Example sentences of "can [adv] [be] [vb pp] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may seem somewhat curious logic to decide whether empirically determined facts can only be accepted provided that they can be explained , but one can understand the attitude when the facts seem less than certain . |
| 2 | The one study on which this latter conclusion is based can not be generalized to demonstrate that there is a specific deterrent effect for all other corporate offences , and in any case , it should be treated very cautiously , not only because a single study can often be shown later to have missed the general condition , but also because it flies in the face of empirically grounded deterrence theory . |
| 3 | that the plaintiffs can not be heard to say that they have acted dishonestly when an honest construction can be put upon their conduct by treating their acceptance and retention of the money as being upon the terms on which it was offered . |
| 4 | Clearly , the fact that ethnic minority parents do not request help can not be taken to mean that they fully understand the information they receive . |
| 5 | It has already been shown above that the argument can not be taken to mean that either institutional investors or the board of directors do in reality constrain corporate managers to profit-maximize . |
| 6 | As with any evasion , the horse can not be expected to know that he is not supposed to do it . |
| 7 | Yet without these forward markets the price system can not be expected to ensure that the marginal cost and marginal benefits of planned future goods are equal . |
| 8 | The reason why the doing what a man is already bound to do is no consideration , is not only because such a consideration is in judgment of law of no value , but because a man can hardly be allowed to say that the prior legal obligation was not his determining motive . |
| 9 | If there is any doubt about the chosen criterion for distance moved during the first step then the second step can also be analysed to ensure that the motor maintains synchronism during that excitation interval . |