Example sentences of "can [adv] [be] [verb] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It ca n't be assumed that they will just learn and pick things up as they go along . |
| 2 | ‘ It ca n't be denied that all this has taken a very long time to come about , but I think that , political wrangling aside , much of the delay has been due to genuine uncertainty about the tax implications of moving money around from one body to another . |
| 3 | It ca n't be denied that many players have John Mayall to thank for their career launch … |
| 4 | But it ca n't be denied that in the days following the concert — which was seen by one-and-a-half billion people all over the world groups watched their LPs , new and old , surge healthily up the charts , taking their bank balances to new heights . |
| 5 | That there was a pattern for her in Lermontov 's novel is conceivable : but it ca n't be claimed that it fits her with exactitude , or that it provides an explanation of her conduct . |
| 6 | It is not a term without some disadvantages , since it can justifiably be argued that the term ‘ handicapped ’ may have some negative overtones . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It can perhaps be said that the bereavement care teams who usually now come to help at such times are the public recognition of this phenomenon . |
| 9 | However , it is not known whether the courts would accept this argument , because it can perhaps be said that the shares management acquire in Newco are acquired pursuant to ( though not causally connected to ) an opportunity offered to management ( namely to buy Target or its business ) by reason of their employment/directorships with the vendor or Target . |
| 10 | In this way it can perhaps be argued that the underlying rationale for the existence of the Eurocurrency market has been somewhat undermined , hence the classification by the BIS statistics to encompass the whole International Banking Market , of which the Euromarket is a part . |
| 11 | It can only be hoped that the newly aggressive financial players of the Thatcher era manage to avoid the same errors . |
| 12 | It is doubtful whether the unfortunates impounded in the Lazzaretto had time to concern themselves with the aesthetic niceties of the building , and it can only be hoped that the church offered them some spiritual comfort . |
| 13 | It can only be hoped that , should the book go to a second edition , the publishers will make time to consult properly and correct the errors . |
| 14 | Whilst these changes pose a formidable challenge to exporters , it can only be hoped that the response they evoke will be conducive to the well-being and prosperity of all . |
| 15 | How much of a threat this posed to those drapers who themselves furnished funerals is not recorded , but as none appear to have taken legal action , it can only be assumed that they too had dealings with these manufacturers whilst continuing to offer a funeral service to the general public . |
| 16 | Since this was also a period of great affluence , it can only be assumed that the wealthy customers who commissioned the Kamares cups — aristocrats and priestesses among them — could now afford cups of precious metal instead . |
| 17 | It can only be deduced that most young people learn about homosexuality from the negative and misinformed images in the mainstream media . |
| 18 | Even in the simplest case , the lump sum target , it can only be shown that the target can be used to improve welfare under the assumptions that E is neutral in its effect on production and that there are non-decreasing returns to scale . |
| 19 | It can only be surmised that the Marquis was feeling pretty flush after a good win when he made that entry into his accounts , or the caddie was a highly favoured young man indeed , for four shillings at that time would have been over the top on the percentages that a caddie can expect from his round nowadays . |
| 20 | Using this notation , the components of the Weyl tensor are given by the expressions ( 10.4 ) It can thus be seen that , although ( 10.2 ) is linear so that different solutions for V can be superposed , the associated gravitational waves can not be simply superposed . |
| 21 | It can thus be seen that this transformation with may be used to change the profile of the approaching waves . |
| 22 | It can thus be seen that both in this chapter and in the closely related one on adult education which follows , the Report addresses English professors and teaching staff not so much as professionals but as responsible public figures ; as socially concerned part-time and even voluntary preachers functioning to disseminate a national culture . |
| 23 | It can thus be said that the programmer , rather than the user , dictates the form of the final design . |
| 24 | It can thus be argued that Russia and Prussia have in the eighteenth century a very important and interesting administrative history but little real political , still less constitutional , history . |
| 25 | But it can not be accepted that every time there is a tragedy in the Health Service , where there has been no professional neglect , that instantly there should be compensation . |
| 26 | It can not be over-emphasised that the future of many of these species of Sussex birds is closely tied to the management of these levels . |
| 27 | ‘ It can not be over-emphasised that statistics , if these are to have any meaning , should be gathered by those who know the churches well and who are concerned that the statistics reveal the truth . |
| 28 | It can not be over-emphasised that the official timetable volumes take in railways , mountain railways , lake and riverboat services as well as bus services . ) |
| 29 | However , it can not be denied that incompetent side-slipping and sideslipping close to the ground can cause accidents . |
| 30 | It can not be denied that we need more resources to improve the quality of life of very frail older people . |