Example sentences of "can [pers pn] be [verb] that [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On only three out of approximately 180 occasions , therefore , can it be said that the inspectors had been less than absolutely fair in the opinion of those who were criticised . |
| 2 | ‘ Until the consent given at marriage be revoked , how can it be said that the husband in exercising his marital right has assaulted his wife ? |
| 3 | Neither can it be assumed that a wife who is denied sexual autonomy will cease cohabitation . |
| 4 | It is not necessarily the case that this will have happened , nor can it be assumed that the document in question belongs to a given domain at all ( it may be some sort of hybrid , or simply too ambiguous to fit neatly in one domain ) . |
| 5 | It is not necessarily the case that this will have happened , nor can it be assumed that the data in question fits neatly within a specific domain at all . |
| 6 | To this extent , of course , a synchronically divergent language state requires the same kind of treatment as a historically divergent state : in neither case can it be assumed that the norms of some ‘ standard ’ variety can be successfully projected on to it . |
| 7 | As regards the third condition , can it be established that the provision of a company car for the company secretary is the normal commercial practice within that trade ? |
| 8 | Can it be supposed that the Doomsday Book is the only sort of writing in which immortality is achieved ? |