Example sentences of "[modal v] only surmise that " in BNC.
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1 | So one can only surmise that this rather authoritarian sign is aimed at people whose knuckles scrape the tarmac . |
2 | One can only surmise that this arrangement was for the programming convenience of the television station which covered the matches . |
3 | Seeing just how comprehensive a work this is , with factory serial number , date of registration , date of next C of A expiry , owner's/operator 's name and probable base all listed , I can only surmise that the note-scribblers/pocket memo mumblers — many of whom seem not to have the slightest knowledge or interest in the type of aeroplane on which the letters are painted — are performing the latter-day equivalent of the sacred ritual which I and many others who have long since outgrown it once enacted in John W.R. Taylor 's ABC of Civil Aircraft Makings . |
4 | Steven Stud , 40 , said : ‘ I can only surmise that the people at the Cambridge hospice did n't want us there . |
5 | And I can only surmise that the green gear was ordered before the Premier League learned there 'd be no sponsorship from Harry Ramsden 's ! |
6 | We can only surmise that a few basic signalling systems emerged early in evolution and were then modified in subtle ways to meet the unique signalling requirements of different cells . |
7 | I can only surmise that comapnies buying holidays abroad could be in difficulty because of currency fluctuations . |