Example sentences of "be carried [adv prt] only [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | when the business of the partnership can be carried on only at a loss ; |
| 2 | He may be mistaken in his choice of means , but it is against nature that he should wish harm to his kingdom ’ A unified and consistent policy , it was often contended , could be carried on only by a monarch , not by a group of ministers each of whom had his own axe to grind ( this was a favourite argument of Frederick II in particular ) . |
| 3 | Experts had testified in Congress that the massive expense of such research meant that it could be carried out only with government backing . |
| 4 | Examinations need to be carried out only at infrequent intervals and in most cases only those aspects of the product or container that are known to be those most likely to undergo change need be examined . |
| 5 | Similarly the recommendations of the NCLE working party earlier in this volume which are particularly pertinent to foreign language teachers ( nos. 2 , 4 , 5 , 7 and 8 ) can not be carried out only within initial training . |
| 6 | Parliament listed a number of goods , known as the ‘ enumerated articles ’ , which the colonies were not allowed to send anywhere outside the empire , and which were to be carried out only in ships from England or from the country of origin . |
| 7 | It is clearly ridiculous to suggest that effective research can be carried out only in the absence of an adult experimenter . |
| 8 | Furthermore , is it not rash to say that it is to be carried out only in the patients ' best interests ? |
| 9 | Some can be carried out only by experienced master bomb makers . |
| 10 | My understanding of his proposal is that inspections should be carried out only by local government inspectors . |