Example sentences of "can be the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | often it involves a long chase in which the relationships between the record company personnel , the artist and the manager can be the deciding factor . |
| 2 | The shape of the inner depends on the design of the tent , but to all but lightweight buffs it can be the deciding factor of your purchase . |
| 3 | So they can be the deciding factor in what your programme 's going to be , so it pays to keep them in good trim . |
| 4 | WITH JUST A LITTLE THOUGHT AND PLANNING , YOUR GARDEN CAN BE THE PERFECT PLACE TO ENTERTAIN FRIENDS ON WARM EVENINGS . |
| 5 | Challenging though the course is , the lessons are laid out well for the beginner and the tests can be the fill-in type or multi-choice . |
| 6 | Prams can be the traditional spring chassis carriage , a carrycot on wheels type or the versatile three-in-one chassis that can take a reversible pushchair seat or a carrycot . |
| 7 | Both can take new consorts but only their daughter can be the new Everqueen . |
| 8 | That s when one can be the straight man and the other can have a go at him . ’ |
| 9 | You can be the Prime Minister or a dustman and it 's still the most important thing in the world . |
| 10 | Some people might say advertising reflects society , but I think it can be the other way round . |
| 11 | Now I can be constipatied constipated and I can be the other way . |
| 12 | Now I can be constipatied constipated and I can be the other way . |
| 13 | On the criteria we 've been talking about today , so find yourself a partner that you have n't worked with today somebody erm if you go in the same group that Kathy 's in because then if it comes up to four o'clock Kathy wants to go then you can be the other partner you 've got half an hour to put on one sheet of paper clearly and concisely what we 've done on communications . |
| 14 | This base can be the rear seat rail , or another rail fitted above the seat , but if so , no more than 2in above the seat or it would also need to be curved to avoid discomfort . |
| 15 | In speechreading confidence can be the key factor . |
| 16 | Even if all rural houses are not prohibitively priced , they can be expensive relative to the income levels of local inhabitants , and this can be the key factor that determines whether an individual family can afford to purchase a home . |
| 17 | More importantly , independents can be the right place for artists who want to keep a degree of creative control . |
| 18 | There can be the desperate feeling that life has passed them by , and they stand on a precipice , wondering whether to jump into the arms of the first person who offers , or risk endless loneliness. , |
| 19 | Finally , the idea that an LEA — let alone a national government — can be the sole definer , arbiter and guardian of good practice must be abandoned . |
| 20 | Above all , the notion that the LEA can be the sole definer , arbiter and guardian of good classroom practice must be abandoned . |
| 21 | The necessary amendments to company legislation are considered below , but it should be noted at this stage that there is no amendment to s 283 so that , although the sole member can be the sole director under s 282 , he or she can not also act as the company secretary . |
| 22 | Although the sole member can be the sole director , he or she can not also act as the company secretary |
| 23 | It is hard to believe that the hiccups over his newly published autobiography can be the real reason behind the decision . |
| 24 | ‘ There are great expectations , pious hopes and myriad uncertainties which have coalesced to cause a frisson of excitement at the prospect of success , for success alone can be the only option that should be countenanced . ’ |
| 25 | That can be the only explanation for the sale of Dean Saunders and not Ian Rush . |
| 26 | Divorce can be the only outcome , unless grace and forgiveness can intervene . |
| 27 | In other sandstones , quartz overgrowth cements do not form until after considerable solution compaction ; here the solution compaction can be the major source of silica , although reactions between clay minerals in immature sandstones may also contribute silica ( Fig. 5.28 ) ( Bjørlykke , 1983 ) . |
| 28 | He did not think that a ‘ good artistic work can be the joint production of two minds ’ . |
| 29 | that BACKFILL and reinstatement can be the controlling factor on productivity . |
| 30 | I hope that this whole issue can be settled soon so that rugby can be the great game it has always been . |