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The phrase "amends only by" is not correct in standard written English and lacks clarity.
It may be intended to express that changes or corrections can only be made through a specific means, but it requires additional context to be fully understood.
Example: "The contract states that any changes to the agreement can be made amends only by mutual consent."
Alternatives: "changes only through" or "corrections solely by".
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Carmakers could make amends only by focusing on electric or hydrogen vehicles which emit little more harmful than water and might thus prevent millions of illnesses.
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The federal constitution, moreover, could be amended only by a unanimous vote of the states.
If the bylaws can be amended only by a shareholder vote, he said, a shareholder meeting must be called.
Two "entrenched" clauses, on language and franchise, could be amended only by a two-thirds majority vote in Parliament.
The issue centred on the revision and patriation of the British North America Act of 1867, which could be amended only by the British Parliament on Canada's behalf.
Third, as a corollary, constitutions became entrenched written documents expressing a "higher" law, which could be amended only by the people as a whole or by some supermajority that could plausibly be said to represent their will.
But Ireland has quite an extensive written constitution and it can be amended only by process of national referendum.
I try to make amends only when it is genuine.
Tonga's constitution, granted in 1875 by King George Tupou I and amended only slightly since, established a constitutional monarchy.
Mr Frist et al are not only trying to amend a document that most Americans believe should be amended only in the most dire circumstances; they are trying to inject the federal government into an issue that has traditionally been decided by state governments.This overreach is doubly foolish.
The Bush administration could amend the diesel rules only by restarting the time-consuming procedure that produced the new standards.
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