Example sentences of "[noun] is [adj] [noun] can " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | First , the whole rationale behind the concept of the limited partnership is that membership can be divided between limited and ‘ general ’ partners . |
| 2 | The key lesson of this case study is that order can not be coercively imposed , and that some form of political consensus is necessary if escalation is to be avoided . |
| 3 | One of the main tenets of behaviourism is that behaviour can be shaped through reinforcement by reward . |
| 4 | The advantage of the new representative action is that action can be taken on behalf of the body of investors , large and small , at the expense of the S.I.B . |
| 5 | One powerful message put across by the curriculum in most schools is that knowledge can be divided into compartments . |
| 6 | The reason he gives for adopting this standpoint is that reality can be conceived of in many different ways all of which are equally valid . |
| 7 | The practical reason why it is wise in the long term to give much more careful thought to river and wetland management is that drainage can contain , profoundly , the seeds of its own destruction . |
| 8 | The difference between the two lowerers is that Pandarus can not help speaking prose , since he is incapable of verse , heroism , or true love , being limited to ‘ handling ’ others ' affairs . |
| 9 | Its theme is that man can not hope for immortality , the only one who gained it being the Babylonian Noah . |
| 10 | The other limitation is that property can not pass in unascertained goods , see section 16 ( above ) . |
| 11 | The point is that acceleration can fake gravity . |
| 12 | Right , the reason that er an officer would still stay er with an eleven year old child , a three year old child , or t to get to the realms of fantasy a ninety year old person is that person can still be at risk not necessarily from the police officers , but from anybody else in that building and therefore they 've got to remain er in that room until such time as I 'm satisfied that everything is clear . |
| 13 | A key assumption in economics is that money can be used to buy things that satisfy people 's wants and make them happy ( ‘ utilities ’ ) . |
| 14 | As far as word-processing is concerned macros can be used to automatically sent a string of letters to your document . |
| 15 | The good news is that cellulite can be banished . |
| 16 | The difference between material relations and social relations is that knowledge can transform the nature of social relations but knowledge can transform only the specificity of material relations . |
| 17 | One important implication of this view of the state is that injustice can not be removed by reform , only by a revolution , and one which involves a radical change in the system , property rights , the content of education , the family , the fiscal system and so on . |
| 18 | A further cause for concern is that ketamine can sometimes result in a state where the users are unconcerned whether they live or die . |
| 19 | Another consideration is that English can seem at first glance rather different in primary and in secondary schools . |
| 20 | Yes , you see the thing is one appointment can cock up your whole system , because if it like you said , if one , if a customer does happen to call in and say , look I need somebody in here desperately , when do you want it , when it 's smack in the middle , it 's not the other side of the world , but you know he 's in Nuneaton or something , well you still have to go out and see him . |
| 21 | Dr Pugh said equipment such as stair gates and fire guards could help cut down on accidents , but added : ‘ The reality is most people ca n't afford a cycling helmet and the price of safety gates is quite horrendous . ’ |
| 22 | In other words , the null hypothesis is that phytoplankton can not stratify in the absence of a density gradient ( if waters are not shallow ) . |
| 23 | An advantage of this system is that work can commence much earlier than in the traditional system because much of the design work will take place at the same time as the actual construction . |
| 24 | By analogy with examples of repressors from other dimeric transcription factor families ( 26 , 49 ) one likely possibility is that ICR can heterodimerise with CREB through the leucine zipper . |
| 25 | Apart from evaporation ( unlikely except in an unoccupied house in hot weather ) , the main problem is that water can be ‘ siphoned ’ or sucked out of traps if the system has not been designed properly to avoid pipes running ‘ full ’ and thus causing suction at the trap . |
| 26 | The problem is that Christianity can not shed its concretion . |