Example sentences of "can [adv] [be] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Put another way , the area which can properly be called the ‘ tectonic Pacific ’ is one of relatively low altitude that is bounded by a ring of islands and mountains which have been — and are still being — formed by the geological processes that occur when one tectonic plate bumps into and grinds against another . |
| 2 | Within that two years , any time within that two years you can basically be given the sack for not coming up to the grade or not coming up to scratch or sometimes they prolong your pr probation for another six months so instead of being a probationer constable for two years you 're a probationer constable for two and a half years . |
| 3 | The NACAB information system , whether paper or microfilm , can justly be considered the showpiece of the service and many wish to protect it . |
| 4 | The sentence can only be assigned the right truth conditions , or alternatively be given the correct semantic representation , if the pragmatic significance of and in this sentential context ( namely the " and then " interpretation ) is taken into account before doing the semantics . |
| 5 | It stated that , ‘ The course adopted , prompted by a desire for expedition , can scarcely be considered the best calculated to obtain a grand whole ’ . |
| 6 | Similarly the poetry of Rumi is about mystical love ; and in this poem can easily be felt the fervour and intoxication of divine love : |
| 7 | The church dates back to the 14th century , and in the grass fields to the south of Station Road can still be seen the ridge and furrow of the open field arable strips which probably originated before the charter . |
| 8 | Where a surgeon has been brought in ‘ at the last minute ’ to prepare a Medical Report then his opinion and Report can always be made the subject of valid criticism in the event of being compared with the Report and opinion of a surgeon who has consistently treated and/or prepared Reports on a claimant over a lengthy period of time . |
| 9 | You do not need to send your releases to everyone who might be interested if this is likely to delay getting them into the post ; that can always be done the next morning . |
| 10 | This can hardly be to deny the emperor 's gift but is certainly the action of a realist , to whom arguments from later , and perhaps what was seen to be better , evidence , are important . |
| 11 | HAVING finished second to France , and thereby won what the footballers used to call the Home International championship , Scotland can hardly be grudged the eight players they have in the British Isles task force for the invasion of New Zealand this summer under captain Gavin Hastings . |
| 12 | However , because of the entailment referred to above , the original and anaphoric occurrences of £100 can both be given the ‘ at least ’ interpretation , thus avoiding antagonism . |
| 13 | The problem can also be stated the other way . |
| 14 | His comment about ‘ that cat Wilson not being able to handle approval ratings like mine ’ can also be turned the other way round . |
| 15 | Hidden in the house buying jungle can also be found the Public Auction . |
| 16 | Realism can fairly be called the dominant theory in the history of International Relations . |
| 17 | This concept can then be designated the first ‘ unit ’ of that God . |
| 18 | They can then be spared the basic unreality of young people triumphing in circumstances too much for their capacities as well as the inevitable thinness of emotional experience which is bound to restrict the scope of an author wanting to draw characters in the round rather than stereotypes . |
| 19 | The first , which can conveniently be called the traditional theory , is known as the ‘ price pressure hypothesis ’ , and holds that rights issues will cause a temporary depression in the price as the issue has increased the supply of shares . |
| 20 | Several groups now constitute what can evocatively be called the ‘ transport poor ’ ( Wibberley 1978 ) . |
| 21 | By avoiding this situation and pretending it 's not happening means that we can actually be risking the lives of one our friends , one of our family . |
| 22 | To say ‘ the Word was made flesh ’ , then , refers not to a simple identity of God and Jesus but to a relationship in which God lovingly identifies himself in and with a real human person , 80 that that person can truly be called the Word , the self-communication and self-objectification of God in human terms … . |
| 23 | Karate came to England via the work and expertise of an unsung innovator named Vernon Bell , who can truly be called the father of English karate . |