Example sentences of "can [adv] [be] [adj] that " 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 | In a sense , one can only be delighted that Leapor and other poets like her are receiving such serious attention . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The reader can thus be aware that a writer may have written round what happens to have been offered . |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Because of the spontaneous , easy-going nature of island hopping , our trips programme may vary from week to week and island to island , but you can always be certain that your Clubrep will make sure you have the chance to see and do the very best things on each island . |
| 10 | It can hardly be coincidental that these remarkable evolutionary events , taking place within only a few million years , correspond so closely in time with an episode of exceptional igneous and urogenic activity ( Larsen & Pitman , 1972 ) , the rapid disintegration of Pangaea ( Hallam , 1980 ) and the biggest marine transgression since the mid-Palaeozoic , apparently produced either by a phase of accelerated sea-floor spreading or by a dramatic increase in the length of the ocean ridge system . |
| 11 | And it can hardly be coincidental that James is referred to as ‘ Zadok ’ . |
| 12 | If the object is itself bizarre or ambiguous , one can hardly be surprised that the result is bizarre or ambiguous . |
| 13 | Unfortunately , it can also be true that previously-held prejudices can be reinforced . |
| 14 | The hon. Gentleman can certainly be certain that I congratulate Rover on its splendid new product , and I hope that it will be immensely successful . |
| 15 | Counselling empathy requires constant testing because we can never be certain that what we believe to be the feelings and attitudes of the counsellees are accurate . |
| 16 | Inquisitions post mortem can sometimes fill such a gap , but because a separate one had to be taken in every county involved we can never be certain that the record has survived in its entirety . |
| 17 | If we can never be certain that we have stated every objective we might have , in the clearest form , and with the most practical means of testing whether it has been achieved , this does not mean that we abandon the attempt or that to try one 's best under the circumstances is not a helpful activity . |
| 18 | However long a text you take , you can never be certain that a grammar you find by any algorithm is the one the text is generated by . |
| 19 | She was suggesting that ‘ relevant ’ skills are best learned in the context in which they are relevant , and that teachers can never be certain that their pupils are acquiring the ability to cope in any particular context unless they see them operating in that context . |
| 20 | We guarantee nothing — wild birds are free to go where they wish and , though we can give them the best possible conditions , we can never be certain that they will stand in front of a hide ! |
| 21 | This is because , however often an experiment comes out right , you can never be sure that it will come out right the next time , and so you can never be sure that your hypothesis is right . |
| 22 | This is because , however often an experiment comes out right , you can never be sure that it will come out right the next time , and so you can never be sure that your hypothesis is right . |