Example sentences of "can [adv] [be] [vb pp] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can only be deduced that most young people learn about homosexuality from the negative and misinformed images in the mainstream media . |
| 2 | It can thus be seen that this transformation with may be used to change the profile of the approaching waves . |
| 3 | However , it can not be denied that incompetent side-slipping and sideslipping close to the ground can cause accidents . |
| 4 | Notwithstanding the unbridled optimism of many such visions , it can not be denied that one source of the modern idea of progress was this millenarian theology of puritan reformers anxious to transform the world in readiness for Christ 's second |
| 5 | Furthermore it can not be assumed that all RDS information will be received accurately at all times . |
| 6 | Besides , the causes of some 60% of birth defects have yet to be discovered : it can not be assumed that all of them travel down only the female line . |
| 7 | However , it can not be assumed that all managers will consider the role of personality when they make decisions . |
| 8 | But it can not be assumed that these developments have in fact led to equality within the sexual sphere of marriage . |
| 9 | Most important , given that a rogue GMO in the environment might continue to reproduce and spread , it can not be assumed that any system of regulation can adequately guard against an environmental catastrophe . |
| 10 | While the benefits of faster growth may spread throughout the EC , it can not be assumed that this will occur in a balanced manner . |
| 11 | Since any comprehensive peace implies a reduction of influence by , and local dependency on , the superpowers , it can not be assumed that either superpower has a strong interest in a genuine peace , unless it is able to derive greater advantage from peace than it can from continued conflict . |
| 12 | It can not be pretended that either scholar 's career is entirely typical of its period-Hocazade 's career is unusually chaotic even for the later fifteenth century , Civizade 's in many respects unusually " regular " even for the later sixteenth century-but the degree to which they are atypic is not sufficient to give a misleading impression . |
| 13 | And it can not be said that that is the union 's business as of generally recognised right to decide , or to share in deciding , that application . |
| 14 | In summary , whether or not Fama and Jensen 's reasoning is right , it can not be said that more minuses in table 3.1 mean worse performance . |
| 15 | For example , it can not be argued that poor women resorted to abortion because doctors withheld information about other birth control methods . |
| 16 | Fraud appears to have increased rather than decreased , and it can not be argued that this is merely a matter of greater success in detection , as many of the frauds only come to light when investors find that they are unable to obtain their funds ( or the directors of the institution are found to be in sunny climes abroad , with little intention of returning to the UK ) . |
| 17 | As a result of the cell heterogeneity of biopsy specimens , however , it can not be excluded that inflammatory cells , widely infiltrating the mucosa of coeliac disease patients who have not been treated , also contribute to the changes of cyclic nucleotide metabolism . |
| 18 | ‘ But given the nature of his activities it can not be excluded that this was a political attack . ’ |
| 19 | The impracticality of the ‘ inferred recognition ’ theory as a legal concept for forensic use is obvious and it can not be thought that that was the intention of Her Majesty 's Government in giving the Parliamentary answers . |
| 20 | It can not be overemphasized that many non-biological factors mitigate the influence of fertility patterns upon health and mortality . |
| 21 | It can not be claimed that this machinery was very successful and the Thatcher Government rapidly did away with it . |
| 22 | Even in cases where the employee is imprisoned after trial , the employer can not be advised that any dismissal would be fair . |
| 23 | It can not be supposed that this regulation meant that , in each case , the minister in person should direct his mind to the matter . |
| 24 | This kind of ability is both envied and disparaged by many Continental musicians , and it can not be doubted that professional English singers often perform music which they have not had time to ‘ learn ’ in any sense of the term that a European singer would accept . |
| 25 | Even if this analysis is open to question at some points , it can not be doubted that some such metaphorical sense is the most natural one ( within the same writing as our text , Yahweh 's " ways " are clearly his " way of life " or " moral administration " at Isa 55.8 , 9 ) . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , it can not be doubted that indiscriminate bombing of cities helped to prepare the ( a ) moral climate in which the atomic bomb could be used against Hiroshima and Nagasaki . |
| 27 | It can scarcely be claimed that these questions have yet been answered in such a manner as to transform Marx 's very general model into a systematic and well-supported theory of historical development . |
| 28 | It can scarcely be claimed that this provides a much more authoritative or even revealing account of the composition of the Pactus than does the shorter prologue , but it is nevertheless worthy of some consideration . |
| 29 | Using sensitive earthquake-detecting instruments ( seismographs or seismometers ) , it is possible to pin down quite precisely the sites where the shock waves originate in this region , and it can easily be shown that these sites are confined to a narrow belt which dips steeply down under the continental margin at about 60 degrees , and which hits the surface just where the ocean is deepest , in the Chile-Peru Trench . |
| 30 | Nonetheless , a substantial degree of agreement has been achieved , not only between different demographic groups , but also between the whole range of approaches , intuitive , statistical and personal preference ( Briggs and France , 1980 ) and it can generally be concluded that good landscapes will have substantial relative relief , a major water body , diverse land use , and some historical artifacts , but will lack modern industry and major transport facilities . |