Example sentences of "can [be] [verb] [conj] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if you 're married , the rental income can be treated as either the husband 's or the wife 's , depending on which suits your circumstances best . |
| 2 | Where they do not exist it can be presumed that either the genuine silver-gilt coronet was used at the funeral and then put back into the strongroom after the funeral , or they have disintegrated . |
| 3 | But this is the general position and in vehicles like Minis it could be argued that such a view can be obtained when only the wiper in front of the driver works , therefore each vehicle must be dealt with separately . |
| 4 | The approach suggests that organisations can be viewed as essentially the same and that there are few differences between organisations that can not be overcome by the application of general principles . |
| 5 | Consequently , it can be determined whether relatively the costs of litigation are too high when compared with the amount of damages awarded . |
| 6 | In this way members of any size can be supplied and practically the whole volume of both large and small trees is made use of . |
| 7 | Table 11.8 gives a breakdown of the main sectors that can be identified and also the leading firms or ‘ names ’ in each sector . |
| 8 | In principle , it seems unjust that a homicide conviction should not be possible in such a case , if all the other elements can be established and only the ‘ year and a day ’ rule stands in the way . |
| 9 | Stringer and Richardson ( 1980 ) show how information can be managed and how the presentation of statistics by government departments can keep problems off the agenda . |
| 10 | Just as the events themselves can be known but not the experiences which they provoked , so we can not hope to understand Eliot as he knelt in that chapel or in the presence of his God . |