Example sentences of "it can [be] [verb] [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , when these figures are broken down , it can be seen that certain groups , such as single women over 75 , are less likely to have an occupational pension , and , if they do , the average amount is less . |
| 2 | Thus it can be seen that individual help at the reference desk has both advantages and disadvantages as a method of library user instruction . |
| 3 | From this examination of some of the many patterns of family life which exist in Britain in the 1980s it can be seen that traditional views of the family are unsupported by research findings . |
| 4 | It can be seen that continued administration of the remedy once the disease disturbance has been overcome will result in the presence of an energy pattern of the remedy itself i.e. a proving . |
| 5 | It can be seen that female unemployment accounted for between 25 and 32 per cent of total recorded unemployment during the period , though it was growing at a somewhat faster rate than male unemployment . |
| 6 | It can be seen that vertical mergers are relatively rare . |
| 7 | It can be seen that considerable pressure is being put on the land by these many uses . |
| 8 | They seem to have difficulty in transferring from the junior to the senior game and get disheartened and take up coaching although it can be seen that British players do not start getting their best results until their mid-twenties and beyond . |
| 9 | It can be seen that human sweat is actually hypotonic ie it contains a lower salt concentration than the plasma . |
| 10 | Indeed , it can be argued that central government can draw upon and use ‘ superior intelligence and knowledge ’ ( Foster et al . , |
| 11 | It can be argued that forced labour has not ceased but merely changed its form . |
| 12 | In the second place , it can be argued that similar changes have taken place in the relationships between parents and children . |
| 13 | On the other hand , it can be argued that real believers are incapable of distancing themselves sufficiently to carry out an objective study of their own ( or perhaps even of someone else 's ) religion . |
| 14 | Secondly , even when attention is restricted to individual predictions , it can be argued that scientific theories , and hence universal statements , are inevitably involved in the estimation of the likelihood of a prediction being successful . |
| 15 | Yet it can be argued that large size and a high degree of industrial concentration of capital tend to assist the organisation of employers by making agreements between them easier to secure . |
| 16 | It can be argued that biological differences become biological inequalities when people define them as such . |
| 17 | Whilst it can be argued that physical regeneration , not job creation , was MDC 's original priority , the extension of the boundaries removes this premise . |
| 18 | It can be argued that true liberalization of standing rules requires not only that applicants be accorded standing to represent interests which they share with many others ( the old test of ‘ genuine grievance ’ achieved that ) but also that standing be accorded to genuine representatives of interested persons even if the only interest of the representative is to further the interests of the represented . |
| 19 | There were several weak points in this critique and perhaps at the very least it can be argued that foreign films with social themes always appear to be more realistic merely because the subject-matter and personnel are new . |
| 20 | It can be argued that mass communications have simply speeded up the whole process of change enormously , rather than imposed a massive and rigid uniformity . |
| 21 | It can be argued that American children are not always very intelligent or easy to teach , with catastrophically short attention spans , but one can see the beginnings of a sad muddle even in England , with the publication of a homosexual prayer book giving instructions for a ‘ coming out ’ liturgy next door to prayers for those who already suffer from the American disease . |
| 22 | If the hypothesis is not supported by the evidence ( 7 ) , it can be rejected or revised ( 8 ) , and a fresh hypothesis developed ( 3 ) . |
| 23 | If it 's a big discharge which is perhaps on a Royal Commission standard and it is consistently turning out say a 30 BOD and a 40 solids then it can be regarded as harmful and one would press for improvement to be carried out . … |
| 24 | With these qualifications in mind , it can be said that regional policies have moderated the relative but not the absolute differences in the unemployment rates of development and non-development areas , as Table 4.5 suggests . |
| 25 | Concluding this section , it can be said that manual workers not only suffer more from the costs and deprivations of the workplace than non-manual workers but they also receive lower compensation and rewards in terms of pay , fringe benefits and , in some instances , even of social security benefits . |
| 26 | In terms of the aims set out in 1955 , it can be said that green belt policies have been fairly successful . |
| 27 | The three month limit should cover most acute illnesses , especially if it can be extended when necessary . |
| 28 | A system can be designed much more economically if it can be assumed that skilled personnel are available to control and take care of it . |
| 29 | These are self–imposed standards against which , in a particular case , it can be determined whether professional responsibilities have been discharged . |
| 30 | SOME time ago , but not so far back that it can be dismissed as incidental , a belligerent centre-half , who needed very little encouragement in such nefarious matters , was instructed to discover how fast the visiting centre-forward could limp . |