Example sentences of "can [adv] [be] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can eventually be sure that it is correct enough , but never that there is no other equally correct but different translation . |
| 2 | ‘ Many statutes are passed by political bargaining and snap judgments of expediency ; the courts can rarely be sure that Parliament would have altered the wording if it had foreseen the situation . ’ |
| 3 | However , the role of facilitator can only be successful if others perceive training as important . |
| 4 | It is argued by Friedman , therefore , that any trade-off between unemployment and inflation can only be temporary and that the long-run Phillips curve must be vertical at the NUP . |
| 5 | In a sense , one can only be delighted that Leapor and other poets like her are receiving such serious attention . |
| 6 | Two quantities can only be equal if they contain the same powers of space , time and mass . |
| 7 | A further way of introducing some purpose to a day 's sailing is to experiment with different ways of doing things , since you can only be sure that you have found the best way by deliberately trying different ways . |
| 8 | Since the mid-1970s there has been growing recognition that residential care can only be effective when it is part of a package aimed at helping the family as a whole , and where parents are involved in all aspects of the care process . |
| 9 | This suggests that either educational reform has just not gone far enough or that , although improved educational standards constitute an important development goal , they can only be effective when accompanied by structural changes in the rest of society . |
| 10 | Greenpeace , however , say that the effect of such legislation can only be negligible because of the ease with which waste can be illegally imported . |
| 11 | Our understanding of what was happening to party politics under William and Anne can only be complete when we consider the wider world outside Westminster , which will be the subject of the following chapter . |
| 12 | Of course , this consideration can only be relevant if there is an alternative forum available ; if there is not , then the High Court may be inclined to allow an AJR unless there is some statutory provision which precludes this , even if the rights in issue are essentially ordinary employment rights . |
| 13 | Comments like ‘ big , black and smelly ’ can only be malicious and would not be protected . |
| 14 | When you look at the way our railways are run , we can only be grateful that British Rail no longer owns hotels , particularly when you recall what a wonderful training ground the old British Transport Hotels used to be . |
| 15 | Some methods avoid native language explanations altogether on the grounds that such explanations can only be abstract and confusing to the learner , and that they make him spend his time not so much in learning the language but rather in learning about the language ( Mackey 1965 p 240 ) . |
| 16 | The culture of the worker can only be subordinate and a closed system ; a security from the salient values of the industrial culture . |
| 17 | Our deepest desires can only be satisfied when we seek after God and eternity . |
| 18 | Taking the Ernst functions as ( 13.3 ) or ( 13.4 ) , it can be shown that the boundary conditions described in Section 7.2 can only be satisfied if and It is then convenient to transform the null coordinates such that and . |
| 19 | I can only be happy if you are happy . |
| 20 | Where a party can only be liable if negligent , a clause such as that in White v Warwick ought to be enough to protect against liability , even if parallel liability for failure to take reasonable care could be imposed in tort and contract ( Alderslade v Hendon Laundry Ltd [ 1945 ] KB 189 ) . |
| 21 | We are saying much the same thing when we derive the antithesis between sexuality and civilization from the circumstance that sexual love is a relationship between two individuals in which a third can only be superfluous or disturbing , whereas civilization depends on relationships between a considerable number of individuals . |
| 22 | At the moment the synthetic wood is two to three times more expensive than natural wood , but Collins and Aikman believes that the product can nevertheless be competitive because of the savings on incineration or dumping costs and because it lasts three to five times longer than wood . |
| 23 | The reader can thus be aware that a writer may have written round what happens to have been offered . |
| 24 | In some cases he may be able to obtain an injunction to restrain the breach and in any case he will be adequately compensated by his remedy in damages for breach of contract as his damage can scarcely be other than financial . |
| 25 | So we must warn that percussion can easily be overworked and become tiresome . |
| 26 | Facilities Northgate , I thought the people at Stowmarket at Stow Utland were on the par with the others , you know you can get , you can easily be convinced that the place is good because of it |
| 27 | Costs were high because injuries to a male can easily be crippling or fatal , whereas serious injuries to his companion can leave him without an essential partner in combating rival coalitions . |
| 28 | Dates are never reliable , and similar events can easily be confused or telescoped into one . |
| 29 | Of course , it has always been axiomatic that no treaty amendments can ever be operative unless and until parliament has approved them . |
| 30 | In these cases an internal control is required so if faced with a negative result , one can still be sure that the PCR conditions were perfect . |