Example sentences of "[pron] can [adv] [be] [vb pp] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are issued for periods ranging from 3 months to 5 years at a rate of interest which can either be fixed or floating . |
| 2 | It is an idea which can easily be qualified or diluted . |
| 3 | Guar gum is a complex polysaccharide which can not be digested or absorbed and it appears to have two effects . |
| 4 | ‘ Because if morality has a status which can not be challenged or transcended then the search itself is under judgment . ’ |
| 5 | The ‘ bleep test , ’ the faceless , metronomic PT Instructor which can not be cursed or cheated , has honed the squads to a peak of measurable athletic performance , suggesting that our cricketers are fitter than our rugby players . |
| 6 | First of all , health and health care are seen as political , social and ideological issues which can not be understood or tackled in isolation on a medical or technical basis . |
| 7 | In each case the land has been exploited far beyond its true potential — out of dire necessity during the Wars , and now for blind greed and short-term gain resulting in vast surpluses which can not be eaten or sold . |
| 8 | But in the long run nature , which can not be ignored or defied with impunity , asserts its power ; … health fails … [ she ] leaves college a good scholar but a delicate and ailing woman … the special functions which have relation to her future offices as a woman , and the full and perfect accomplishment of which is essential to sexual completeness , have been deranged at a critical time . |
| 9 | It may be possible to argue that the parol evidence rule applies and that the signed document contains the whole of the parties ' agreement , which can not be supplemented or varied by reference to any other document or oral agreement . |
| 10 | Realistic goals , mutually agreed with the patient when this is possible , could then be set to prevent potential problems from becoming actual ones ; to alleviate or solve the actual problems ; or to help the person cope with those which can not be alleviated or solved . |
| 11 | Mutual , realistic goals can then be set to prevent potential problems from becoming actual ones ; to alleviate or solve the actual problems ; or to help the patient cope with those which can not be alleviated or solved . |
| 12 | which can not be interpreted or praised : |
| 13 | By virtue of s41 of CPA 1987 , breach of a safety regulation , as distinct from the general safety requirement , is also grounds for a civil action by any person affected which can not be excluded or limited by any contract term or notice . |
| 14 | But these details must be no more than reminders , ideas which can later be used or rejected . |
| 15 | This is easy enough with record sheets and drawings , which can simply be photocopied or put on to microfilm , but is far more of a problem with a photographic record comprising hundreds or thousands of slides and photographs . |
| 16 | There is no authentic or unified ‘ original ’ self which can simply be recovered or discovered as the source of ‘ autonomous ’ actions . |
| 17 | It is up to man to look at the world and through his perceptions and his thinking to convert the world either into a form which can then be processed or into an idea . |
| 18 | If you can not be contacted or do not make acceptable repayment proposals within a reasonable time , we may commence or continue procedures to enforce repayment . |
| 19 | PageMaker has a very clever habit of remembering all the changes that have been made to a document so that they can either be Undone or Reverted to . |
| 20 | But for those with a relatively static model of the universe and more or less fixed expectations , the discrepancies are deeply troubling if they can not be ignored or resolved by supplementary perceptual categories . |
| 21 | However , their benefits are much less tangible than a physical product in that they can not be stored or displayed and satisfaction is achieved through activities ( e.g. transportation from one place to another rather than say a seat on a train ) . |
| 22 | Some of these aspects may well combine in complex and inexplicable ways in the learning process and clearly the teacher can not take the chance of depriving learners of effective learning conditions on the grounds that they can not be explained or controlled . |
| 23 | They can not be shot or netted since they refuse to budge and will be sitting tight underground . |
| 24 | Like the colour of the great shades in the saloon , they can not be replaced or even exactly reproduced . |
| 25 | Lawrence warned : ‘ Bristol will be relaxed because they can not be promoted or relegated . |
| 26 | It can either be fixed or it can be mobile , we 'll go on to that , I 've actually drawn you four pictures , not very good pictures |
| 27 | Any spell cast by the bearer of the Staff will automatically work — it can not be dispelled or nullified in any way either by a magic card or by a magic item . |
| 28 | It can not be forgotten or surpassed though gone for ever . |
| 29 | However , it can not be proved or disproved in any final way and is unavoidably a political statement . |
| 30 | It can not be proved or deduced . |