Example sentences of "[pron] can [adv] [be] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not that good , cos it 's either Final Fight you have to be or you can only pick out of and or it 's Final Fight guy where you can only be or Guy . |
| 2 | There can not be and there should not be any attempt to open up a party political divide over the importance of further reducing tobacco consumption . |
| 3 | As a result the later Chapters of this book explore some of the these areas ; they can not be as focussed on the specifically procedural aspects of prosecution and trial . |
| 4 | At the same time , in a quite different direction , the ‘ arts ’ run through into areas of human thought and discourse — values , truths , ideas , observations , reports — where , though the ‘ aesthetic ’ perceptions may be still quite relevant , they can not be and in practice are not taken as wholly defining . |
| 5 | In a third part , the objection must be that with respect to confirmed hypotheses as to condition-sets , it can not be that those condition-sets are causal circumstances as conceived . |
| 6 | Though intimidation was not discussed in the case it can not be that B could have avoided the binding nature of the contract by the simple device of counterclaiming for damages for intimidation and it seems therefore that for the purposes of intimidation the plaintiff should be required to show unlawful coercion at least of such a degree as would enable him to avoid a contract . |
| 7 | If Tories are not flung to the lions in Blaenau , it can only be because lions are rare in the one-time mining valleys of South Wales . |
| 8 | But if you do , even though the evidence seems stacked against me , it can only be because you love me too , for that 's the only thing that could overcome a mistrust as deeply rooted as yours . ’ |
| 9 | He can not be as dominating in the air as a 6ft.4in goalkeeper . |
| 10 | Common examples are general principles of reasoning , such as the law of non-contradiction ( that nothing can both be and not be ) , and the proposition that , if equals are taken from equals , then equals remain . |