Example sentences of "this [noun] can [adv] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This change can clearly be related to the country 's net increase of average real income and the emergence of a clear majority of households which owned a car and owned their house ( Table 3.4 ) . |
| 2 | This change can best be described in terms of a shift away from the Interest Principle , as defined by Leech , towards the Irony Principle . |
| 3 | This change can only be a result of conscious policy . |
| 4 | Formulas of this kind can only be the starting point in a process which always demands a sophisticated approach . |
| 5 | As things stand , a dilemma of this kind can only be resolved through the use of cumbersome legal machinery which is not appropriate to the situation . |
| 6 | Mr. Watkinson accepted that the closing words of section 69(1) place a difficulty in his way , but he maintained that this difficulty can not be allowed to outweigh the clear words of Lord Bridge of Harwich . |
| 7 | This difficulty can not be overcome by a stipulation that the receipt message and the private key together are the equivalent of a paper based negotiable bill of lading . |
| 8 | Most of the final parts of this story can not be independently verified but events appear to have run as follows . |
| 9 | It can easily be shown that " you know what I mean ! " and " you know ! " in this case can not be eliciting an agreement . |
| 10 | This case can perhaps be explained on policy grounds as the plaintiff was a rescuer and the courts do not wish to deter rescue . |
| 11 | The importance of this level can hardly be exaggerated today . |
| 12 | This level can only be attained by about 5–10 per cent of the population . |
| 13 | This part can then be positioned within another space by defining its six degrees of freedom for its rigid body motion ( three of translation and three of rotation ) . |
| 14 | Although Dr Gale 's project is largely concerned with metals , this technique can also be applied to ceramics and rocks , as well as corals , bones and molluscs . |
| 15 | This technique can only be applied in bold , relatively thick outlines , and is therefore only used on items which employ reasonably simple designs . |
| 16 | This resistance can only be overcome as you gently persuade and cajole subordinates to expand their horizons . |
| 17 | Therapeutically , this resistance can often be overcome by insulin injections . |
| 18 | It is debatable whether this permission can properly be described as a " right or interest " in the copyright ; if it can be so described then sections 2 to 4 of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 do not apply to software contracts and this is the most likely interpretation . |
| 19 | Time will tell how this course can best be adapted to serve Christ at the end of the twentieth century . |
| 20 | 2.32 This decision can profitably be compared with that of Peter Pain J in Bailey v Barking and Havering Area Health Authority [ 1979 ] Law Society Gazette , 2 August , p793 . |
| 21 | This decision can only be based on the spacing between the sites chosen rather than the importance of the sites themselves , ignoring even the cross-routes . |
| 22 | A moment 's thought will convince the reader that the crossed reading is prohibited here : this sentence can not be used to describe a situation where Arthur knows that the animal in question is an alsatian , but is unsure of its sex , while Mike knows that it is female , but thinks it might be a wolf . |
| 23 | This sentence can nevertheless be paraphrased by " If someone were to fall , he would unquestionably die " : the to infinitive evokes a hypothetical action here as well , i.e. an action to be avoided . |
| 24 | This variety can not be captured by the notion of loose apposition , and it can not , therefore , provide the basis for the analysis of the phrasal phenomena discussed in the final section or the discourse phenomena discussed in the preceding sections of this article . |
| 25 | This provision can not be contracted out of . |
| 26 | It has now transpired that this money can not be guaranteed , and the estate may be sold instead to a private buyer . |
| 27 | Obviously , this differentiation can readily be made by measurement of serum gastrin . |
| 28 | This experience can not be replicated in second language acquisition . |
| 29 | This hypothesis can not be convincingly proven on current evidence , but if accepted , it would suggest an early ribbon development with short side-streets and lanes , perhaps extending c. 700 m ( 2300 ft ) either side of the main north-south road junction , followed by a mid to late second-century remodelling of the region to the west , perhaps contemporary with the new defences . |
| 30 | This diligence can only be exercised once the curt papers have been served on the debtor . |