Example sentences of "can [adv] be [verb] that [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It can also be argued that the economists ' justification for aid has never been its real rationale , but that political considerations of strategic security by the donors have conditioned its distribution and nature , in some cases even allowing military support to be classified as aid . |
| 32 | It can also be argued that the error present in this data , given its crudity , would swamp any of the other data . |
| 33 | However , it can also be argued that the ‘ bullion famine ’ did not have such a catastrophic effect because merchants could use credit instead of cash to keep their businesses running . |
| 34 | But it can also be argued that the employer 's influence is small , compared with the influence exercised by individuals ' education , occupation , and political affiliation , all of which are matters decided outside of employment . |
| 35 | It can also be said that the use of delegated legislation is desirable : ( a ) it allows a certain flexibility in the law . |
| 36 | It can also be shown that a general equation for an ellipse is of the form : |
| 37 | But to those for whom such patterns are becoming real , and for whom some rational explanation of the shift is required , then it can fairly be argued that the spreading ethic of Confucianism — exported in the last hundred years or so to every nation on and within the Pacific coastline by the tens of millions of overseas Chinese who have acted as its accidental evangelists — is crucial . |
| 38 | When a craftsman adds his father 's name to his signature it can often be shown that the father was a craftsman too ( e.g. above , p. 34 ) ; and the practice may regularly have meant that . |
| 39 | It can now be seen that the sum of constant capital used up in the two departments during the production cycle is less than the total means of production produced by Dept . |
| 40 | It can now be seen that the argument from pleasure draws its imperative conclusions , not directly from psychological fact , but from psychological fact combined with the imperative ‘ Be aware ’ . |
| 41 | This less generous treatment does not seem unreasonable because it can surely be expected that the sample should be examined . |
| 42 | It can readily be seen that the sum of constant capital ( C ) used up in the two departments is equal to the sum of means of production produced in Dept . |
| 43 | However , the principle can readily be seen that the salary can be cast at such a level that no or little tax is paid at a rate above the basic rate of income tax . |
| 44 | It can indeed be argued that the strict Calvinists who controlled England during this period were attempting by such means to bring about a cultural revolution ( see Chapter 5 ) . |
| 45 | It can sometimes be argued that the child 's interests will be served by allowing a parent or another party to the proceedings further time to prepare for a hearing but this will depend very much on the circumstances of the case . |
| 46 | It can again be seen that the credit manager can play a significant part in advising on the construction and overhaul of information systems to ensure that the essential feedback on project performance is forthcoming . |
| 47 | It can however be said that the principle of justice , embodied in Martin B. 's judgment in Steele v. Williams , 8 Ex. 625 and perhaps also in Hooper v. Exeter Corporation , 56 L.J.Q.B. 457 , and expressed in the dicta of Lord Atkin and Sir Owen Dixon , still calls for attention ; and the central question in the present case is whether your Lordships ' House , deriving their inspiration from the example of those two great judges , should rekindle that fading flame and reformulate the law in accordance with that principle . |
| 48 | It can therefore be assumed that the Soviet commanders are fully aware of the situation , if not totally in control of it . |
| 49 | It can therefore be argued that the virtuous conduct of which mankind is capable can be regarded as varying from individual to individual by quantity only . |
| 50 | From this history , it can therefore be seen that the scope , size and shape of the Burston site has altered considerably in that time as a result of the £4 million that has been spent over that period . |
| 51 | Although one should not read too much into this , given that the families in the survey had at least one child in primary ( board ) school by definition , and therefore the oldest were sometimes the only ones of an age to be working , it can safely be said that the openings for girls in the printing trade must have been a godsend for low-income families with several children . |
| 52 | In 1940 , Mannheim concluded : ’ Where unemployment and crime both stand at a high water mark , it can safely be assumed that the latter is largely due to the former . ’ |
| 53 | But though this supposition may be fairly accurate , it can certainly be stated that a slavish adherence to principles of precise proportions can not in itself be an absolute guarantee of good musical form , which , as we have stressed again and again , depends on the satisfaction of psychological and emotional needs . |
| 54 | It can certainly be argued that the twin-Messiah theme appears in the New Testament , albeit in drastically modified and probably garbled form . |
| 55 | In these respects , it can certainly be claimed that the polytechnics have by and large measured up to their original specification . |
| 56 | In support of the proposition that the development of the nouveau roman corresponds to the transition from modernism to postmodernism , it can certainly be shown that the early productions of the nouveaux romanciers are susceptible to readings which to some extent meet the criteria of psychological realism so important in modernist aesthetics . |
| 57 | There was , of course , a diversity of tenures — so much so that it can never be assumed that the customs of any two manors were identical , or even similar , unless perhaps they formed part of the same feudal honour , for example the barony of Lewes in Sussex , which had evolved a set of common customs . |
| 58 | The position with syntax is however different , since it can never be guaranteed that a sufficient quantity of tokens of a given type of construction will ever appear in a piece of spontaneous discourse . |