Example sentences of "[noun] can [adv] [be] " in BNC.

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31 The statement of the principle of subsidiarity in the Maastricht text is in what would be a new Article 3B of the EEC Treaty , to the effect that ‘ in areas which do not fall within its exclusive competence ’ the Community should take action only if and so far as the objectives of the proposed action can not be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can , therefore , by reason of the scale or effects of the proposed action , be better achieved by the Community .
32 In areas which do not fall within its exclusive competence , the Community shall take action , in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity , only if and in so far as the objectives of the proposed action can not be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore , by reason of the scale or effects of the proposed action , be better achieved by the Community .
33 This could be interpreted with reference to Article 3B , ‘ the objectives of the proposed action can not be … achieved by the Member States ’ and the principle of subsidiarity would thus provide no obstacle to the Community 's action .
34 According to Article 3B , ‘ the Community shall take action … only if and in so far as the objectives of the proposed action can not be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can … be better achieved by the Community ’ .
35 A new article in the treaty declared that the EC would act " only if and in so far as the objectives of the proposed action can not be sufficiently achieved by the member states " .
36 This action can not be interpreted as an inhibition by stauro sporine of negative modulation of the histamine H 2 receptor by a basal activity of protein kinase C because similar effects were found with gastric inhibitory polypeptide , the action of which was not inhibited by activation of protein kinase C. Finally 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-glycerol , a diacylglycerol analogue which activates protein kinase C in intact cells , inhibited histamine stimulation of cyclic AMP content in HGT-1 cells at a concentration at which it inhibited histamine stimulated aminopyrine accumulation in partietal cells .
37 This means that an action can not be founded on a bad cause .
38 However , the nature of the state 's action can not be understood solely by reference to what happens outside the state .
39 Follow-up action can even be taken on a client 's behalf after a telephone consultation .
40 An action can therefore be brought against the testamentary heir for the excess over 100 aurei .
41 First , a rational plan of action can only be arrived at after the patient 's problems have been identified .
42 Social action can never be separated from practical constraints or from social control .
43 Diving trips can also be arranged .
44 The separate recordings can then be viewed after the event and decisions about how to edit taken at that point .
45 However , the causal influence of such characteristics can not be considered by itself , and must be investigated in the context of particular societies .
46 From this point of view , societal characteristics can not be explained as the product of actors ' choices , since these choices are themselves the product of socialisation .
47 These same characteristics can often be found — with far less excuse — in well-seasoned travellers who have had the privilege of sampling far and wide .
48 A positive interaction with these characteristics can only be to the benefit of artists and their followers alike .
49 These characteristics can only be true of one Deity .
50 The role of environment and inherited characteristics can then be separately assessed by studying how often both twins with each type of background suffer from psychiatric disorder .
51 A discharge from the urethra can sometimes be demonstrated during the medical examination , but , since the urethral opening in the female is hidden between the folds of the labia , such a discharge will not be apparent to the woman herself ; even if she examines herself , the natural moistness of this part of the body will tend to mask any contribution from the urethra .
52 The tendency of the mind to move from one thing to another has to consist in the straightforward fact that one thing usually follows , or is caused by , the other ; the tendency or association can not be thought of as some experienced feature of the situation without reviving the original situation of having an unanalysed conception of the mind 's ability to reach out and apprehend things .
53 But he warns that the ideas of civil association and enterprise association can not be understood as complementary characteristics ; they each stand for an independent , self-sustaining mode of association .
54 PostScript images can also be read in but these will be boxed to provide a regular shape for the run-round .
55 There 's a by-product , in that the images can also be incorporated into documents , including , strangely enough ( he said tongue-in-cheek ) , BoP , not least because the two programs are from the same stable .
56 Images can also be exported to popular wordprocessing and desktop publishing applications like Ventura Publisher or WordPerfect 5.0 .
57 Images can also be exported to popular wordprocessing and desktop publishing applications like Ventura Publisher or WordPerfect 5.0 .
58 Sales manager Graham Cooper says : ‘ The introduction of video printing techniques means that images can now be ‘ grabbed ’ and transferred on to other materials such as T-shirts , mugs , key-rings and baseball hats .
59 New sequences are rapidly being developed — for example , images can now be obtained in which the fat or water component of the tissue is suppressed independently and MRI angiography also shows great promise .
60 The restriction on volume and speed of delivery means that images can only be built up slowly , at a pace determined by the rate at which data arrives at the terminal .
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