Example sentences of "[coord] it can [adv] [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But these are cropping up everywhere , and it can only be a matter of time before they become as common as the cold . |
| 2 | And my guess would be , and it can only be a guess , that if there actually was disagreement between a county and the prospective recipient of a new settlement , then I suspect that that the Secretary of State would not want such proposals to proceed . |
| 3 | That is to say , the spin is either " up " or " down " with respect to that direction and it can never be a bit " sideways ' . |
| 4 | But it can also be a foreign world to us , and to those whose faces are set against God it is a closed world . |
| 5 | The bedroom can be a retreat but it can also be a bitter reminder of the comfort you would like to be getting from your partner . |
| 6 | So , from the left perspective , political inactivity can be a sign of satisfaction and strength , but it can also be a sign of disaffection and weakness . |
| 7 | The work of Freud , and subsequent psychoanalysts , has indicated that when the pain of unexpressed feelings is not recognized or acknowledged , the subconscious mind ensures that such recognition never re-emerges at a conscious level , but it can nevertheless be a major subconscious influence on the social performance of the individual . |
| 8 | But it can only be a quirk ; and the force of its ‘ goodness ’ is strictly limited and circumscribed . |
| 9 | We draw up the perfect guest list , and then go about extending the invitations — we have n't yet resorted to blackmail but it can only be a matter of time . |
| 10 | They have every right to be different — it 's very presumptuous of us to invent personalities for them simply because we 've seen them act on a cinema screen , but it can still be a shock when they 're not as you 'd hoped . |
| 11 | Haemorrhage is usually immediate but it can occasionally be a late complication . |