Example sentences of "can be [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can be ignorant and aggressive to people with HIV and AIDS . |
| 2 | Whether it be supermarkets , banks , car giants , finance houses , tour operators or manufacturers , the impact can be devastating and cost millions in wasted advertising and lost sales revenue . |
| 3 | The emptiness can be devastating and very stressful . |
| 4 | Experts can be fallible and usually the best practitioners are the people who , with experience , come to appreciate how little they know . |
| 5 | if it is to certify an institution then it can be superficial and impressionistic ( i.e. subjective ) ; |
| 6 | But it is certainly not impossible and the attempt to arrive at agreed standards in all organizations can be helpful and educational to manager and employees alike . |
| 7 | This can be helpful and reassuring in reducing anxiety . |
| 8 | Models can be useful and have a part to play , if built on a sound theoretical basis . |
| 9 | Shooting can be effective and sporting too , but I think it vital that everyone who shoots in these situations should be a very capable gun and able to kill a very large proportion of what he fires at . |
| 10 | ‘ His books taught me that poetry can be pure and profound , and at the same time popular . ’ |
| 11 | At the best , farming can be rough and dirty work ; in bad weather it can be filthy . |
| 12 | Each state has , in some states you can be eighteen and carry a gun but in another state you 've got ta be twenty one , they make all different laws . |
| 13 | The whiff of a field of flowers can be uplifting and invigorating ; catching the smell of a cigarette or cigar can make you feel stuffy and uncomfortable . |
| 14 | The fact is that the rotting process in timber can be long and slow , and may not be observed by the householder until a very advanced stage of decay has been reached . |
| 15 | The hours can be long and sometimes unsociable , and the responsibilities testing . |
| 16 | Contact fungicides can be general and fairly generally effective , or specifically designed for one particular fungus , and therefore very effective . |
| 17 | The links between sound , language and meaning can be complex and sometimes apparently arbitrary . |
| 18 | There may be time for hobbies or interests , either life-long ones where skills can be renewed and activities expanded , or new ones where opportunities to learn can lead to great personal satisfaction . |
| 19 | It 's a bit of a mess but at least we can be warm and dry in our sleeping-bags . ’ |
| 20 | The occasional drink can be beneficial and enjoyable but there are dangers . |
| 21 | Losing sight of the tow plane for even a second can be lethal and the glider pilot must always release immediately if this happens . |
| 22 | All these weapons can be lethal and the same tactics must be used against each one : stay out of range of the weapon ; grab anything that equals the odds and extends your own striking range ; and fight back with such determination and intensity that your attacker is either overwhelmed or forced back , allowing you to escape . |
| 23 | Nursing is often a thankless occupation : the work can be tedious and dirty , the hours are unsocial and the pay is derisory . |
| 24 | You have to have confidence in your own ability and being black is a good thing as far as I 'm concerned 'cause I 've had to sample bits and pieces of how life can be nasty and it 's done me good . |
| 25 | There are too many scenes of people talking about nothing in particular and , when characters are differentiated , not by what they do , but by what the author says about them , the effect can be static and unsatisfying . |
| 26 | For most cuts , the work is steadied against the foot plate which can be angled to bring it into contact with the workpiece ; because the teeth of the sawblade tend to become worn close to the foot plate , the plate can be unclamped and moved forwards to bring a fresh section of the blade into use . |
| 27 | However , nothing can be crueller and more oppressive than one without love . |
| 28 | They can be particularly appropriate to smaller villages since they can be small-scale and use small plots of land , and as a result they are more likely to receive planning permission . |
| 29 | They can be simple and like wild roses , suitable for woodland gardens ; or formal for town gardens . |
| 30 | These necessary costs can be substantial and need to be paid as they arise . |