Example sentences of "[noun sg] [that] they can [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This involves helping pupils so to develop skills of reflective thinking that they can be generously affirming of others without losing their own footing . |
| 2 | This is because such inferences often arise wherever features of the context do not actually block them , with the result that they can be easily confused with the permanent aspects of the semantics of the expressions involved . |
| 3 | Mick , the National Officer has been er , the link between these organizations and I hope that the er , Professional erm , Boxers ' Association will give some credit to the G M B in erm , establishing themselves and we hope , as an organization , that in the future that they can be successful and we can be sure they will be because they 've not only got the likes of Barry but they 've got many other , prominent er , boxers who will , I 'm sure , establish erm , the Association in a very er , positive fashion . |
| 4 | If propositions purporting to be about fictional things are to be accepted as meaningful , then it is only on condition that they can be paraphrased into propositions about non-fictional things ; for example , into propositions about persons who are thinking , alleging , claiming , etc. something fictional . |
| 5 | They have the advantage that they can be calculated for most countries in the world . |
| 6 | Such materials have the advantage that they can be made permanently hard by heating them to a temperature around 15°C , for which reason polymers with this sort of constitution are called ‘ thermosetting ’ . |
| 7 | Environmental manipulations have the considerable advantage that they can be used in wild populations , and they are also relatively quick . |
| 8 | The same effect can be achieved with a small pair of school compasses ( which have the advantage that they can be adjusted to exactly the right size ) , but these are more difficult to use to get an exact line . |
| 9 | Matrices have the advantage that they can be added together and multiplied by scalar quantities ; further the concepts of determinant and trace are available to aid computation . |
| 10 | We will discuss here two different methods which have the advantage that they can be combined into a more comprehensive system . |
| 11 | Solid state transducers have the important advantage that they can be used in the ambulatory patient and are becoming readily available . |
| 12 | ‘ From my point of view , prescription charges have now reached such a level that they can be properly described as a health tax , ’ he said . |
| 13 | The overall economic objective of a production department in the chemical industry is to produce chemicals of sufficient quality and in sufficient quantity that they can be sold at a profit . |
| 14 | The notion that they can be judged by Libyan law wherever they are , because they are Libyans by birth and can not alter that by acts of will , seems to underlie the government 's policies of clandestine homicide towards them . |
| 15 | Although the discs will fit any drive , this is no guarantee that they can be read by the computer . |
| 16 | Some have connections which are so close to education that they can be regarded as falling inside the group of like-minded supporters . |
| 17 | CNC machine tool manufacturers have often promoted their products with the claim that they can be operated by unskilled operators , and it was widely believed for some time that engineering companies were taking the opportunity given by the introduction of CNC machine tools to replace skilled craft workers by unskilled or semi-skilled operators on the shop-floor , and putting white-collared technicians in the programming office . |
| 18 | Describing natural phenomena under separate headings always has the unwelcome implication that they can be considered as separate entities , each in its own water-tight compartment . |
| 19 | Both are public , in the sense that they can be entertained and criticized by anyone who has the opportunity to do so . |
| 20 | Curtains for arched windows can not be fitted onto a conventional track , nor can they be operational in the sense that they can be drawn . |
| 21 | Some explanation is perhaps needed for the fact that the same phrases also sound more normal in ( 18 ) than the corresponding phrases in ( 15 ) : ( 18 ) the heir is a lawful one her cousin is a distant one Possibly we should accept that , even when used in a context of heirs and cousins respectively , these two adjectives occupy an intermediate position in the sense that they can be construed either way without any significant difference in the non-linguistic phenomena that can be designated thereby . |
| 22 | Here we seem to be implicitly relying on a further assumption , namely an assumption of topical coherence : if a second utterance can be interpreted as following on a first utterance , in the sense that they can be " heard " as being concerned with the same topic , then such an interpretation of the second utterance is warranted unless there are overt indications to the contrary ( again , see Chapters 3 and 6 ) . |
| 23 | cos there is a school of thought that they can be a virus that starts it |
| 24 | And the assumption that they can be given is grounded on faith alone . |
| 25 | These fingerprints are in such a form that they can be easily compared one with another ; that is to say the computer can calculate a measure of ‘ shape difference ’ between any two axes . |
| 26 | I am not qualified to write in detail about such substances as LSD , cocaine and heroin but I am sure you will agree that there is no way that they can be part of a healthy and balanced lifestyle . |
| 27 | However , while the journalist , or the politician for that matter , tends only to select things which are in accord with some preconceived view or set of values , sociologists try to go beyond this by using clearly defined theoretical concepts , representative samples and writing research reports in such a way that they can be examined , tested and , perhaps , modified by others . |
| 28 | The objective is to transform instincts and desires in such a way that they can be fitted to the overall goals of a person 's deliberative life . |
| 29 | These problems can be hereditary and there is no doubt that they can be triggered or made considerably worse by stress . |
| 30 | The biosynthesis of these epitopes is dependent on the expression of genes within a number of loci ( e.g. lic1 , lic2 , lic3 ) which share the common characteristic that they can be regulated by variation in the number of tandem repeats of the tetramer DNA sequence 5'-CAAT-3' ( 3 ) . |