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 | Accurate reports of certain public occasions are " privileged " — which is to say that any defamatory statements arising from them can not be made the subject of a successful libel action . |
| 6 | The Strathclyde university report stated : ’ The idea of a mature tobacco market ’ — that means a market which can not expand any further ’ can not be supported the key group for the tobacco industry is young smokers . |
| 7 | For example , it has been pointed out that one person can not be asked the same question twice , the second time he is not the same person because he has already been asked the question once . |
| 8 | As the risk and returns of most of the assets can not be observed the tests hitherto had been biased . |
| 9 | Such a motion is exempted business , so that the House in question can not be denied the opportunity to pass upon the matter simply by government manipulation of time , but in relation to the vast majority of instruments , opposition is pointless and rarely mounted . |
| 10 | If an individual item can not be matched the wording of this clause should be brought to the attention of the policyholder . |
| 11 | ‘ Even assuming a genuine ecclesiastic use of the chapel following demolition of the remainder , it can not be said the church as such is still in ecclesiastical use or would be but for the works . ’ |
| 12 | It can not be proved the virgin birth happened . |
| 13 | Clearly they can not be detecting the direction of the rays of light and moving away from the source , because illumination is from above . |
| 14 | The supplied username is not known to LIFESPAN and , therefore , can not be passed the Software Performance Report ( SPR ) . |
| 15 | Of course the parallel between ontogeny and phylogeny can not be carried the whole way through — prehistoric human beings did not look like newborn babies — but there are various reasons why we might expect the early stages of embryonic development to have some relation to the early stages of our evolution . |
| 16 | The reason Jesus used parables can not be to hide the truth from people because this is not the intention of teaching and it seems out of character with what we learn about Jesus elsewhere in the Gospel . |
| 17 | It stated that , ‘ The course adopted , prompted by a desire for expedition , can scarcely be considered the best calculated to obtain a grand whole ’ . |
| 18 | Similarly the poetry of Rumi is about mystical love ; and in this poem can easily be felt the fervour and intoxication of divine love : |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The problem can also be stated the other way . |
| 26 | His comment about ‘ that cat Wilson not being able to handle approval ratings like mine ’ can also be turned the other way round . |
| 27 | Hidden in the house buying jungle can also be found the Public Auction . |
| 28 | Realism can fairly be called the dominant theory in the history of International Relations . |
| 29 | This concept can then be designated the first ‘ unit ’ of that God . |
| 30 | 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 . |