Example sentences of "[verb] can [adv] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The person to whom it is addressed can not be expected to conduct a minute linguistic analysis of what is said to him where this is accompanied by aggressive gestures . |
| 2 | The inconvenience which this causes can normally be reduced only by delaying the binding of serial parts until they can be considered to be no longer ‘ current ’ , or by ensuring that the time which they spend off the shelves ‘ at binding ’ exceeds by as small a margin as possible the time required physically to bind them . |
| 3 | The distress this causes can usually be avoided if your vet warns you in advance . |
| 4 | ( 1a ) In a cultural text the object depicted can either be auratic or nonauratic . |
| 5 | The inclusion of penguins among the animals depicted can now be seen as the first indication that prehistorians have had that these birds were present in the Mediterranean during the palaeolithic era , and not proof , as was recently suggested , that the paintings are modern forgeries . |
| 6 | Any shortcomings or faults the final Directive has can not be levelled solely at our Community partners ; the UK government played an important role in both fashioning and broadening the scope of the Directive . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , we have to concede that the evidence as it stands can not be conclusive . |
| 8 | Talking to children who are themselves dying can obviously be very difficult . |
| 9 | A memorandum of satisfaction that the charge has been discharged can also be registered ; it must be signed by both the chargee and the company and if a fraudulently signed memorandum is registered it is submitted that it will not affect the chargee as it would not be a ‘ duly ’ signed memorandum . |
| 10 | 15 Army Group had given instructions [ KP 153 ] to Eighth Army on 7 May that surrender can only be accepted of those forces in contact with Eighth Army . |
| 11 | Perhaps smell can also be three-dimensional . |
| 12 | Precisely when this occurred can seldom be determined on any estates , because there are few series of complete manorial records , but it is safe to say that by the early fifteenth century the change had taken place widely on both lay and ecclesiastical lands , the latter being better documented over different parts of the country . |
| 13 | While discussions of what astronomers expect to find can only be expressed in terms of what they already know , those working on IRAS clearly hope that the satellite will make exciting new discoveries . |
| 14 | Dissolves can also be edited in but require the use of rather more sophisticated equipment than for simple fades . |
| 15 | Another problem designers encounter can also be addressed by HERMS ; this is checking tolerance build-ups in assemblies . |
| 16 | The conditions under which signalmen had to work can only be imagined . |
| 17 | Weirdly , but by a traceable line of descent through Unionism and Socialism , almost the same accents recur after thirty years : ‘ With the vast imperial resources which are the heritage of this country , the problems of poverty and want can easily be solved by a government empowered by the people to carry out their will . |
| 18 | For instance , the verb regret seems to presuppose that its complement is true , and so we could try the following characterization : the sentence John does n't regret cheating can only be used appropriately in contexts where it is known ( or believed ) that John cheated . |
| 19 | The support our volunteers provide can not be measured in purely practical terms and their continuing contribution is vital if we are to provide an ongoing service . |
| 20 | Blending can also be carried out on shapes where the tool produces the in-between stages . |
| 21 | ( b ) should be ( b 1 ) : ‘ When you say ‘ This appears white ’ , what you say can not be true unless certain propositions about experiences other than your present ones are true . |
| 22 | First , the vertical bars can give a somewhat smoother appearance to an otherwise jagged result ; blurring can thus be viewed as an alternative to hanning . |
| 23 | ‘ Even in the Kirby Sigston and Codbeck area , in landscape terms the most significant part of the route , undergrounding can not be justified . ’ |
| 24 | Since recruitment is mainly by procreation it necessarily follows that , in most cases , a substantial proportion of any such population will be related to one another as biological kin ; but just how they are related can not be known and , from a social anthropological point of view , this fact of biological kinship is of no great interest . |
| 25 | Advice on whom to choose can usually be obtained through the local grape-vine of elderly neighbours and old people 's clubs and organisations . |
| 26 | The colliery at Newton-le-Willows is on a hit-list of 10 pits the government says can not be saved because they are uneconomic . |
| 27 | For this the sore is gently scraped and any fluid that exudes can then be looked at under the microscope . |
| 28 | ‘ The most effective communication strategies and the messages that need to be disseminated can only be decided after taking into account the behaviour patterns of the community , ’ they write . |
| 29 | ‘ The most effective communication strategies and the messages that need to be disseminated can only be decided after taking into account the behaviour patterns of the community , ’ they write . |
| 30 | Much of what is said can also be applied to a day care setting . |