Example sentences of "[subord] it can [adv] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two limitations were that recovery will not be available : ( 1 ) where it can properly be said that the payment was made to close the transaction , and ( 2 ) where the payer was mistaken as to the proper interpretation of the statute . |
| 2 | Environmentalists oppose the deep burial method for dealing with radioactive waste , claiming that it constitutes a hazard for many thousands of years and should thus be stored above ground where it can easily be monitored for leakages . |
| 3 | This would be particularly relevant in a management buy-out where it can easily be argued that management has as much knowledge of the business as the vendor . |
| 4 | Once the discretion arises it is for the court to conduct the necessary balancing exercise between what would otherwise be required by the Convention and the interests of the children , but only where it can clearly be shown that the interests of the children require it should the court refuse to order their return . |
| 5 | Predominantly a coastal bird , where it can usually been seen in large flocks from now until spring , in recent years it has spread inland to breed . |
| 6 | For a powerful kick you have to move your centre of gravity forwards , and this inevitably forces you to drop the spent kicking foot close to the opponent , where it can then be hooked or swept . |
| 7 | This , in the amounts we expect , is harmless to the fish , but it encourages algae , in particular the unicellular organism which causes green water , although it can also be caused by overfeeding . |
| 8 | Penality can also be found ‘ at every bloody level ’ , although it can perhaps be roughly divided into ( material ) penal practices and ( ideological ) penal rhetoric . |
| 9 | Although it can hardly be described as state-of-the-art software , it 's still worth a look . |
| 10 | With 15 to 20 per cent of tin or more , the alloy becomes brittle and almost unworkable , although it can still be cast to shape , and as more tin is added it becomes whiter in colour . |
| 11 | Silk is selected with the same degree of care , and although it can sometimes be a little uneven to the touch , is generally of high quality . |
| 12 | In the Poetry Review for February , 1912 , a critic , who is himself a poet , and whom I always read with great interest , speaks of the struggle ‘ to find out what has been done , once and for all , better than it can ever be done again , and to find out what remains for us to do ’ … . |
| 13 | ‘ I have known such a life … the days seemed to be longer , the air sweeter than it can ever be in England … |
| 14 | It may well be that the decision of a particular valuer appointed might fix the price and might be equally satisfactory to both : so it can hardly be said there is a difference between them . |
| 15 | Never fear , because QED ( 0784 246236 ) have introduced a ‘ Discsaver ’ black box that juggles with the output signal of the deck so it can safely be fed through the ‘ Aux ’ or ‘ Video ’ input of such thoughtless systems . |
| 16 | Curiously , it 's an executable file and not a device driver , so it can only be initially loaded in AUTOEXEC.BAT , which could permit a virus to go into memory before Virus Guard is loaded . |
| 17 | This aircraft does have the advantage of a bench seat in the back which is removable , so it can still be used as a four-seater if you watch the weight and balance . |
| 18 | However , the definitions of ’ payment ’ , ’ debt ’ and ’ loan ’ all contain the word ’ money ’ , so it can still be reached if the search goes far enough . |
| 19 | We thought that the site over at the station centre would be good as a shop outlet and as office space for recycling , and that the site behind it would be a good place to keep all the stuff until it can actually be recycled , erm , so we identified the site to start with , then we started looking at what 's actually possible as op opposed to desirable . |
| 20 | This can be achieved by ensuring that we fall within the exemption contained in Section 60(1) of the Companies Act , which states that an offer or invitation is not to be treated as made to the public ‘ if it can properly be regarded , in all the circumstances , as not being calculated to result , directly or indirectly , in the shares or debentures becoming available for subscription or purchase by persons other than those receiving the offer or invitation , or otherwise as being a domestic concern of the persons receiving and making it ’ . |
| 21 | ( This is no doubt in some way concerned with the employee 's honesty. ) 2 The nature of the information itself Information will only be protected if it can properly be classed as a business secret or as material which , while not properly described as a business secret is , in all the circumstances , of such a highly confidential nature as to require the same protection as a business secret eo nomine . |
| 22 | The Clermont elections , if that is the right word , provide a startling insight into the appointment of bishops in a civitas , which , if it can scarcely be called an insignificant see , was certainly not one in the forefront of royal policy . |
| 23 | In England , James Robertson ( 1953 , 1958 ) , a colleague of Bowlby 's at the Tavistock Clinic , started a campaign to persuade children 's hospital wards to admit mothers together with their children , or at least not to restrict visiting in any way ; some hospitals welcomed the idea , others resisted it , but meanwhile a Government committee was set up which in 1959 published the ‘ Platt Report ’ on the welfare of children in hospital , recommending ‘ that all hospitals where children are treated will adopt the practice of unrestricted visiting , particularly for children below school age ’ , that ‘ it is particularly valuable for the mother to be able to stay in hospital with her child during the first day or two ’ , and that ‘ children should not be admitted to hospital if it can possibly be avoided ’ . |
| 24 | This book will not provide a definitive study of the reign of Mary Queen of Scots ; such a study lies far in the future , if it can ever be achieved at all . |
| 25 | This debate will never be resolved unless it can firmly be established whether searching for early prostatic cancer on a community basis is worthwhile in clinical , resource , and social terms . |
| 26 | He must insist that work always goes to British firms and British workers unless it can only be done abroad . |
| 27 | This less generous treatment does not seem unreasonable because it can surely be expected that the sample should be examined . |
| 28 | This structure should be generally more useful in the future because it can easily be expanded to store extra information , should this become necessary . |
| 29 | Also , charcoal is preferred because of its steady and concentrated heat , its smokeless burning , and because it can easily be extinguished when the fire is no longer needed . |
| 30 | Parents take this course of action relatively rarely , however , because it can clearly be a very traumatic experience for both the girl and their family , as Cathy had found : |