Example sentences of "can [adv] [verb] that this be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local inspectors , on the other hand , can rightly argue that this is their great strength . |
| 2 | One can only assume that this is another example of the popular press indulging in unwarranted smears , this time against the Mission Impossible Party of Labour and the loyal supporters of Darlington FC . |
| 3 | Moreover , by choosing an option that has been shown to be the best in terms of quality of life days gained general practitioners would be more certain that they were acting with beneficence ; at present , using simply their ‘ unaided intuitive judgment ’ to make such decisions , they can only hope that this is the case . |
| 4 | I can only volunteer that this is done by designers who have an imperfect understanding of the nature and properties of wood , or who are literally prepared to risk it . |
| 5 | I can not think that this is right . |
| 6 | But we can not assume that this is always the case . |
| 7 | In this book , I describe and explain these activities and although I can not claim that this is a comprehensive guide to parties — such a task would be virtually impossible ! — I do know that , if you follow my advice , your children and their friends will have a really enjoyable time ! |
| 8 | Thus , although I recognise that the most striking feature of the events in suit is , from the point of view of a criminal lawyer , that they happened after charge , I can not accept that this is the only perspective in which they should be viewed . |
| 9 | One can not establish that this is the case in one case without establishing that it is the case in all like cases . |
| 10 | After complaining they had focused too much on the warring Wales ' angle , the official was challenged : ‘ Surely you can not say that this is a happy marriage ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Eventually I said angrily that ‘ surely you can not say that this is a happy marriage ? ’ |
| 12 | One might have suspected them of being adverbs that simply lacked the ordinary morphological marking , as in : ( 12 ) Grandmother took the corner too fast However , one can conclusively show that this is not so by finding examples where the predicate qualifiers fill a position which can also be occupied by a true adverb ; here we observe that the effect is strikingly different . |
| 13 | I can hardly believe that this is the same company that produced the excellent Ami Pro manuals . |
| 14 | In the later interviews it is only when grandparents were not known directly that there is no significant memory of them , and we can reasonably assume that this was also the commonest reason for lack of memory in the first set . |
| 15 | I can also confirm that this is indeed the most luxurious Range Rover to date . |