Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [pron] can [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you ever have to write the rules for a game you will be amazed how rules which seem absolutely clear to you can be interpreted — quite justifiably — in a totally different way by highly intelligent people . |
| 2 | This sequence is typical of what can be done in such surroundings once you have got your eye in and have begun to link your shots together visually or by association of ideas . |
| 3 | Routes like the Nameless/Autumn Flakes combination , a cuddly VS which can be protected , but a route on which climbers have lost their lives through belay failure . |
| 4 | Whichever appears the most serious to her can be explored further . |
| 5 | Can my hon. Friend confirm that when he announces new proposals for deregulation he will ensure that he and his officials have consulted the Minister for small businesses to see that every effort is made to take into account the needs of small businesses and that deregulation , wherever possible , is increased , so that small businesses can get special exemptions where possible from what can be very complicated regulations and procedures that the Government introduce ? |
| 6 | We shall be drawing our examples from the professional knowledge , not only of teachers , but of media specialists and librarians , because they have much to suggest to us , and because their contributions within schools and without are important to what can be attempted and achieved . |
| 7 | The absence of any prospect of being able to do more than survive on the finances available to them can be deeply depressing . |
| 8 | Mental events are contained in rather than identical with what can be called personal epistemic facts . |
| 9 | But the approach eschews vague yet important notions of fairness and integrity , and makes them subservient to what can be criticized as a very narrow view of cost . |
| 10 | In improvising , a player can often create spontaneously something much superior to what can be written down with the crude approximation of notation . |
| 11 | Based mainly on a very close examination of all surviving copies of the print , and in particular on what can be deduced from the erasure of page numbers , Butler has reconstructed two distinct layers of composition . |
| 12 | You would be amazed at what can be stored at this level . |
| 13 | It seems irresponsible and morally indefensible to intervene in clients ' lives if you are uncertain about what can be achieved and the best methods of doing so . |
| 14 | We must be realistic about what can be done on miles and miles of open line . |
| 15 | You will also be fully aware of what can be lost . |
| 16 | As his captain David Graveney observes : ‘ He is bound to make a tremendous impact on our game by making everybody aware of what can be achieved by speed between the wickets . |