Example sentences of "[be] that they can " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their two main disadvantages are that they can discolour with time unless an ultra-violet light stabiliser is incorporated in the plastic , and that it 's difficult to fit security devices to them ( make sure good locks are fitted as standard by the manufacturer and frames are strengthened ) . |
| 2 | Their two main disadvantages are that they can discolour with time unless an ultra-violet light stabiliser is incorporated in the plastic , and it 's difficult to fit security devices to them ( so make sure good locks are fitted as standard ) . |
| 3 | And it pays to travel about You see the problem with Jackie and Nev is always been that they ca n't believe that you can get things in a place like W H Smiths that will that will do very nicely as a Christmas present . |
| 4 | But their limitation has been that they can only be used when all the well data is available — after it has been drilled . |
| 5 | Well it pays to tramp around you see the problem with Jackie and Len has always been that they can not believe that you can get things in a place like W H Smith that will , that will do very nicely as a Christmas present , they tend to go |
| 6 | ‘ But I 'm certain as I can be that they ca n't win unless they have your grandfather . |
| 7 | It might be that they can discuss and compare life during the Great War , or in the 1920s and 1930s ; or they might want to talk about how expectations , duties , responsibilities have changed since their childhood days . |
| 8 | The reason unforgiving strategies do n't do very well is that they ca n't break out of runs of mutual recrimination , even when their opponent is ‘ remorseful ’ . |
| 9 | I do n't care if they 're hallucinating purple snakes and blue baboons , because the whole point of putting them on a boat is that they ca n't get off and swim home , and they ca n't get drugs on board , and they ca n't bribe you to take them to land , and that means they 'll have no damned choice but to get cured . ’ |
| 10 | One reason why students do n't do as well as they should at A level is that they ca n't express themselves . |
| 11 | The answer is that they ca n't . |
| 12 | A common reaction from viewers of filmed classes is that they ca n't assess what they see because they do n't have enough information about the class . |
| 13 | The answer is that they ca n't , for a whole variety of reasons . |
| 14 | The figures that have been mentioned er and the danger with figures that are mentioned is that they ca n't be everything to everybody . |
| 15 | A final caution about using monographs about painters is that they can seldom be read alone . |
| 16 | ‘ What they will be hoping for is that they can get to a few months before before the next election , take the brakes off and try to deceive the people once again things are back on course . |
| 17 | The humiliation for some is that they can not talk to their English-speaking grandchildren . |
| 18 | The added advantage for parents is that they can listen to audio tapes in the car on their way to work or as a background while they are busy doing other things around the house . |
| 19 | A particular feature of methylene decarbonisers is that they can be used safely on aluminium , copper , brass and other metals normally badly corroded by alkalis . |
| 20 | The crucial point about CAMs is that they can provide specific adhesion between cells , and that cells express different CAMs at different stages in development . |
| 21 | ‘ The thing with The Wedding Present is that they can be as big and as successful as they want to be , ’ says Marshall . |
| 22 | The problem with beliefs is that they can often be unrealistic and stubborn ( see Beliefs on page 21 ) but reasonable behavioural rights are such things as : |
| 23 | The thing that disturbs me about statistics is that they can be interpreted to mean anything . |
| 24 | The advantage of own brands for the retailer is that they can only be purchased from that particular company . |
| 25 | Camping and caravanning is a pursuit that attracts people of all ages and walks of life , and the bonus for retired people is that they can travel when the roads are empty of working holidaymakers . |
| 26 | The conventional wisdom on isotopes of the same element is that they can a distinguished only in two ways : by the different masses of the nuclei , and by subtle differences in the way they absorb and emit light of specific wavelengths . |
| 27 | The advantage of hydroelectric generators is that they can be switched on and of easily , according to demand . |
| 28 | However , over the past five years , a new industry has developed that makes and markets machines whose purpose and promise is that they can outthink humans in an arena traditionally thought to demand reasoning of the highest sort . |
| 29 | The disadvantage that besets British firms is that they can not sell enough products in the UK to generate the cash needed to promote their wares overseas and develop new products . |
| 30 | The danger of the latter approach is that they can be shelved and then become critical at a time when resources are being deployed elsewhere . |