the employment relationship . |
| 25 | Thus in the Mediterranean basin the evolution of valleys ( Vita-Finzi , 1969 ) could only be understood by reference to human activity and , more biogeographically , the significance of cultural biogeography was exemplified by the work of Professor D.R. Harris , which was initially in the field of historical ecology but proceeded to embrace the domestication of plants and animals ( e.g. Harris , 1968 ) and which later led to greater contacts with archaeology and to his appointment as Professor of Archaeology in the University of London in 1979 . |
| 26 | It was generally agreed that this legislation could only be viewed as punitive , particularly in an area such as West Belfast , which is devoid of any real opportunities for employment . |
| 27 | Secondly , the appearance of a woman in the composing room could be seen as a sort of violation of male privacy , which could only be viewed with horror by male comps . |
| 28 | Fore-edge paintings had been put on books for centuries , but William Edwards was the first binder to paint landscape scenes on fore-edges which were hidden by gilt and could only be viewed by fanning the leaves of the book . |
| 29 | It was argued in that case that the taxpayer , however , could only be assessed on the income ( the gross income ) to the extent that he had power to enjoy it . |
| 30 | Of course , the staff at the Poly could only be flattered to take part in a state visit . |