Example sentences of "[conj] can [adv] [be] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the draftsman wishes to create a lease for a period that can not be made certain at the time of the demise the only way is to express it as being granted for a fixed term subject to a power to break at the expiry of the period . |
| 2 | The task of child protection is , in a sense , the other side of the coin and one that can not be made easy for social workers , despite the sharper and hopefully more effective legal tools they will now have for the job . |
| 3 | Nor do we hear much about Russian military equipment that can not be used due to a shortage of spares . |
| 4 | Lee stated that the economy had reached a " stagnant situation that can not be left alone " . |
| 5 | Any breach of these undertakings that can not be put right will lead to a deferred inheritance tax charge based on the current market value of the item concerned . |
| 6 | In a sense , therefore , I told her , the Devil is no longer a person-in-relation that can truly be called personal at all . |
| 7 | Not only does it constitute the object of its own criticism , it also contains a number of theories of this criticism , and in a recursive move that can truly be termed deconstructive , it presents criticism of these theories and it narrativizes this criticism . |
| 8 | And perhaps their foolishness will make everyone understand that however much fun Home Alone is for children at the cinema it is fiction and can not be made real by acting it out . |
| 9 | If permission to develop land is refused or granted subject to conditions , whether by the local planning authority or by the Secretary of State for the Environment , and the owner of the land claims that the land has become incapable of reasonably beneficial use in its existing state and can not be rendered capable of reasonably beneficial use by the carrying out of any development which has been or would be permitted he may serve on the Council , a purchase notice requiring the Council to purchase his interest in the land in accordance with the provisions of Part IX of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 . |
| 10 | Embryo transfer is potentially the safest way of introducing new blood-lines , though even this is not entirely safe ; the outside of a goat embryo resembles a rolled up hedgehog and can not be washed clean ! |
| 11 | Should anyone be refused admission to the flight or to the destination country by the airline or government authority then we are powerless to assist and can not be held responsible . |
| 12 | THE ROYAL FOREST OF DEAN TOURIST ASSOCIATION AND THE DESIGNERS BELIEVE THAT ALL STATEMENTS HEREIN ARE CORRECT AT THE TIME OF GOING TO PRESS AND CAN NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS . |
| 13 | This dictum , though carrying the authority of Atkin L.J. , was uttered without any reference to authority and can not be accorded great weight as a general statement of law . |
| 14 | Horse and mare in 16a and b do not represent a genuine but contextually restricted form of synonymy : their semantic distinctness remains , and can easily be made manifest . |
| 15 | Shallow metaphors and deep metaphors require inferencing to access the metaphoric domains , and can thus be termed invisible metaphors ( an example would be I love the sun , taken to be an utterance of Romeo referring to Juliet ) . |
| 16 | The years since 1898 have seen many changes tending to increase the circle of people to whom the accountant owes a duty of care and can therefore be held liable . |
| 17 | These possibilities exist because some of the meanings which human beings find in experience depend on symbols and can only be given symbolic expression . |
| 18 | In these circumstances the guardian may , with the leave of the court , have separate legal representation but can not be granted legal aid for this purpose ( FPCR , r11(3) ; FPR , r4.11(3) ) . |
| 19 | In litigation and arbitration , the amount of the costs is subject to the control of the court 's " taxation " procedures , which are made available to arbitrations by s18(2) of the Arbitration Act 1950 , but can not be made available for expert determinations by any means , including a provision to that effect in the expert clause . |
| 20 | Wood can always be stained to a darker shade than its present state , but can not be lightened other than by bleaching . |
| 21 | This technology will not only be of use to the programme itself , but can also be made available at state and local levels . |