Example sentences of "can [be] [adj] [prep] the [det] " in BNC.

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1 Both make-ups can be available at the same time and , so far as value goes , there is nothing to choose between them .
2 But even these figures can be misleading in the same way as would a statistic relating risk of lung cancer as a percentage of all smokers .
3 Bishop Jim Thompson , in Half Way , comments : ‘ The homosexual who has never had a physical relationship , because of religious conviction , or fear , or lack of opportunity , can be subject to the same panic in midlife as the heterosexual spinster or bachelor .
4 Workshops , garages , and the vehicle dispatch and receipt areas can be subject to the same control ( previously the Factories Act ) and more specific requirements will be necessary for the storage of hazardous liquids , gases and combustibles , generally , with supporting requirements for fire fighting equipment .
5 I am ambitious , but you can be ambitious in the same garden because of the amount of work that you can see five or ten years in front of you .
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