Example sentences of "[pron] can [adv] [be] true [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parson and White 's Gazeteer of Westmorland , published in 1829 six years after his death , records him ‘ residing some years at Keswick before settling in Ambleside ’ , which can not be true since he was certainly in London in the 1790's . |
| 2 | It ca n't be true cos |
| 3 | I hear that the Ancient Teutons get twice that but it ca n't be true because they lost . |
| 4 | Whatever the true origins of grammatical gender , it can not be true that it has nothing to do with sex . |
| 5 | In fact people will often say that it can not be true because they would undoubtedly have known if it was going to happen . |
| 6 | When a sentence expresses an attitude or a wish it can not be true or false in this sense , for wishes and attitudes can not be true or false as beliefs can . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , it can also be true that previously-held prejudices can be reinforced . |