Example sentences of "[noun] can [adv] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Religion can not be divorced from morality in his view for it is belief in an ordered moral government of the universe and when we lose our basis in morality we cease to be religious . |
| 2 | The same does not apply to the view that religion can not be divorced from a form of morality . |
| 3 | The contrast between self-criticism in science and an uncritical spirit in religion can not be made absolute . |
| 4 | The dominant religion can also be mediated through law . |
| 5 | The appeal of liturgical monastic religion can also be seen from the fact that when Ethelwold in the 960s expelled the married clergy from the church of Winchester in favour of celibate monks , three of the former clergy , Eadsige , Wulfige , and Wilstan , returned as celibates to the new communal life . |
| 6 | ‘ My dear , sweet love , once you have seen , the whole idea of religion can only be tawdry , pathetic and … wrong . |
| 7 | Religion can only be understood ‘ on the pattern of individual neurotic symptoms ’ . |
| 8 | Variations of load and friction torques with speed can also be taken into account . |
| 9 | Speed can therefore be changed from 1,100rpm for drilling to 400 for driving . |
| 10 | Perhaps the record companies should give us more live recordings , when such noise-free and moving performances can nowadays be taped successfully , and where at least there is continuity of expression , so often lost in piecemeal studio productions . |
| 11 | However , such performances can not be necessary conditions for such ascription , because of all those we would naturally deem conscious but who can not , for various reasons , provide them . |
| 12 | It doubles up branch and conditional registers and integer and floating point units and a version of the PowerPC , derived from the design , is expected to execute up to four instructions per cycle , although whether those kinds of superscalar performances can often be achieved in practice will depend on how well the compilers are optimised for the new internal architecture . |
| 13 | The parson 's words can surely be read as an indictment of women 's education which , though it improved through the period , generally failed to realize the intellectual potential of women . |
| 14 | The child 's doing , the child 's active social experience and his own thinking and talking are the chief means of his education … words can not be substituted for things . |
| 15 | But although the attitudinist agrees with the intuitionist that the meaning of ethical words can not be exhaustively analysed in naturalistic or metaphysical terms he takes a more positive view of the kinds of definition which Moore was so concerned to refute , for he sees them as examples of a particular type of definition , which has a legitimate place in discourse . |
| 16 | Some words can not be pronounced at all until their meaning has been recognised . |
| 17 | Secondly , if the joke is so successful that it gets a lot of laughter you do not want to rush on so fast that your next words can not be heard . |
| 18 | New words can not be added to this class — hence its name . |
| 19 | the comprehension of speech is severely impaired ; sometimes even single spoken words can not be understood even though they are correctly perceived . |
| 20 | The meanings of words can also be represented as textual definitions within an ordinary dictionary , so a third question may therefore be : |
| 21 | The definitions and expansions of various words can then be compared with this list to check for membership . |
| 22 | The unusual juxtaposition of these two words can only be a subconscious association in the author 's mind with the well-known carol , The Twelve Days of Christmas whose repetitive chorus ends , ‘ And a partridge in a pear-tree . ’ |
| 23 | While the freezing silences , heated exchanges and bitter words can only be imagined , the traumatic effect on the children is only too evident . |
| 24 | Those words can still be read in the Bodleian Library , a priceless association with one of Scotland 's greatest women . |
| 25 | If liability is not in dispute , the action can simply be stood out by agreement or an application made to the judge of the lists , or to the judge on circuit , for a standing-out order , or possibly an application made to claim provisional damages ; but if liability is still in dispute the action must be tried and ought to be heard as soon as possible , irrespective of the uncertainties on quantum . |
| 26 | As a consequence , they dislike having to attend incidents at this time which are so serious that action can not be avoided . |
| 27 | The educational needs of people engaged in rural development action can not be met by present provisions . |
| 28 | It is not the same sort of task as that of the natural scientist in search of hidden causes , because the context of action can not be divorced from the actors ' understanding of the context . |
| 29 | It follows that , if what is being sought in this action against the third , fourth and fifth defendants is compensation for the loss suffered by the investors arising out of their purchases of or subscription for Euramco shares , the action can not be sustained . |
| 30 | In an economy as complicated as ours , action can not be taken very quickly , and any change in our national taxation system would take years to complete . |