Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] can [adv] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps it can best be described as a feeling of being ‘ earthed ’ . |
| 2 | To no other , to no less divine a source can I trace the movement ’ , but as we have seen , other speakers , like Joseph Parker , were more perceptive while the 1897 National Council president admitted that ‘ perhaps it can scarcely be denied that in some of our earliest Nonconformist Councils … at first the inspiration was to a large extent political ’ . |
| 3 | If the material is not felt to be long enough it can then be erased . |
| 4 | So it can never be used against me . ’ |
| 5 | Chain , which was introduced in 1811 , could be stowed in a small damp locker and so it can almost be said that chain cleared the space needed below for engines and coal bunkers . |
| 6 | Thus it can hardly be argued that the LEA had not taken steps to facilitate improvements in the school . |
| 7 | In view of the abrupt falling on in the numbers of husbandmen above £20 , plus the fact that this figure coincides roughly with the wealth of the average yeoman , farmers assessed at and above it can pragmatically be counted as yeomen . |
| 8 | Usually they can still be understood by other speakers of English , so why is it important to learn how weak forms are used ? |
| 9 | Moreover it can also be used to pinpoint any archaeological finds by giving accurate latitude and longitude positions . |
| 10 | Although this theory is expressed formally it can easily be given intuitive support . |
| 11 | Rather , ‘ the censure of this essay must be on a somewhat different ground — that of my wishing to have all at once what can only be had in succession in an historical process , a co-existence of the primitive and the most highly sophisticated ’ . |
| 12 | Mr. Stubbs , who lives at Corry Road , Hindhead refers to the great environmental writers and adds , ‘ I salute these noble men and women and hope that people will read their work and learn not only what we have lost but also what can still be saved in our beautiful world . ’ |
| 13 | Now it can still be objected that this is also true of adults and that I have still , therefore , failed to distinguish them from children . |
| 14 | I 'm still terrified , even though McDunn 's on my side , because I can see he 's not so hopeful any more and if they take him off this I might get the bad cops , the ones that just want a confession and Christ I 'm in England , not Scotland , and despite the McGuire Seven and the Guildford Four they still have n't changed the law : down here you can still be convicted on an uncorroborated confession even if you try to retract it later . |
| 15 | Mathematically we can still be caught , but the pressure is off . |
| 16 | Mathematically we can still be caught , but we 'd have to make a big mistake . |
| 17 | Trapped in a cruel flesh joke , desire burns holes so deep they can never be repaired . |
| 18 | So I hope you see , that this Aldershot method which several people have mentioned is is a very effective way of structuring what you do here it can also be used very simply in in a meeting just to be able to put your point across simply but effectively . |
| 19 | For surely it can never be accepted by any normal thinking person that the bloody battles and massacres that have been necessary to establish even a tentative hold on any part of that unhappy , and anything but ‘ holy ’ , land can possibly represent a successful implementation of that promise . |
| 20 | Here we once more encounter the recognition that at a conceptual level the idea of history can not be taken further : rather it can only be addressed through a tension in the writing itself . |
| 21 | These , and many other problems , have to be worked through patiently with the help of the wife , and fortunately they can often be resolved successfully . |
| 22 | If marriage exists to create some kind of secure relationship , from which flow mutual rights and expectations , and to provide a stable environment for raising children , if there be any , but is not predicated solely on the opportunity for intercourse , then it can legitimately be extended to cover the union of two persons , one of whom is an operated transsexual . |
| 23 | If you , fearing an attack by an octogenarian mugger , floor her with a swift knee to the stomach , then it can reasonably be said that you are , without doubt , paranoid . |
| 24 | And by doing so , The Accused rejects the assumptions of the other films , saying in effect that if this can not be said of this woman then it can never be said of any women in any situation . |
| 25 | If the statute provides a means of enforcement then it can only be enforced in this manner , unless the obligation is imposed for the benefit of a class and the plaintiff is a member of that class . |
| 26 | But to those for whom such patterns are becoming real , and for whom some rational explanation of the shift is required , then it can fairly be argued that the spreading ethic of Confucianism — exported in the last hundred years or so to every nation on and within the Pacific coastline by the tens of millions of overseas Chinese who have acted as its accidental evangelists — is crucial . |
| 27 | Indeed it can still be found in our own time , in some individual cases but also in new forms of patronage . |
| 28 | In the field of cancer therapy it is well known that irradiation can cause tumours and yet they can also be treated by radiation and many of the drugs used in chemotherapy for tumours can also cause tumours . |
| 29 | Therefore it can either be seen as Susan 's capital or as a current account balance due to Susan . |