Example sentences of "it can [adv] [be] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It can either be looking at the animal as an observer , in which case you can talk about the animals and what they are doing .
2 It can either be used as a ‘ black box ’ analyser with preprogrammed applications and automatic set-up for simple routine analysis , or as a sophisticated tool for application development .
3 It can either be marked on each item or shown on a ticket or notice referring to the item and in close proximity to it .
4 2.48 It can thus be seen from their lordships ' views in Taylor v O'Connor [ 1971 ] AC 115 that there is no judicial unanimity when damages come to be assessed under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 .
5 It can thus be assigned to one ( a' ) or other ( a " ) of the two possible symmetry species .
6 It can alternatively be stored in an array where the number of array elements is the number of words in the lexicon .
7 ( 2 ) In the case of an application for the grant of a new licence , the applicant shall , along with his application , lodge with the clerk of the board a plan of the premises in respect of which the application is made ; and ( ii ) arrange for the display at the premises , in a place and at a height where it can conveniently be read by the public , of a notice in the prescribed form intimating his application and the type of licence for which he applies , for a period of at least 21 days before the first day of the meeting as aforesaid .
8 Since the hypothesis is a tentative supposition , it can normally be stated by beginning with the word ‘ that ’ .
9 ( This is no doubt in some way concerned with the employee 's honesty. ) 2 The nature of the information itself Information will only be protected if it can properly be classed as a business secret or as material which , while not properly described as a business secret is , in all the circumstances , of such a highly confidential nature as to require the same protection as a business secret eo nomine .
10 Simply made from trellis panels , it can soon be covered in climbers , giving a cosy , private place from which to enjoy your garden .
11 The conclusion derived from this is that if an object is such that in principle it can not be referred to directly and unequivocally with a simple symbol , only described , then it can not qualify as a fundamental ontological existent .
12 The fact is that they hold the uterus open , which means that egg and sperm are allowed to unite , but the pregnancy is doomed because it can not be sustained without the uterus closing .
13 It can not be imposed from without .
14 If a libel is extremely serious , to the extent that a court is prepared to hold that it can not be compensated by money and deserves to be punished as a crime , its publisher may be made the target of a prosecution .
15 This outward aggression , however , if it can not be expressed to the object has to be turned inwards in depression , which is anger turned back upon the person .
16 It can not be achieved in practice .
17 However , although it can not be achieved in practice , the concept of an isolated system il important in estimating the maximum theoretical energy differences between a system and surroundings .
18 Being-for-itself must be wholly body and it must be wholly consciousness ; it can not be united with a body .
19 It can not be supported by evidence .
20 It can not be recalled in any coherent form .
21 A package can not be issued as a finished product if this is not done , and it can not be converted into a product at a later stage .
22 A package can not be issued as a finished product if this is not done , and it can not be converted into a product at a later stage .
23 ‘ Sundial may close if it can not be converted ’ The Sundial Hotel in Northallerton may close if it can not be converted into a nursing home , it was claimed this week .
24 It can not be given to many scientists to be outstanding as experimenter , technical innovator and teacher ; Kuypers was unquestionably all of these .
25 It can not be given in consideration of any sum under £30 .
26 Those opposed to the ordination of women to the priesthood maintain that it can not be seen as a legitimate development because it is ‘ closely related to the central doctrines of the Christian faith ’ .
27 However , it can not be seen as a new problem area .
28 If a caution was required , it can not be dispensed with simply to facilitate the operation .
29 Since it can not and will not save itself , it can not be saved by anything you or I might do .
30 It can not be concluded from this , however , that the economic dependency of the elderly population has increased .
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