Example sentences of "can [verb] be a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One additional problem which can arise is a noisy vibrating pump due to poor maintenance of the adsorption filter . |
| 2 | HEAVEN CAN WAIT is a brilliant 1943 movie about a dead bloke . |
| 3 | But when we 're dealing as we are in this case , with fraud , then clearly there has to be regulations , there has to be er primary legislation er so that was the point I 'm making but as I say , it 's not just me , it 's the stock exchange , the S I B , all of them believe that we need a single enforcement body to look at these matters and I do wish perhaps the minister does but the government must acc eople and a number of ople obviously with a number of traumas and a number of di exploit the different rules and regulations and to get through them because they know they are never going to be caught and the little chance of being prosecuted and even if they are prosecuted er then the chances of being convicted are remote and even if they are convicted I 'm afraid that the judicial shi system shows er that the worst they can expect is a few hours mowing the grass in front of an old folks home or perhaps a few months er in the country residence , albeit owned by Her Majesty . |
| 4 | Any linguistic knowledge the teacher can bring is a welcome bonus . |
| 5 | All he can remember is a green dragon and a pool of blood . |
| 6 | That year I can remember was a good year was n't it ? |
| 7 | One of the best resources you can use is a good listener who will allow you to verbalise your doubts and fears aloud and who is capable of listening to you without pressing home their own agenda . |
| 8 | In the eighteenth century Boswell describes his attack of gonorrhoea , which is complicated by an attack of epididymo-orchitis , and , after a miserable six weeks of self-imposed confinement at home , rejoices that he is cured because all he can see is a slight ‘ gleet ’ which he is happy to ignore . |
| 9 | ‘ All I can see is a bloody empty yard wiv a shed in it . |
| 10 | We still hear its voice ; but all we can see is a bare wooden perch . |
| 11 | One of the things that can emerge is a great deal of mutual help , so that there is not just one group of people giving out to another but a group of people reaching out to one another . |
| 12 | Criminally negligent directors in the UK are not sent to prison as in other countries — the worst that can happen is a fine — and even that can be insured against and paid by the company . |
| 13 | She added : ‘ The fact that he can write is a good sign . |
| 14 | The ratio can rise either as a result of an increase in OM or through a fall in P. The only route through which OM can rise is a temporary budget deficit financed by the issue of fiat money . |