Example sentences of "only be [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two older seated men can only be fitted in as they are in fig. 124 : behind the chariot on our right ; and next the figure in the other angle . |
| 2 | Also , the insurers will not necessarily cover all your customers and those that they do cover may only be covered up to a certain amount . |
| 3 | The fleece should only be gathered up when it is dry for storage to avoid mould developing . |
| 4 | ‘ A trustee can only be indemnified out of the pockets of his cestuis que trust against costs , charges , and expenses properly incurred for the benefit of the trust — a proposition in which the word ‘ properly ’ means reasonably as well as honestly incurred . |
| 5 | The graph of the cratering rate for the Moon ( Figure 8.1 ) can only be relied on to give a very general indication of the ages of the various cratered regions on the other terrestrial planets , even if considerable care is taken in adapting the data to these planets . |
| 6 | Although the initiators had a reasonably clear idea of what they wished to achieve and of the means by which this might be pursued , the fine detail could only be thrashed out as the project proceeded . |
| 7 | The real force and power of God 's ‘ Yes ! ’ can only be heard along with the ‘ No ! ’ that is necessarily carried with it . ) |
| 8 | This would not only reduce its political significance but it would allow for yearly increases ( though broadcasters have been quick to point out that the general rate of inflation is below the industry 's rate and so an increase would still leave a shortfall which can only be made up by savings ) . |
| 9 | The shortfall can only be made up by the sale of programmes and income from official car parks — so spectators are asked to support both . |
| 10 | In my view , accuracy can only be assured over very short periods of time , after which the refereeing panel must receive a proper rest . |
| 11 | The mutual structure of building societies means that capital resources to finance expansion can only be built up out of retained surpluses . |
| 12 | The restriction on volume and speed of delivery means that images can only be built up slowly , at a pace determined by the rate at which data arrives at the terminal . |
| 13 | He repeated the Comintern formula that " the united front can only be built up from below , by the workers themselves , not as a corrupt bargain of the reformist leaders and disorganisers of the struggle endeavouring to buy off the criticism of the revolutionaries , but as the solid class front of the workers " . |
| 14 | Estates tail , which formerly could only be created out of freeholds , can now , as equitable interests , be created out of any kind of property ; they are known as ‘ entailed interests ’ , and can be barred not only inter vivos by a deed , but also by a will , provided that the tenant in tail 's interest is in possession , and provided that he specifically refers in his will to the entailed property or the instrument creating it . |
| 15 | Toward the end of the war , many artillery pieces were of such a size and weight that they could only be moved around on specially strengthened railway freight wagons . |
| 16 | The tool can only be turned on by pushing a lock-off switch on the rear handle with the thumb , whilst depressing the two triggers on the front and rear handles . |
| 17 | For this reason , young foals under a month old should only be turned out in the field if the weather conditions are good . |
| 18 | The immediate ‘ bone ’ offered to Mrs Castle was the phasing out of 1,000 pay beds , but that thereafter further pay beds would only be phased out on the direction of the newly established board , with a number of criteria required to justify the release of additional beds : the principal one being the establishment of an alternative source of private beds in the locality of change . |
| 19 | Not surprisingly , in view of the dangers and discomforts of a life at sea , the navy could still only be kept up to strength by the press gang , but everyone did his best to obstruct the activities of the pressmaster , as one , writing from Hull on 13 May 1694 , made all too clear : |
| 20 | Whilst the resource-rich USSR could finance equipment imports through raw material exports , resource-poor Eastern Europe has been forced to finance her imports through Western loans , which can only be repaid out of future export performance . |
| 21 | The many rules and regulations concerning licensing will only be touched on in this section ; they form in themselves a considerable volume of law . |
| 22 | It was an unusually quiet night , and Jack had been called in earlier and had stayed not out of necessity but because , as he said , if he went home he would only be called out again . |
| 23 | This was one reason why they played such an important role in the renaissance of interest in the classical world from the fifteenth century onwards : here were many examples of objects giving tangible evidence for events which could otherwise only be read about . |
| 24 | Quite a high percentage of bar codes could only be read in after several attempts , and a not insignificant percentage simply would not read in at all . |
| 25 | If any modules are offline , the time to the next scheduled online/offline run will be displayed and all modules will only be read out when the offline modules within the package come back online . |
| 26 | If any modules being read out are offline , the time to the next scheduled online/offline run will be displayed and all selected modules will only be read out when the offline modules within the package come back online . |
| 27 | If any selected modules are offline , the time to the next scheduled online/offline run will be displayed and all selected modules will only be read out when the offline modules within the package come back online . |
| 28 | All modules requested will only be read out when all modules are available online . |
| 29 | The virus could only be triggered off when someone wanted classified information on our files . |
| 30 | At its most conventional , the use of word pairs is a substitute for creative poetic activity , whereas the parallelism of greater precision is a subtle relationship between or among the lines of poetry that can only be designed in by a relatively sophisticated artist . |