Example sentences of "[coord] it can [adv] be [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | It does not commend itself on the basis of observable experience in the everyday world , and it can not be easily and rationally justified . |
2 | The distance of the cluster is believed to be over 9000 light-years ; it contains several thousands of stars , and it can not be less than 30 light-years in diameter . |
3 | The evidence in this extract is conclusive , and it can therefore be definitively stated that Agatha Christie 's source for the character of Hercule Poirot was Speke , Parot . |
4 | That 's , that 's true , eh , I mean the alloy in the other ones have to be quite crafty when you get up to twenty two carat for example and eh , very eh , eh , large chunk of gold in it , and it can indeed be very soft , but then you see that 's an eighteen carat ring that I 've had for , worn , all the time for twenty four years |
5 | ‘ Ah , but it ca n't be very evident or I would n't have had to spend an hour and half in the X-ray Department and they would n't have had to take a Complete album of me . ’ |
6 | Cynics may suggest that we are required to admire Nelson Mandela because he is fashionably black , but it can not be that simple . |
7 | It is indeed still there , to be built on , in Ulysses in the further elaboration of Stephen , but it can not be fully achieved unless the wounds are acknowledged . |
8 | But it can also be very brisk and neat with a perfect close in 5th position as it is in many Bournonville ballets and Ashton 's Birthday Offering . |
9 | It 's fun sometimes , but it can also be really degrading . |
10 | Wagner can count some worthwhile benchmarks — from the Caring in Homes initiative to the forthcoming Children 's Charter and one or two legislative achievements — but it can also be justly proud of its part in seeing that residential care is on the political agenda , no longer a Cinderella service . |
11 | It is not only easier to remember everything this way but it can actually be more fun too . |