Example sentences of "[adv] they can [adv] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If such claims can not be " explained away " ; if they do not reduce to ascriptions of certain attributes to certain entities ; if furthermore they can not be paraphrased simply in terms of knowledge , or translated into claims about the syntactical properties of certain expressions , the question is , how exactly should they be interpreted ? |
| 2 | Obviously they can not be expected to vet all the publications they sell , and it would be grossly unfair to hold them responsible for libels of which they could have no knowledge . |
| 3 | Now remember they 're not they ca n't be counted as your boss |
| 4 | Usually they can still be understood by other speakers of English , so why is it important to learn how weak forms are used ? |
| 5 | Once this process is underway they can not be dislodged by flushing the uterine horns . |
| 6 | Often they can not be practised on the home site because they are not acceptable on a busy airfield . |
| 7 | Trapped in a cruel flesh joke , desire burns holes so deep they can never be repaired . |
| 8 | If there are no old forms around they can not be used . |
| 9 | These , and many other problems , have to be worked through patiently with the help of the wife , and fortunately they can often be resolved successfully . |
| 10 | Having looked at a number of hypothetical fossil records varying in degree of completeness , they state that ‘ Sometimes fossils can be used in phytogenetic reconstruction without reference to stratigraphy : sometimes they can be used in combination with stratigraphy : sometimes they can not be used at all ; and sometimes phylogeny is in principle not reconstructible . ’ |
| 11 | You must understand the habits and characteristics of the crops you plan to grow and how they can best be fitted to the potential of your land . |
| 12 | Obviously , where these exist , it is important to use the opportunity and to consider how they can best be integrated with the more reluctant mass . |
| 13 | Over in the US , psychologists at a number of universities are making a serious study of how rumours are born , how they propagate and how they can finally be killed off . |
| 14 | He compared different sources on the same event , indicates when they can not be reconciled , supplies cross-references , and edits his material to increase its clarity . |
| 15 | In the field of cancer therapy it is well known that irradiation can cause tumours and yet they can also be treated by radiation and many of the drugs used in chemotherapy for tumours can also cause tumours . |
| 16 | It would be exaggerating to say that the basic capabilities of the electronic spreadsheet have reached the point where they ca n't be improved on . |
| 17 | So the birds have evolved the habit of flying a couple of hundred kilometres across to Shetland , where they can normally be assured of finding small fish around shorelines which never freeze over . |
| 18 | that there is good reason why they can not be examined here ; and |
| 19 | There are even those who ask why they can not be inspected by those who advise them . |
| 20 | In order to address this question one must first endeavour to investigate the type of meaning expressed by to and the type of meaning expressed by the modals and then try to see why they can not be put into relation with one another . |
| 21 | Hexamita can only be identified when moving , otherwise they can not be distinguished from the background debris . |
| 22 | The third key characteristic is that the actual value of all the variables which according to equation ( 6.7 ) determine should be known at the end of period t - 1 ; otherwise they can not be used to predict . |
| 23 | The user currently logged on to LIFESPAN via PI is not the associated user of the DCs listed , therefore they can not be activated via the package . |
| 24 | Associated with this view is the general contention that services are consumed at the time they are produced , and therefore they can not be stored , transported or resold . |
| 25 | Therefore they can not be picked up from water supplied , swimming pools , buildings or factories . |