Example sentences of "can [adv] be the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I do n't think it 's impossible that it ca n't be the other way , that two people ca n't grow toward each other . |
| 2 | These corals look pretty disgusting when they shed mucus , and I ca n't be the only person ever to throw out a perfectly healthy specimen thinking that it was decomposing ! |
| 3 | I 'm no great fan of BT but surely I ca n't be the only person to feel that , despite its unbearable corporate smugness , its waste on stupid logos and its ludicrous charging for directory enquiries , it has transformed itself since privatisation into an organisation that is relatively efficient . |
| 4 | Rugby World & Post will be better off by ceasing to ululate on the supposed demise of John Gallagher at Leeds and simply grant him an interview instead — I ca n't be the only admirer of this great All Black fullback to want to find out what is really going on . |
| 5 | ‘ But these ca n't be the only versions ? ’ |
| 6 | I ca n't be the only Virgo you 'll meet in your entire life ! |
| 7 | ‘ It ca n't be the only difference , ’ I said . |
| 8 | ‘ Brick Kiln Farm ca n't be the right place for an operation like this , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Surely that ca n't be the proper way to run an election . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I have been large all my life and I do n't see why others ca n't be the same way . ’ |
| 11 | Soon the bodies began to pile up here , too , and yet again the Collector and his men had to put their shoulders to the carnal barricade to prevent it from being ejected into the hall ; and yet again , as if in a dream , the Collector found his face an inch from that of an amused sepoy and thought : " It surely ca n't be the same man ! " for from this corpse 's moustache there was also a scent of patchouli . |
| 12 | ‘ It ca n't be the old man , ’ Kimberley said . |
| 13 | So it ca n't be the old Winter Garden crop . ’ |
| 14 | Now Freud says if this myth , this ca n't be the original myth because the original myth has as Andrea pointed out to us very clearly in her paper is the family romance bit that a lot of people or most people have . |
| 15 | He answers this objection however with the reply that , whereas in human generation a woman can only be the passive principle , in spiritual generation neither man nor woman function by virtue of their own powers , but only as instruments of the power of Christ . |
| 16 | Some further details of the poem were clearly borrowed directly from West Somerset : the harbour from which the mariner set sail can only be the little harbour at Watchet , the hermit 's woodland home the wood at Culbone , and the ‘ loud bassoon ’ , whose sound caused the wedding-guest to beat his breast , probably had its original in the bassoon which the vicar of Stowey had just provided for the Stowey church band . |
| 17 | It can not be the cheap medals and worthless trophies they hope to accumulate and the chances of making big money are so tiny as to make it untenable as a career . |
| 18 | God can not be the exclusive Father and I can not ascribe exclusive divinity to Jesus . |
| 19 | It can not be the ultimate value because it manifestly ignores so many other values such as those of justice , as well as ignoring the truth-claims which religions inevitably have to take seriously . |
| 20 | We furthermore accept Mr. Richards 's submission that the gravity of the misconduct under investigation can not be the determinative factor as to whether public interest immunity attaches to the documents — Makanjuola v. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [ 1992 ] 3 All E.R. |
| 21 | However DNA structure can not be the sole determinant of cleavage efficiency since ( AC ) n tracts are very poor cleavage sites . |
| 22 | Its comparative youthfulness and exclusiveness can not be the sole explanations . |
| 23 | A criterion of instant and obvious utility can not be the sole criterion for the inclusion of items in the school curriculum . |
| 24 | The results presented in this paper demonstrate that this can not be the sole criterion for selective cleavage , since we observed good cleavage at some sites ( ApT ) which lack the crucial guanine residue . |
| 25 | Descombes describes a comparable paradoxical structure in his account of ‘ originary delay ’ : a first event can not be the first event if it is the only event ; it can not be said to be a first until it is followed by a second , which then retrospectively constitutes it as the first — which means that its firstness hovers over it as its meaning without being identifiable with it as such . |
| 26 | In general , then , ostensive definition relies upon the previous existence of conceptual knowledge , and can not be the first source of such knowledge . |
| 27 | Hence there is another reason for regulation , to protect consumers who can not be the best judges of their own welfare in all regards . |
| 28 | It can not be the political solution , ’ Ruehe said . |
| 29 | I can not be the only motorist who is regularly frustrated by the lengthy delays caused by the traffic lights at the junction in Edinburgh of Lower Granton Road , Trinity Road and Trinity Crescent . |
| 30 | Academic qualifications , while they can be an important guide , can not be the only criteria . |