Example sentences of "[noun] can be [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One may question whether drawing attention to such matters should be part of a teacher 's role , but spectacles can be essential for some pupils who will not be able to use learning materials properly without them . |
| 2 | While it is true that a sensitive adult will respond intuitively to a child 's language and make numerous adjustments to his or her own language in a way that will reflect the child 's strengths and weaknesses , it may nevertheless be helpful to make these explicit in a written assessment so that intuitions can be further re fined on the basis of objective information . |
| 3 | Very often students ' inventive turn of mind can be useful at such formats , and they will largely be absent . |
| 4 | In contrast , the effect of dealing with domestic disputes can be traumatic on some policemen as they momentarily place their own children and family in the situation of emotional horror they encounter . |
| 5 | As suggested by Sir Kenelm Digby , a tiny sprig of rosemary or a little twist of lemon peel can be stuck into each little filled glass . |
| 6 | Whilst the first alternative can be effective to some extent , there is a limit to which expenditure of this kind can be reduced . |
| 7 | For example , if the category can take the values 1 to 7 , the factory number can be 01 to 11 , the product type can be 01 to 37 , and the number of products in the type can range from 001 to 999 , with 147 being the largest required at present ( the number varies with type ) , then we might have the following runs of continuous numbers made up of the digits representing the category , factory , product type and number of products : |
| 8 | Errors in recall can be similar for different individuals . |
| 9 | When this is done the procedure rarely fails , though the choice of illumination can be delicate in some environments , particularly growth cupboards . |
| 10 | The Report states that the ‘ limited ’ modification to the law that it proposed ‘ should not be interpreted as an indication that the law can be indifferent to other forms of homosexual behaviour , or as a general licence to adult homosexuals to behave as they please ’ . |
| 11 | The compound flag can be one of two alternatives : start of compound/phrase ; or part of compound/phrase . |
| 12 | The hon. Lady can be sure of this : we do protest to the Israeli Government when there are clear , serious and obvious breaches of international law . |
| 13 | Subsequent endoscopic management can be successful in most cases . |
| 14 | Some recent work on green vervet monkeys shows that audience effects can be important in other contexts in which their functional significance is a little easier to identify . |
| 15 | The equipment can be useful in many areas of research and industry — from equipping robots with ‘ eyes ’ to analysing the human body . |
| 16 | The following device can be helpful in this case . |
| 17 | Their side-effects can be different from those of alcohol , and are considered in more detail in Chapter 15 , but similarly they can be mistakenly classified and thereafter dismissed as part of the normal process of growing old . |
| 18 | Formic acid can be helpful to pregnant women . |
| 19 | The new position as a result of Litster is that the purchaser can be liable for any dismissal in connection with a sale irrespective of whether the dismissals take place before , on or after completion . |
| 20 | In so far as sensations are ‘ things excited in our minds ’ , they seem to have the character of particulars ; but in so far as the same sensation can be excited by any one of numerous objects , they ( the sensations ) seem to have the character of universals . |
| 21 | Additionally , confidence can be useful for certain types of secrets for which other rights are inappropriate such as the recipe for Coca-Cola or a secret research technique or industrial process . |
| 22 | Milan can be circumspect about visiting conductors , but on this occasion even the orchestra was stamping its approval for Lorin Maazel , a phenomenon I was told the Scala had not witnessed for over two decades ( you would have thought they might have managed it in the recent past for Muti , watching with no evident rancour from the box : but apparently not ) . |
| 23 | I mean , being frightened er spooky kind of you know thing in a lot films can be exciting for some people . |
| 24 | They can be kept singularly or in small groups , but ensure the aquarium has plenty of hiding places , for these fish can be aggressive towards one another . |
| 25 | The potential for misinterpretation and imperfect communication in the interactions between workers and clients is enormous , and no analysis of the effects of social work intervention can be complete without some attention to the views of those on the receiving end . |
| 26 | As nearly as one person can be sure of 18,000 others , the image gained their assent . |
| 27 | In the recent House of Lords judgment in the aptly named Savage case , the court ruled that a person can be guilty of actual bodily harm regardless of whether she — in that case — intended any harm or was reckless about causing harm , so long as she intended the assault . |
| 28 | But not all behaviour can be explicable in this fashion , because if it were , we should be unable to distinguish the neurotic from the normal . |
| 29 | With the latter meaning , a head can be one of four types : low ; high ( when emphatic , called " stopping " ) ; ; falling ( when emphatic , called " sliding " ) and rising ( when emphatic called " climbing " ) . |
| 30 | Machines can be helpful in several ways . |