Example sentences of "[indef pn] [conj] can [be] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ground from a golfer 's point of view is everything that can be desired and when finished will provide a first rate course , whose sporting nature will certainly not detract from its attractiveness . |
| 2 | In addition , it is not something that can be delegated and employees can not escape their responsibility by delegation . |
| 3 | As we have witnessed in the preceding chapter , the ideological contest for control of the past is largely predicated on the basis of the Renaissance being a phenomenon , something that can be discovered and controlled by accurate descriptions of what it is . |
| 4 | It 's not something that can be done or reproduced very easily by people without expertise . |
| 5 | You can also ask for the patient 's meal to be cut up in the kitchen ready to eat , although this is something that can be done when you order the meal . |
| 6 | I do not believe that the pursuit of happiness is a possibility : happiness is not something that can be chased and captured . |
| 7 | When Nietzsche is quoted directly as arguing that " tropes are not something that can be added or subtracted from language at will ; they are its truest nature " , de Man 's paraphrase seems innocuous : The mode of paraphrase frees de Man from the obligation of theoretical presence in his discourse while still allowing him to translate Nietzsche 's text into the terms of his own problematic . |
| 8 | This is still a problem with modern plastic plumbing pipe , but one that can be overcome if the pipe is well supported and space is left for expansion . |
| 9 | Most people believe that the Asian elephant is the only one that can be tamed and trained , that the African species is far too wild and dangerous . |
| 10 | ( iv ) Differently , it seems difficult to accept that consciousness is tolerably conceived when it is so conceived that it follows that anything that can be regarded as passing through certain sequences of causal or logical states is conscious . |
| 11 | Well , anything that can be carried and produced without a lot of fuss is permissable — pipes , cigarettes , mirrors , handbags , fans , matches , etc . |