Example sentences of "can [adv] be [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although this leads to productive links with other agencies and services , it can not be in the best interests of the students . |
| 2 | And then to withhold one 's vote as with almost a matter of habit and routine , that can not be in the best interests of the Conservative party . |
| 3 | Those emigrés who have settled in Western society have found that their diaspora churches can not be like the great populist and establishment churches of Russia and Greece ; they have to survive as nonconformist ‘ sects ’ . |
| 4 | Surely I can not be like the old murmuring Israelites , to long after the onions and garlic of Egypt when they had suffered there such heavy bondage ? |
| 5 | If this decision is followed in New South Wales , the prosecution will not be prevented from establishing actual bodily harm under Category 2 or grievous bodily harm under Category 1 on the ground that the victim consented to it since such injury can hardly be in the public interest . |
| 6 | The style of the figures is manifestly provincial and need not be so early as it looks at first glance , but it can hardly be after the mid century . |
| 7 | Talk show hosts can also be on the receiving end of questions . |
| 8 | Her husband and children can really be in the receiving end of her mood changes , and directly affected by her energy levels and lack of knowledge about good nutrition . |