Example sentences of "it can [adv] [verb] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can both suggest that an effect previously believed to exist does not exist and that one thought not to exist does exist . |
| 2 | It can also happen that a Pump Wagon is obliged to move into friendly troops , although this is rare as you can move the machine as you wish . |
| 3 | It can also happen that a speaker is interrupted and leaves a tone-unit incomplete — for example , lacking a tonic syllable . |
| 4 | Where goods are marketed indirectly and the manufacturer therefore does not sell directly to the consumer , it can nevertheless happen that the manufacturer makes a collateral contract with the consumer . |
| 5 | And in so doing it can often convey that a past is not a thing to be discovered . |
| 6 | It can certainly happen that a head might at the same time be expected to manage the school democratically by the staff , deferentially by the governors , assertively by the local authority and pliantly by parents . |
| 7 | Security means defence against all comers and contingencies ; as such , it can only materialise when the world is purged of uncertainty . |
| 8 | Equally important is public confidence or acceptance of coinage ; as coinage is a convention , in the sense that its value is conventionally fixed by the authority of the state with the agreement of the public , it can only function if the value of the coinage , as fixed by the state , is accepted by those who use it ; otherwise , market forces will tend to discount overvalued coins towards their individual bullion values . |