Example sentences of "can be [vb pp] [prep] [noun] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An interesting warning can be gathered from Pooley 's that remaining in such an area for more than one minute risks possible harm from radiation . |
| 2 | It is necessary to remember that the speed with which an asset can be turned into cash is not a sufficient characteristic of an asset to make it liquid . |
| 3 | No-one can say for certain whether he was right ; what can be stated with certainty is that with Italy and Germany helping the Nationalists almost from the beginning , non-intervention threw the Spanish Republic into the embrace of the only great power willing to help her — the Soviet Union . |
| 4 | The only Roman historian who can be compared to Thucydides is Tacitus ( c . |
| 5 | The range of languages which can be accredited by SCOTVEC is now very wide and can be extended at any time to meet demand . |
| 6 | The only way that the Šiptars of Kosovo and Metohija can be united with Šipnija is through a common struggle with the other nations of Yugoslavia against the occupiers and their lackeys . |
| 7 | The need for additional secure places that can be accessed by Leicestershire is not at issue , what 's still be investigated is how a regional service meeting varying types of needs can be provided discussions are still taking place with Northamptonshire county council and into some other current secure unit provider authorities as to how best Leicestershire can work with other local authorities in the region towards this objective . |
| 8 | What can be said about fluoride is that at concentrations of even less than one part per million ( the official dose ) it can cause toxic reactions in sensitive people and recent reassessments of the fluoridation scene suggest that this measure may be much more harmful to health than has been hitherto realized . |
| 9 | The only thing that can be said for astrology is that it makes money for those who write and publish horoscopes , despite being wrong on most occasions . |
| 10 | The most that can be said with confidence is that the relationship is a liability for the population of Eastern Europe . |
| 11 | ‘ HERE is the new Shorter Oxford Dictionary of which the first thing that can be said with confidence is that if you drop it on your foot you will never walk unaided again ’ — Commentator Bernard Levin . |
| 12 | What can be said with certainty is that the Danes still dance a Bournonville ballet much better than any other company , with far greater understanding and sympathy for its original style . |
| 13 | How and why they form is still not known ; all that can be said with certainty is that winds begin to twirl anti-clockwise around a fixed point of steadily diminishing atmospheric pressure , and this circulating system then begins to move , invariably in a westerly direction , its internal pressure steadily falling and the gales inside it picking up speed as it does so . |
| 14 | The one thing that can be said in favour is that it sends vegans and animal rights activists incandescent with rage . |
| 15 | For those examples that have been described so far , the best advice that can be given to individuals is to help them to strengthen their time-cues and to take more notice of them . |
| 16 | One objective distinction which can be made between films is the manoeuvre being performed by the driver . |
| 17 | The minimum width of contact that can be laid by screen-printing is 150 microns , while laser-grooved contacts are only 30 microns wide . |
| 18 | In a book written by educators for educators , a description of some of the causes of visual disability that can be encountered in schoolchildren is given for the guidance of teachers in their work with pupils . |
| 19 | But whether feminism can be reconciled with Christianity is a very different question . |