Example sentences of "[noun] [be] that [noun] can " in BNC.
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| 1 | Limitations of this system at present are that subjects can only be studies in the supine position within the magnet , thus imposing constraints on both posture and movement . |
| 2 | The implication from Hall 's research is that organisms can adapt their genes to suit their environment , and that the production of genetic mutations is not necessarily separate from natural selection . |
| 3 | The argument developed in this chapter is that teachers can ill afford to take this blinkered attitude towards LMS , even if in doing so they appear to be adopting a coping strategy that enables them to focus on those aspects of their work that they see as most important . |
| 4 | The intention is that students can obtain and HNC after one year , an HND after two years and a general degree in EEG after three . |
| 5 | One important practical benefit of this rule is that journalists can approach the subject of their investigation for a response to an article in draft , without fear that they will receive a pre-publication injunction instead of a quote . |
| 6 | Another disadvantage is that boats can not pass each other during the locking through . ’ |
| 7 | Whilst the policy of this requirement — classifying attacks on persons engaged in law enforcement as especially serious — is perfectly understandable , one result of the wording of section 18 of the 1861 Act is that D can be convicted of this offence ( with a maximum penalty of life imprisonment ) if he simply pushes a police-officer in order to prevent an arrest , and the officer loses balance , falls awkwardly , and suffers serious injury . |
| 8 | The idea behind self-service shopping is that goods can ‘ sell themselves ’ , and it is usually very successful . |
| 9 | One big advantage of an outside pit for the water companies is that meters can be read even if there is nobody at home when the water company official calls . |
| 10 | The other big difference is that ministers ca n't be Members of Parliament . |
| 11 | The assumption behind the Government 's imposition on London of a national band is that Londoners can afford to pay more , which is not true . |
| 12 | The truth is that Blanche can not live in a realistic world . |
| 13 | The balancing truth is that children can never know what parents owe to them . |
| 14 | The broader truth is that Dostoevsky can not foster any of his dearest values except obliquely , by stealth , by catching them napping . |
| 15 | The third point is that leaflets can be produced which are specifically tailored to one category of users ( including postgraduates and academic staff ) or geared to a particular subject . |
| 16 | But the basic point is that data can be stuffed into files whenever you need it in that format . |
| 17 | The whole lesson of the events of the past 20 years is that doctors can not be re-educated , so long as their training is drug-based their journals utterly dependent upon the revenue from the drug companies advertisements , and their leisure activities agreeably subsidised by the drug companies ' slush funds . |
| 18 | The argument is that people can not construct socialism out of kitsch ( sometimes with the equally problematic implication that they can out of art ) . |
| 19 | One of the advantages of list processing is that data can be processed sequentially without the records themselves being stored sequentially . |
| 20 | One great joy about travelling by train is that places can be viewed at a distance , without the urgent compulsion to visit , in person , every stick and stone of a place systematically itemising contents and structure . |
| 21 | ‘ The great thing about writing sport for Punch is that people ca n't say it 's not as funny as it used to be , because nobody 's done it before , ’ he said . |
| 22 | The advantage of this method is that results can be presented in the form of statistics and tables . |
| 23 | Again the implication is that women can avoid rape through a display of courage when in reality other rather more fortuitous factors are much more important , as this woman actually recognised' . |
| 24 | Currently , one of the rather loosely applied definitive differences between plant and animal life is that plants can be propagated in either of two ways , sexually by means of seed , which involves male and female contributions from different plants or from different parts of the same plant , or asexually ( vegetatively ) by means of cutting and layering , which is analogous to cutting off an arm or a leg and growing an entirely new individual from such a part into a whole new body . |
| 25 | One of the advantages of being in government is that measures can be initiated that begin to shape public opinion . |
| 26 | One important consideration is that techniques can be developed to stimulate the healing process and prevent the spread of pathogens which may inhibit wound healing . |
| 27 | The first and most important reason is that ketamine can readily induce a state of virtual helplessness , within the dose range normally taken by users , to a far greater extent than most other substances of abuse . |
| 28 | The implicit assumption is that investors can borrow and lend at the riskless rate of interest . |
| 29 | At the moment , the cheery assumption is that wasteland can be found somewhere within existing cities for housing to be built on . |
| 30 | In both these examples it is clear that a major advantage of the simulation model is that answers can be more reliably obtained to questions such as ‘ how high should 1 build this bridge ? ’ or ‘ what would be the hydrological effect of building another 2000 houses in Edwalton ? ’ than if the engineer or planner were to rely solely upon rules of thumb or ‘ common sense ’ . |