Example sentences of "[pron] can [adv] be [adj] to " in BNC.

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1 Structure , which can also be opposed to material , is a broader concept than both form , in its traditional sense , and device ; it embraces all aspects of a literary text , from sound to subject matter , and it includes both those which are defamiliarized and those which are not .
2 You can even be allergic to the sun .
3 Even here we can not be sure to what extent the pain of IBS is a normal perception of abnormal physiology or a normal perception of normal phenomena .
4 We can always be kind to people that we 're not interested in .
5 So , Coward is elevated to join the likes of Greed ( 1923 ) and Paisa ( 1946 ) and Le jour se lève ( 1939 ) , but Manvell cautiously refuses to bestow individual plaudits , preferring to see the film as ‘ one of those rare films for which one can never be sure to whom the real credit is due … an example of the unity achieved by the cooperation of many creative minds ’ .
6 Animals can not be parties to a lawsuit , or be said to be guilty , they can not be subject to the duties that attach to rights .
7 The very form demonstrates that they can not be due to wind blast and the lack of polishing of the rocks as well as the equal development of undercutting of rocks in all directions suggests that a directional agency such as wind is not responsible .
8 They can often be blind to the fact that the good child may be stirring up the problem and letting the naughty one get the blame .
9 It can not be easy to be the partner of a genius , and Constanze certainly made the best of it .
10 Since it can not be accountable to national Parliaments , it ought to be accountable to the European Parliament .
11 And if it be not the fact , it can not be apparent to the judges …
12 It can not be irrelevant to evangelism that so many unbelievers think the place we give to women in the Church is frankly absurd . ’
13 It can not be irrelevant to evangelism that so many unbelievers think the place we give to women is frankly absurd .
14 It can also be used to bed wood floor blocks , cork and vinyl tiles .
15 It can hardly be relevant to my son 's murder .
16 It can only be confusing to a pupil if features of dialect are ‘ corrected ’ at the same time and in the same way as , for example , spelling errors .
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