Sentence examples for could only realistically from inspiring English sources

Why did anyone make a guillotine so tiny it could only realistically behead bugs and baby mice?

Flintoff could only realistically be termed the franchise's biggest draw in celebrity terms, but Law has made it clear he will not be coming merely as a gimmick.

It may make an early general election – which could only realistically be disastrous for Labour – less likely as nervous Tory MPs in the south-west eye a Lib Dem resurgence that could turf them out.

Even with additional finagling to the tax code, the CRS says, the government could only realistically expect to get its hands on about $100 or $150 billion of that $1.1 trillion.

Doubtless, we could grow some more milling-quality wheat, but there will always be a large proportion of arable land in the UK that could only be realistically used for growing livestock feed.

Realistically he could only be either kept in the job or moved to the post of foreign secretary without it seeming like a demotion.

He was furious…" Odierno told Sky to find a pragmatic solution to the crisis; realistically, it could only be solved one way – an exchange of hostages.

Three-dimensional figures by Pedro de Mena and Gregorio Fernández, among others, were not only realistically painted; they also could have glass eyes and tears, ivory teeth, and toenails made from animal horn.

Liverpool can only realistically lift the title if they win and City lose.

I thought in my mind I could be, but realistically it was never going to happen".

Our Access and Mobility Committee of five members with part-time administrative support could realistically only handle a small volunteer project.