Example sentences of "but [pers pn] can [be] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may snort and think that this is very far-fetched but you can be assured that the majority of lecturers who appear before you not only know their subjects but are enthusiastic about them and about transmitting their knowledge to you . |
| 2 | What will happen after the E.D.C. has the property has never been discussed but you can be assured that it will be for recreational . |
| 3 | What will happen after the E.D.C. has the property has never been discussed but you can be assured that it will be for recreational . |
| 4 | The justice meted out in children 's games ( like that on the screen ) may be rough and ready , but it can be argued that ‘ violent play ’ is by no means all negative . |
| 5 | It still represents a cost to the Exchequer and a loss of potential output , but it can be argued that it is not particularly distressing to the people concerned and , for the economy as a whole , it may actually result in a more efficient use of labour : this is because high short-run unemployment may be a reflection of greater mobility of labour between jobs and areas and consequently may result in the labour force being more suitably and productively employed . |
| 6 | But it can be argued that this will not give a quick cash flow fix at present due to the difficulty of disposing of a lease . |
| 7 | Their own proposals for reform are aimed at restructuring the British press but it can be argued that even they fail to come to grips with the sort of major ‘ shortcomings ’ of the press ( and media ) identified above . |
| 8 | Goldthorpe has argued that this justifies studying only male mobility , but it can be argued that women 's occupational position and chances are both important sociologically , and important to women and their families . |
| 9 | The introduction of life peerages was partly designed to broaden the base of membership but it can be argued that life peers have not made as large a contribution to the work of the House as had been hoped . |
| 10 | McLuhan lambasted the print media for encouraging linear thinking , but it can be argued that this way of thought brought to mankind very substantial benefits which one is not confident would be matched by the uncriticized new tribalism . |
| 11 | They are good educative examples of the search process , but it can be argued that they have little to do with practical intelligence . |
| 12 | But it can be argued that we should not view rights in this way , and that when their use has adverse effects on third parties , rights should not be treated as signifying a moral entitlement in the right-holder to bring about those effects . |
| 13 | But it can be argued that marketing has a significant role within any social work agency . |
| 14 | But it is , I I think automatically the mother 's name is given to the child , but it can be decided that the child takes the father 's name . |
| 15 | These verbs are very similar in sense , but it can be maintained that they are not quite synonyms , because shut focuses on the completion of the event , and so suggests an abrupt momentariness which chimes with click.6 In [ 9 ] , the separation of the " shutting " and " clicking " in two clauses means that they are conceived of as separate , though simultaneous events . |
| 16 | But it can be seen that , while occupational and income motives are dominant in the Welsh borderland , employment reasons are less important in the Herefordshire survey . |
| 17 | Mention has already been made of the significance of national trends in age structure , but it can be seen that these effects can be substantially reinforced at the regional and local level through migration . |
| 18 | But it can be assumed that many millions of poor rural women are caught in a vicious cycle : they eat food to get human energy , and then spend all this energy in producing food and collecting the energy needed to cook it . |
| 19 | Not only do numbers diminish with distance , but it can be shown that there is a statistical over-selection of spouses who live close and corresponding under-selection of those who live far away . |
| 20 | ( This is actually the measurable one-dimensional spectrum , but it can be shown that if this is proportional to , then so is the energy spectrum . ) |
| 21 | Similes may be dangerous , but it can be suggested that the man who produces a well-made brick makes a better contribution to housing than does the man who builds a large mansion on insecure foundations . |
| 22 | How far this development in Pissarro 's art depended upon the example of Monet is uncertain but it can be remembered that , after initial scepticism , he commented favourably upon the ‘ Haystacks ’ series and found himself in Rouen in the spring of 1896 , several months after Monet 's canvases of the Cathedral had been exhibited at Durand-Ruel 's gallery . |