Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] it can [adv] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once the discretion arises it is for the court to conduct the necessary balancing exercise between what would otherwise be required by the Convention and the interests of the children , but only where it can clearly be shown that the interests of the children require it should the court refuse to order their return . |
| 2 | In the Poetry Review for February , 1912 , a critic , who is himself a poet , and whom I always read with great interest , speaks of the struggle ‘ to find out what has been done , once and for all , better than it can ever be done again , and to find out what remains for us to do ’ … . |
| 3 | If you choose a ball , however , be sure that it is large enough so that it can not be swallowed . |
| 4 | Since a microcomputer is usually dedicated to controlling some fixed task , the program of instructions can be permanently built into the ROM so that it can not be corrupted . |
| 5 | The basket should not be closed too tightly as many duct stones are soft and the basket wires may become embedded in the stone so that it can not be released . |
| 6 | Conventions must therefore be established and followed strictly , about the manner in which such instructions are to be given and their content fixed , so that it can not be a matter of dispute what these instructions are . |
| 7 | With any excavating job you can avoid creating a blot on the landscape for months after by slicing the turf off in strips , so that it can later be relaid . |
| 8 | The tape containing the raw material collected will be deposited at the ESRC Data Archive at the University of Essex and will be designed so that it can easily be analysed in conjunction with Census Small Areas Statistics . |
| 9 | How does new learned information become ‘ represented ’ in the brain in the form of new patterns of connections between cells so that it can subsequently be retrieved and modify future behaviour ? |
| 10 | The way to get into the editor 's heart is to lay it out so that it can actually be read . |
| 11 | The matrix is designed to be flexible and adaptable so that it can readily be adjusted to respond to needs identified by users . |
| 12 | There was , of course , a diversity of tenures — so much so that it can never be assumed that the customs of any two manors were identical , or even similar , unless perhaps they formed part of the same feudal honour , for example the barony of Lewes in Sussex , which had evolved a set of common customs . |
| 13 | But he added : ‘ Obviously if it can not be provided by voluntary means that would be an entirely different ball game . ’ |
| 14 | He allows that , despite his claiming to have no consciousness of them , a court may punish a man for his drunken actions , but this is only because it can not be sure of distinguishing in the defendant 's plea ‘ what is real , what counterfeit ’ . |
| 15 | In assessing whether there is likely to be prejudice and if so whether it can properly be described as serious , the following matters should be borne in mind : first , the power of the judge at common law and under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 to regulate the admissibility of evidence ; secondly , the trial process itself , which should ensure that all relevant factual issues arising from delay will be placed before the jury as part of the evidence for their consideration , together with the powers of the judge to give appropriate directions to the jury before they consider their verdict . |
| 16 | In assessing whether there is likely to be prejudice and if so whether it can properly be described as serious , the following matters should be borne in mind : first , the power of the judge at common law and under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 to regulate the admissibility of evidence ; secondly , the trial process itself , which should ensure that all relevant factual issues arising from delay will be placed before the jury as part of the evidence for their consideration , together with the powers of the judge to give appropriate directions to the jury before they consider their verdict . |
| 17 | The structure of the wheel remains alongside the north-west elevation of the mill , although the wooden paddles have entirely rotted away and it can not be made to turn ( Plate 43 ) . |
| 18 | It also means that if difference in its sense of non-identity sets up the possibility of history , then difference in its sense of delay means also that it can never be finally concluded , for such deferral will always inhibit closure . |
| 19 | Quite apart from this , however , the practical consequences of the interpretation advanced for the applicant show clearly that it can not be right . |
| 20 | The regular septagon is the most inaccessable of the primary polygons … probably because it can not be constructed accurately with only ruler and compass . |
| 21 | Here , surely , are sufficient examples to show that , however banal or simple our definition of democracy , it soon turns out that it can not be used as a plain , uncomplicated term of description at all . |
| 22 | After pressing for about twenty seconds you remove your hand and , as you do so , you remove the coin but take it upwards so it can not be seen , look at the forehead as if the coin is still there and start everyone counting . |
| 23 | The pathetic story has been told , as far as it can now be known , in Mrs Spurling 's book , but an element of mystery remains . |
| 24 | His methods are still used today and it can reasonably be claimed that the influence of the eighteenth-century cattle breeders has been a major one worldwide . |
| 25 | It seems to be the very purest form of the art , even though it can not be other than a minor branch of it . |
| 26 | To these must be added the continuing high level of expenditure on parish roads , while the construction of new roads during enclosures must be acknowledged even though it can not be calculated . |
| 27 | Velvet drapes beautifully , so it is acceptable to use a single mitred hem , which will lie flatter , particularly as it can not be pressed . |
| 28 | Attacking a Steam Tank is very difficult — not the least because it can not be brought to hand-to-hand combat but will always move off in its own turn . |
| 29 | First , he shows scathingly that it can not be done , this perfect law-keeping . |