Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] it can [adv] [be] " in BNC.

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1 The emphasis is on beef but its milk yield remains adequate and it can still be considered a dual-purpose type .
2 The setting might appear incongruous but it can also be seen as being particularly poignant .
3 This unevenness of development means that there can be no general history of science as such : it is uneven but it can not be combined .
4 Teaching must be alive and it can only be alive in the present moment — it is time-consuming to try to make stale bread palatable , and why bother when fresh bread is available ?
5 This seems fairly remarkable and it can only be assumed they are being kept awake by ghost stories and surveys about what people do in bed .
6 Desire is psychological and it can not be amputated .
7 The impracticality of the ‘ inferred recognition ’ theory as a legal concept for forensic use is obvious and it can not be thought that that was the intention of Her Majesty 's Government in giving the Parliamentary answers .
8 When I told him that I would also like to buy a smaller Popova , he objected , ‘ No , I 'm keeping this because it 's small and it can always be hung anywhere , but these big ones … where can they go ? ’
9 Haemorrhage is usually immediate but it can occasionally be a late complication .
10 This can be instinctive and it can also be perfected and developed .
11 At this stage the fill colour is yellow but it can easily be changed .
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