Example sentences of "[ex0] can [adv] be [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There can also be little doubt that the devotional revolution had a significant impact on the life of local catholic communities , especially as social life came to have a very strong relationship to the local parish and its priests . |
| 2 | Inevitably difficult calvings cause a whole range of problems and here Mr Barwise-Munro remarked : ‘ Up to 2.5 per cent of first calving heifers involved in such circumstances die but with those which survive , many will suffer up to a 10 per cent drop in milk yield and consequently weaning weight of calves will be lower and of course there can also be major fertility problems in getting the cows back in calf . ’ |
| 3 | There can also be few musicals infused with quite so many infectious tunes or sardonic lyrics which embody perfectly the angst and awakening libido of the seven teenagers at the club on a typical Saturday night . |
| 4 | The outcome was clearly welcomed by those with liberal sentiments : for however much one may deplore the sexual activities of young teenagers , there can surely be little doubt that the protection of such a girl from an unwanted pregnancy must be a matter of primary importance , and , therefore , if need be , have precedence not only over the right of parents to give or withhold consent , but even over the right to information regarding their child , for whom they are legally responsible . |
| 5 | As to the rest of the disc , it 's perhaps fair to state that Klemperer 's Johann Strauss will not please those who favour a relaxed ‘ Wienerisch ’ approach to such music , but there can surely be few complaints about the Mendelssohn . |
| 6 | You may say , against this , that there can surely be some form of appearance/reality distinction so long as the input systems can deliver up information about such objective facts as occlusion . |
| 7 | ‘ There can only be one king of the castle , as far as male Leos are concerned , ’ Julie had continued . |
| 8 | Sadly , there can only be one winner … and that is M J Gill of Manchester , who correctly spotted that twinkly-eyed Albums Ed Big Stuarty Bailie is a son of the Emerald Isle . |
| 9 | But providing the rain keeps away there can only be one winner the mighty Zafonic . |
| 10 | There can only be one Creator , one God who made the earth and maintains it under divine control . |
| 11 | Of course there can only be one chieftain , so defeated rivals must either accept his supremacy or leave the tribe altogether and set up a new one of their own . |
| 12 | There can only be one target , it 's the pensioners . |
| 13 | There can only be one outcome , the trade unions will retain their involvement in the Labour Party , I 've been saying this all along , as have others , during the course of the last year , the trouble is , nobody listens . |
| 14 | If we carry on the way we are there can only be one outcome and that is success . |
| 15 | There can only be one representative of our country . |
| 16 | The gap was far too narrow and he was travelling much too fast , and there can only be one reason for him making such a damnfool , cavalier manoeuvre — he was n't concentrating . |
| 17 | Secondly , and most importantly , there can only be one leader in this group , and I 'm it . |
| 18 | There can only be one answer to this — an independent financial adviser who ( a ) is a specialist in pensions , and ( b ) offers the option of paying by way of a fee as well as by commission . |
| 19 | However , since a task causes a state transition there can only be one task allocated to a state . |
| 20 | ‘ Ranulf , if the Prince knew before the porter arrived here , there can only be one explanation . |
| 21 | You wo n't have a whole-school group in a dissipating school … there ca n't be any organizational impact , there can only be individual impact . |
| 22 | There can therefore be little doubt that , in general , sexual assaults constitute a substantially more serious form of harm than mere property offences — which is not to deny that some forms of theft or destruction of property can be more serious than some minor sexual assaults . |
| 23 | In response to this argument it may be observed that even the BCG itself , in a series of articles about strategic investment in the Financial Times , November 1981 , points out that there can still be profitable niches in declining markets and that ‘ dogs ’ may be able to bite back by identifying new possibilities in their industries ( see also Thietart and Vivas , 1983–4 ) . |
| 24 | Although many towns and housing estates are served by live and dynamic churches , many are not , and even within a small community of 12,000 like ours in Cranham , there can still be whole estates from which only a handful of people are Christians . |
| 25 | In contrast , in visual art the emphasis is more on the individual performance , so there can obviously be more dialogue with the particular child about his or her intentions in relation to the actual work being produced . |
| 26 | At this stage there can often be many losses at the same time . |
| 27 | Although there can never be any guarantees , it is frequently the case that older children enjoy working with younger ones , enjoy the responsibility they are being given , and behave much better than they do when they are working on their own . |
| 28 | Alas , there can never be any certainty that your efforts will be fully rewarded . |