Example sentences of "[modal v] only come " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very often the vagina and part of the uterus can be separated into two parts by a fibrous partition and this may only come to light after difficulty when intercourse first takes place , or sometimes at the onset of pregnancy . |
| 2 | Be careful , señorita , to catch that love when it comes , because it may only come to you once . ’ |
| 3 | The total value may only come to around £2,000 ; small by recent standards , but the police say the operation was a success . |
| 4 | Whereas Moscow tried to pose as the champion of German unity therefore , the West posed as the defender of German liberty , arguing that reunification must only come after free nation-wide elections , and that Germany should be able to choose its own Allies . |
| 5 | ‘ Aye well , miss , if I do n't see her the night on the quiet , I 'll only come to the shop the morrow , an' I 'll put it plainly to her da . ’ |
| 6 | turning the output into mono because at the moment it 's stereo and it 'll only come through one earhole . |
| 7 | as well erm but I mean if those come to anything at all they 'll only come t gon na come to something fairly local are n't they . |
| 8 | Release could only come if and when he finished his long apologia . |
| 9 | Even the Commission , with all its enthusiasm for EMU , could only come up with a potential saving of between 0.1% and 0.5% of the Community 's GDP , and even this did not take into account new costs of changing the ecu into other , non-EC currencies . |
| 10 | Carol had written it specially for Nicholson ; he could read some of the special nuances that would mean something to him and no one else , nuances that could only come from a friendship and working relationship spanning fifteen years . |
| 11 | Such lèse-majesté could only come from a member of the public . |
| 12 | When he was asked his philosophy , this man said that freedom and release could only come when you saw a muddy ditch as being the same as the beautiful Ganges . |
| 13 | Sadler had articulated the political sentiment in his Manchester inquiry when he remarked on how education was but one aspect of ‘ a many sided problem ’ , and as such it necessitated both the development of individuality and personal conviction and ‘ a sense of national duty and obligation towards the State ’ , which could only come through ‘ better and more systematic training for the duties of citizenship and for home-making and family claims ’ . |
| 14 | The police were empowered to direct and to route processions , but a ban could only come from the Home Secretary . |
| 15 | But his tortured mind could only come to the same conclusion . |
| 16 | At Ashburnham , Brown created a late eighteenth-century sense of ‘ wilderness ’ that could only come from the utmost ingenuity ; sudden ‘ surprise ’ views of the house replaced the structured avenues and rigid vistas of earlier occupants . |
| 17 | There was practically none of the systematic planning and oversight which so characterised Bath and many other spas : that could only come from the implementation of a single plan by a great landowner and architect , and Brighton had a few of these . |
| 18 | In a cloak and dagger operation , he got in touch and insisted he could only come to her shop when there would be no other customers around . |
| 19 | Chainsaw guitars , bonecrusher drums , some bloke yammering on about serial killers … a sound that could only come from one place . |
| 20 | But such rectitude could only come when the inner disposition was right . |
| 21 | Yet Citrine was working within a specific , more individualist business culture and , though change could only come slowly , collective discussion remained the only antidote to bureaucracy that he ever really understood . |
| 22 | The fusion of the Asian and European conflicts was a gamble which could only come off if a successful blitzkrieg were to lead to negotiation . |
| 23 | And these infringements , needless to say , could only come from the Vietminh . |
| 24 | Such hard evidence could only come from the rocks . |
| 25 | Minch had long ago taught Creggan to ignore this altogether as their food was never good and an eagle could only come to harm if he got involved with people in that way . |
| 26 | It gets its name from the belief that such a flower could only come from the home of a god — Mt Parnassus . |
| 27 | So , if we knew that P was the first letter of a word we would know that the second letter could only come from a small group , and that A , E , I , O , and U are the most likely candidates , H and S are less likely but possible , and F and N very unlikely , but not impossible . |
| 28 | Such a situation could only come about if researchers are encouraged to at least prepare for publication , if not to actually publish , papers on their research whilst they are still in the environs of the university . |
| 29 | The resolution noted that self-determination , either in a purely Basque framework or sharing sovereignty partially or fully with " other peoples " , could only come about gradually and democratically and with due regard to " historical context " . |
| 30 | The army insisted that a viable peace agreement could only come with the laying down of LTTE arms . |