Example sentences of "that [adj] [noun pl] can be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they give advice , they mainly do it after a lifetime 's experience and because they are anxious to help — though I 'll not deny that some parents can be real nasties as far as their children are concerned . |
| 2 | Chris stresses that some herbs can be dangerous if not used properly . |
| 3 | We shall see in Section 5.16.3 that such studies can be important even for stable substances , and can allow spectroscopic identification of species such as free radicals and other reactive fragments that are normally short-lived . |
| 4 | But , if so , it is hard to see how the dubitability of the non-basic beliefs which they support would not rub off onto the basic ones which support them ; surely falsehood in a non-basic belief would be a reason to doubt the basic beliefs which support it , once we have admitted that basic beliefs can be false . |
| 5 | I believe that these conditions can be satisfied . |
| 6 | Although it must be emphasized that fault-related landforms can be important in areas remote from plate boundaries it will be useful to consider them briefly here . |
| 7 | Early experience with the fundholding scheme has shown that general practitioners can be effective purchasers of care . |
| 8 | But it must be said that multi-user computers can be slow at times if a large number of people are all trying to use the computer at once . |
| 9 | The very rapid pace of change in the computer market does mean that second-hand computers can be excellent value . |
| 10 | But while there is evidence that young children can be bored or confused by doing work too advanced for them , as well as frightened by bigger children in the toilets or playground , there is no evidence that early teaching of the three Rs leads to top marks and academic success for the child later on . |
| 11 | Trevor Fishlock watched him show that nice guys can be good politicians — even Prime Ministers |
| 12 | At the same time it has to be admitted that pecuniary considerations are only a guide and there is authority that defective goods can be unmerchantable per se , for example as in the case of underpants impregnated with sulphate ( Grant v Australian Knittings Mills Ltd [ 1936 ] AC 85 ) . |
| 13 | However , it should be said that past costs can be useful in predicting future costs . |