Example sentences of "[be] that [adj] [noun] can be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not all summons forms can be used as addresses ( e.g. hey you in ( 47 ) can not occur in the slot occupied by Madam in ( 48 ) ) , although it may be that all addresses can be used as summonses ( Zwicky , 1974 : 791 ) . |
| 2 | It may be that several disciplines can be brought to bear fruitfully upon an area ( Europe ) , period ( Enlightenment ) , problem ( traffic congestion ) , or theme ( Pastoral ) while still maintaining their distinct identity ; in which case the term ‘ multidisciplinary ’ ( OECD 1972 ) becomes appropriate . |
| 3 | Amis also likes to write , as Larkin liked to write , about the fear of death , and it may be that this fear can be detected in the failure to notice here that both sorts of people are subject to it , as to other unavoidable misfortunes , and that both sorts die . |
| 4 | ‘ The overall view is that much improvement can be made in these guides , which at present would only be of marginal use to a student . |
| 5 | As we said earlier , one benefit of using the UV technique is that all artwork can be retained for future use , perhaps being modified if necessary . |
| 6 | If we are to do this we must be clear what such skills include , and an advantage in having the librarian working in consultation with the planning team is that such questions can be asked and their proper inclusion sensibly planned . |
| 7 | One possible advantage of the checks in Schantz 's pianos is that each check can be adjusted individually . |
| 8 | The implication of this is that many mergers can be regarded as failures in the sense that they do not attain the gains in efficiency claimed as their justification . |
| 9 | What er more staff would mean is that more visits can be made to more HMO 's to put more of the problems right ; it 's , it 's just about that simple . |
| 10 | One prevalent notion is that this self-improvement can be achieved through encouraging less rational , more intuitive , styles of thinking , and that dreams represent this ideal . |
| 11 | The miracle of anorexia is that this wish can be fulfilled : one does not have to grow up ; one does not have to become a woman , even in the biological sense ; one can reject all foreign substances , for which food is a metaphor , and subject them to one 's will . |
| 12 | The clever part is that this frame can be manipulated to make it into an irregular shape as required to match the text to the graphic . |
| 13 | The result is that older people can be attacked from either direction regardless of what they decide to do . |
| 14 | The claim is that these rules can be built up from a simple base . |
| 15 | What is impressive is that these distinctions can be made without any prior knowledge of the syntactic and semantic categories of the words involved . |
| 16 | Another important point is that these examples can be used modally : ie. A major , B dorian , C♯ phrygian , D lydian , E mixolydian , F♯ aeolian and G♯ locrian . |
| 17 | my Lord er as indicated to your Lordship yesterday , erm , er the primary position of er is that these issues can be decided and should be decided that in the manner that I 've submitted to your Lordship , er and in the societies favour . |