Example sentences of "it can [be] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That 's how emotional and intense it can be and I can understand that . |
| 2 | We try and make everything as good as it can be and I write guitar lines that will be heard . |
| 3 | For parents , this world-view may not be ‘ philosophical ’ in the sense of something that is calculated , worked out and argued , though it can be and often is . |
| 4 | Of course , it can be and often is . |
| 5 | And see how wide it can be and also in some respects how remote it can be . |
| 6 | The defence of consent can obviously not be pleaded as it can be and generally is for rape . |
| 7 | Now while there is no reason to doubt that the first kind of structure contributes in one way or another to the effect of the poem , it can be and has been argued ( Riffaterre 1966 : 206ff. ) that the second is in most cases irrelevant to the text 's poetic status , since it tends to fall well below the ordinary reader 's level of consciousness . |
| 8 | and it can be and often is 75 per cent. , depending on someone 's resources . |