Example sentences of "can [be] [verb] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , when these figures are broken down , it can be seen that certain groups , such as single women over 75 , are less likely to have an occupational pension , and , if they do , the average amount is less . |
| 2 | From this examination of some of the many patterns of family life which exist in Britain in the 1980s it can be seen that traditional views of the family are unsupported by research findings . |
| 3 | There , on a wall plaque , can be seen that other famous fornicator of Irish origin , J F Kennedy , pictured in a pose of sublime mawkishness , eyes closed , hands joined in prayer , contemplating further exercise of droit de president . |
| 4 | It can be seen that continued administration of the remedy once the disease disturbance has been overcome will result in the presence of an energy pattern of the remedy itself i.e. a proving . |
| 5 | It can be seen that female unemployment accounted for between 25 and 32 per cent of total recorded unemployment during the period , though it was growing at a somewhat faster rate than male unemployment . |
| 6 | Thus it can be seen that individual help at the reference desk has both advantages and disadvantages as a method of library user instruction . |
| 7 | It can be seen that human sweat is actually hypotonic ie it contains a lower salt concentration than the plasma . |
| 8 | It can be seen that vertical mergers are relatively rare . |
| 9 | They seem to have difficulty in transferring from the junior to the senior game and get disheartened and take up coaching although it can be seen that British players do not start getting their best results until their mid-twenties and beyond . |
| 10 | It can be seen that considerable pressure is being put on the land by these many uses . |
| 11 | In the second place , it can be argued that similar changes have taken place in the relationships between parents and children . |
| 12 | Indeed , it can be argued that central government can draw upon and use ‘ superior intelligence and knowledge ’ ( Foster et al . , |
| 13 | It can be argued that forced labour has not ceased but merely changed its form . |
| 14 | On the other hand , it can be argued that real believers are incapable of distancing themselves sufficiently to carry out an objective study of their own ( or perhaps even of someone else 's ) religion . |
| 15 | It can be argued that mass communications have simply speeded up the whole process of change enormously , rather than imposed a massive and rigid uniformity . |
| 16 | There were several weak points in this critique and perhaps at the very least it can be argued that foreign films with social themes always appear to be more realistic merely because the subject-matter and personnel are new . |
| 17 | It can be argued that American children are not always very intelligent or easy to teach , with catastrophically short attention spans , but one can see the beginnings of a sad muddle even in England , with the publication of a homosexual prayer book giving instructions for a ‘ coming out ’ liturgy next door to prayers for those who already suffer from the American disease . |
| 18 | Secondly , even when attention is restricted to individual predictions , it can be argued that scientific theories , and hence universal statements , are inevitably involved in the estimation of the likelihood of a prediction being successful . |
| 19 | It can be argued that biological differences become biological inequalities when people define them as such . |
| 20 | Yet it can be argued that large size and a high degree of industrial concentration of capital tend to assist the organisation of employers by making agreements between them easier to secure . |
| 21 | It can be argued that true liberalization of standing rules requires not only that applicants be accorded standing to represent interests which they share with many others ( the old test of ‘ genuine grievance ’ achieved that ) but also that standing be accorded to genuine representatives of interested persons even if the only interest of the representative is to further the interests of the represented . |
| 22 | Whilst it can be argued that physical regeneration , not job creation , was MDC 's original priority , the extension of the boundaries removes this premise . |
| 23 | With these qualifications in mind , it can be said that regional policies have moderated the relative but not the absolute differences in the unemployment rates of development and non-development areas , as Table 4.5 suggests . |
| 24 | Concluding this section , it can be said that manual workers not only suffer more from the costs and deprivations of the workplace than non-manual workers but they also receive lower compensation and rewards in terms of pay , fringe benefits and , in some instances , even of social security benefits . |
| 25 | In terms of the aims set out in 1955 , it can be said that green belt policies have been fairly successful . |
| 26 | Finally , the movement towards greater sexual equality is affecting relationships within the family , but a strong argument can be made that traditional role differentiation between men and women is strongly resistant to change ( see Part Four ) . |
| 27 | A system can be designed much more economically if it can be assumed that skilled personnel are available to control and take care of it . |
| 28 | We will approve major motorway or trunk road investments only where it can be demonstrated that alternative transport provision can not meet the need at lower economic and environmental cost . |
| 29 | From this it can be inferred that monetary or economic activity ( defined as the intensity of coin use and hence loss ) was greater in rural than in urban centres in the last century of Roman rule in Britain . |
| 30 | On the other hand , just as he defended the use of Article 100 , George Close also defended the use of Article 235 on the same grounds , i.e. that even in purely economic terms it can be shown that environmental and consumer legislation does in fact affect production and marketing costs . |