Example sentences of "[that] [pron] can [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By other forms of reproduction an image may be more or less degraded , so that nothing can be learnt from them . |
| 2 | Though people expect illness to become more frequent in old age , you should not assume that nothing can be done , but should consult your doctor if you think you have a health problem . |
| 3 | Are the sceptics right in saying nihil sciri , that nothing can be known ? |
| 4 | Some such open acceptance of our intellectual limitations would not be unrelated to Pyrrhonian ataraxia or peace of mind ; but although Locke does , indeed , conclude that the truth often outruns our ability to know it , he certainly does not accept that nothing can be known . |
| 5 | It is clear enough that nothing can be defined simply in negative terms . |
| 6 | Though people expect illness to become more frequent in old age , you should not assume that nothing can be done , but should consult your doctor if you think you have a health problem . |
| 7 | I consider the distress of the farmers so great that nothing can be done to save many from absolute ruin . |
| 8 | As coach Roddan says : ‘ The race is so short that nothing can be allowed to go wrong — and nothing must ever distract them . ’ |
| 9 | Therefore , it is my opinion that nothing can be done to engender additional assistance of the type requested unless the State Department secures authority therefore … |
| 10 | So we might add to the tripartite analysis the fourth condition that nothing can be known which is inferred from a false belief , or from a group of beliefs of which one is false . |
| 11 | In spite of the fact that nothing can be substituted for — ness , and it therefore participates in no contrasts , recurrent or otherwise , it is different from — s in those books , and arguments can be put forward that it should be regarded as a semantic constituent . |
| 12 | It is clear that nothing can be reliably inferred from the mere fact that a word form has different meaning relations in different contexts , and independent evidence concerning ambiguity or generality is required . |
| 13 | Uvedale Price objects in 1810 to villages like Nuneham Courtenay ( Fig. 23a ) on aesthetic grounds , as might be expected from an advocate of the picturesque : ‘ Such a methodical arrangement saves all further thought and invention ; but it is hardly necessary to say that nothing can be more formal and insipid . ’ |
| 14 | Indeed , it would bode ill for our political system if we mistrusted our state organisations , and if the courts approached the results of police investigations with the assumption that nothing can be taken at face value . |
| 15 | What is depressing about that campaign is its spineless acceptance that nothing can be done to improve public services without throwing huge amounts of money at them . |
| 16 | As Alexander Irvine put it in 1694 : it is a Maxim in our Law , " That the King can do no Wrong " ; the Meaning whereof is not , that nothing can be done amiss that he does in point of Government , but whatever there is amiss to it , is not to be imputed to him , but to those by whose Advice and Ministry he acts ; and consequently , that not he , but they are punishable for them . |
| 17 | It could be that nothing can be done , but we ought to be seen to be taking action over this . |
| 18 | ‘ At present the Government 's mind-set appears to be that nothing can be done without a smile of approval from Dublin , which never comes . |
| 19 | Brancazio points out that no-one can be taught how to make the right judgments . |
| 20 | We can say that yours can be dated c 1350–1530 . |
| 21 | I recreate the absent proprietor ’ , he says in The Thief 's Journal ( p. 129 ) ; and in a 1975 interview : ‘ I would like the world , and pay attention to the way I 'm saying it , I would like the world not to change so that I can be against the world ’ ( Gay Sunshine Interviews , 79 ) . |
| 22 | So that I can be sure of having them always , |
| 23 | One is that I can be prepared for what is going to be available here sooner or later and so be able to combat it . |
| 24 | Galas says : ‘ I train hard so that I can attempt to give voice to as wide a range of impulses as possible , so that I can be a proper medium for them . |
| 25 | When thinking how to act , I am in the world of common sense where something either is or is not , and where it is a matter of course that I can be in touch with it through highly subjective impressions . |
| 26 | There is no doubt in my mind that I can be the player I was before I got injured . |
| 27 | You will learn that I can be a better friend to you than those who sent you here . ’ |
| 28 | I always feel tempted to say that I can be a right bastard as well . ’ |
| 29 | Peter immediately replied , ‘ I would like Susie to give up work and stay at home , so that I can be sure that she is not cheating on me and not planning to leave . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ That I can be of help , that she is delighted to have me here and that my presence can be of great comfort to her during these very trying times . |