Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] can [adv] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Special clubs for widows can sometimes be a great help , but not to everyone . |
| 2 | Ideas for investigations can normally be generated and developed from almost any mathematical activity . |
| 3 | The similarity between signs can thus be accounted for by historical links , borrowing of signs through contact between signers , or cultural universal propensities to label concepts in particular ways . |
| 4 | Public consultation about policies can therefore be something of a sham where major options and potential developments are either not shared with the public by the corporation or not conceptualized by the public . |
| 5 | We recognise that the urgent need for homes can only be met by mobilising both private investment and public spending . |
| 6 | THERE WERE fears last night that the first substantial cracks had opened in the facade of the European Community 's ‘ Project 1992 ’ after finance ministers appeared to concede that the deadline for creating a truly seamless marketplace for traders can not be met . |
| 7 | Similarly , a fair exchange of values can only be realized by either a broad doctrine of unconscionability or a reversal of the rule that a court will not assess the adequacy of consideration . |
| 8 | In this context , two agreed conclusions of the 1985 meeting of experts can usefully be quoted : |
| 9 | In general , the results that we have reported in this chapter have been favourable to the rational expectations hypothesis , suggesting at the very least that the usefulness of that hypothesis in one area of macroeconomics can not be dismissed lightly . |
| 10 | This glut of contracts can also be partly explained by the actions of some banks supporting their national exchanges , and by some governments ' policies through their tax legislation and regulation actions which are aimed at establishing a presence in what is thought to be an essential requirement for each country 's financial centre . |
| 11 | The personal characters of artists can not be infallibly deduced from their work . |
| 12 | Small groups of objects can sometimes be most effectively used in problem solving activities . |
| 13 | The understanding and support of personnel can not be assumed . |
| 14 | The likely total number of dies can then be multiplied by the average number of coins per die . |
| 15 | The intersection of surfaces can then be calculated . |
| 16 | This sharing of skills from a range of disciplines can not be anything but beneficial to children and their parents . |
| 17 | It is often necessary where a distinctive and valuable sound made by an instrument or small group of voices can not be heard over the singing of a congregation . |
| 18 | The meanings of words can also be represented as textual definitions within an ordinary dictionary , so a third question may therefore be : |
| 19 | The practicalities of service of the Summons , entering appearance , lodging Defences and so forth , are usually such that consideration of tactics can not be undertaken until the Adjustment Period is fixed . |
| 20 | Savings may rise as a precaution against the worst happening in the future ; or they may fall , since the future real value of savings can not be guaranteed . |
| 21 | Investment is financed out of saving and the last way in which the level of savings can possibly be increased is by the imposition of extra taxes on it . |
| 22 | Our regular pool of supporters can always be relied upon . |
| 23 | The threat of Fanatics can often be a more powerful weapon than the Fanatics themselves , because although their potential for causing carnage is great the actual effect can sometimes be disappointing . |
| 24 | It can be said in conclusion that these developments have become central to the future of the ‘ GIS revolution ’ of the late 1980s , since it is now clear that the massive ( and desirable ) growth of the use of GIS can not be supported without improvements to the use environment experienced by the user . |
| 25 | The motor control routine shown in Fig. 8.3 is entered with the number of steps loaded into accumulator A ( if the number of steps can not be expressed within the confines of an eight.bit word corresponding to 256 steps the routine must be executed several times ) and the index register X pointing at a location in the list between ENDLOW and ENDHI . |
| 26 | If the ascription of organizational goals to collectivities is rejected as metaphorical or metaphysical , then the language of goals can only be maintained by ascribing them to individuals or groups within the organization . |
| 27 | Some variation in predictions can be obtained by a different location of the indifference map so that , a priori , the strength of effects can not be settled . |
| 28 | The comparative study of political systems and especially public policy-making has given rise to the belief that the distinction between politics and administration is artificial and that the role of administrators can not be settled by a definition which relegates them to a purely instrumental position . |
| 29 | The possibility of errors can never be totally eliminated from any copying process , although their probability can be reduced to low levels . |
| 30 | Warnings of eco-wars and the flight of hundreds of millions of refugees can not be dismissed as fantasies : they are probabilities in situations which become more and more apparent as the century nears its end . |