Example sentences of "can [adv] [be] [vb pp] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can thus be argued that Russia and Prussia have in the eighteenth century a very important and interesting administrative history but little real political , still less constitutional , history . |
| 2 | ‘ It can not be over-emphasised that statistics , if these are to have any meaning , should be gathered by those who know the churches well and who are concerned that the statistics reveal the truth . |
| 3 | Whether or not we accept their view , it can not be denied that groups are always an important part of any developed political system . |
| 4 | Although many questions in parliament about aircraft accidents are put in a genuine spirit of inquiry , it can not be denied that others are merely tabled in an attempt to embarrass the minister or government of the day . |
| 5 | It can not be denied that air pollution needs to be addressed but we should n't be fooled into paying more of our hard-earned cash which will be used to pay for Mr Lamont 's bungles . |
| 6 | It can not be denied that rock has always been the province of men , even if they have often aped the female . |
| 7 | It can not be denied that Court–Country tensions did exist ; the question to consider is the extent to which they cut across party , and served to undermine the pattern of political allegiances mapped out above . |
| 8 | It can not be assumed that women over 65 would have had an adequate screening history and therefore can be forgotten , or that there is no point in regular follow-up of older patients . |
| 9 | It is rather that the whole point of a national curriculum will be lost if it can not be assumed that children at 11 will be ready for whatever is the generally agreed content of the first year at secondary school . |
| 10 | It can not be assumed that symptoms are caused by disturbed gastric emptying . |
| 11 | It simply can not be assumed that samples selected for their distinctiveness on one variable will vary randomly on others . |
| 12 | Stated baldly , and cheerfully ignoring the Secretary of State s admonition not to impute guilt to either Meehan or Waddell , his conclusions were that while Waddell and McGuinness probably carried out what he called the initial assault , ‘ it can not be disproved that Meehan and Griffiths were not a follow-up team with the role of dealing with the safe or safes believed to be in the bungalow ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ … [ I ] t can not be argued that violence exists solely as a cultural phenomenon … violence is almost certainly embedded in the natural world ’ ( 1982 : 54 ) . |
| 14 | Also , it can not be ignored that Marco did n't have many options , since Eddie was about to kill him , and Marco 's actions were in self-defence : I think that Marco may only have beaten Eddie up had he not drawn the knife , but not killed him . |
| 15 | It can not be claimed that Leapor is the most obscure of these writers ; indeed , her work has been noticed in the past by some very highly regarded poets and critics . |
| 16 | This would be particularly relevant in a management buy-out where it can easily be argued that management has as much knowledge of the business as the vendor . |
| 17 | ( The ‘ higher powers ’ of an intransitive relation arise when there are chains of elements each related to the next by the relation in question ; thus , if A is the father of B , B of C , and C of D , then A stands in the ‘ third power ’ of the relation ’ — father of — ’ to D. ) It can easily be seen that A in 1(a) and P in 1(b) fulfil this requirement ( assuming , of course , that the lines in the diagrams symbolise the relation of dominance ) . |
| 18 | Despite these protestations , however , it can hardly be denied that Nietzsche 's main enthusiasm , and the main stimulus to his enthusiasms in general , was no longer Schopenhauer , but the composer whose devotee he was and whose intimate friend he shortly became . |
| 19 | From Fig. 4C it can also be seen that pou[c] binds to the oligonucleotides A , B and C which all contain the motif TAATGAG/TAT , but no binding to the octamer oligonucleotide D and the mutant octamer oligonucleotide M is seen ( lanes 11–15 ) . |
| 20 | Eye contact is one strong means of signalling , and in British culture ( in very general terms ) it can often be observed that speakers look away during their turn and then look their interlocutor in the eye at the end . |
| 21 | In archaeology , I understand , it can now be said that computers are automatically considered for any project , however small . |
| 22 | Chain , which was introduced in 1811 , could be stowed in a small damp locker and so it can almost be said that chain cleared the space needed below for engines and coal bunkers . |
| 23 | The difference between the evangelicals and the others is so great that it can almost be said that growth in the diocese as a whole is restricted to evangelical parishes . |
| 24 | It can therefore be assumed that Miller 's message from this is that betrayal is wrong — it is the act of betrayal which finally destroys Eddie 's happiness forever . |
| 25 | An argument can certainly be made that de Gaulle had been the victim of circumstance . |