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 | Equally , if they ask the tribe of their head of state for compensation , they locate the claim to sovereignty where it can not be . |
| 5 | So it is not only the visible and active exercise of power that needs to be equalized , but also the possession of power , which , where it can not be redistributed , must at least be made accountable within the framework of democracy . |
| 6 | There can be no doubt that this sort of help is most valuable for teachers , and where it can not be provided from a curriculum development project itself might in less ambitious form be offered from a teachers ' centre or from a schools library service , although in the latter case the advice on sub-themes and topics would necessarily be tentative rather than prescriptive . |
| 7 | Where it can not be entirely eliminated , human error must be made evident or difficult . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The position I have tried to adopt is that whilst the atheist must demand clarity , the theist can argue that the nature of his or her task necessitates a use of language that is bound to be criticised as unusual , although it can not be allowed to be contradictory . |
| 12 | Apart from the disinfection role a sterilising sink has a useful secondary role in providing heated soaking facilities for heavily soiled small equipment although it can not be used for both roles at the same time . |
| 13 | Thirdly , thorough cooking and rapid cooking will usually destroy pathogens although it can not be relied on to destroy spores or preformed toxins . |
| 14 | John Smith may prove to be the man to give Labour its best chance in a 1996 general election ( although it can not be good to have had him all but enthroned as leader before the leadership contest was even underway ) . |
| 15 | ‘ How would I feel in these circumstances ? ’ is not a bad beginning , although it can not be an ending . |
| 16 | Subsequently , the Galactic Centre has been shown to be astonishingly bright at many wavelengths , although it can not be seen optically because it is obscured by intervening dust . |
| 17 | Although it can not be ruled out that some unconscious oro-pharyngeal muscle movement was occurring during the experimental tasks , ‘ inner speech ’ is probably not dependent on such movements . |
| 18 | Although it can not be entirely free of period distortions , it shows more modest fluctuations in fertility than the TFR and in particular gives an estimate of fertility of over 2 children for most of the time since 1972 , not the 1.8 or so given by the IFR . |
| 19 | The move back to full employment , an integral part of the reform being advocated here , will itself have an indirect effect on wage levels , particularly for those at the bottom end of the income pile , although it can not be stressed enough that the drive towards full employment must be matched by a commitment to improve the productivity of all workers — including those on low pay . |
| 20 | Although it can not be proved , there is a strong likelihood that they were working at the old Tilberthwaite Mine in the early part of the next century … someone was , as we shall see late . |
| 21 | However , although it can not be achieved in practice , the concept of an isolated system il important in estimating the maximum theoretical energy differences between a system and surroundings . |
| 22 | This realization has led to a great deal of debate and , although it can not be said that a general consensus has been reached on how best to define development , a good deal of light has been shed on the processes involved in different types of development . |
| 23 | Although it can not be worked on , it will still be available to be used as the basis for a new DC ( at least until it has been hard copied ) . |
| 24 | Penality can also be found ‘ at every bloody level ’ , although it can perhaps be roughly divided into ( material ) penal practices and ( ideological ) penal rhetoric . |
| 25 | Although it can hardly be described as state-of-the-art software , it 's still worth a look . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 ’ … . |
| 29 | ‘ I have known such a life … the days seemed to be longer , the air sweeter than it can ever be in England … |
| 30 | After pressing for about twenty seconds you remove your hand and , as you do so , you remove the coin but take it upwards so it can not be seen , look at the forehead as if the coin is still there and start everyone counting . |