Example sentences of "[indef pn] [adj] can be " in BNC.
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| 1 | While nothing definitive can be concluded from such meagre data , the fact that such examples do seem to suggest different impressions than the to infinitive to speakers of various dialects indicates that they deserve closer attention , especially in the light of a further examination of the passive voice . |
| 2 | When the radio is playing , they think to themselves that nothing serious can be wrong because the background noise is still there and it reassures them . ’ |
| 3 | There are four related conceptual differences between epistemic and perspectival appearances : ( 1 ) Epistemic appearances are subjective , whereas perspectival appearances are objective ; ( 2 ) It makes no sense to say that X appears to be φ to Y but Y does not know it , whereas it does make sense to say that X presents such-and-such a perspectival appearance to the point of view Y occupies but Y does not know it ; ( 3 ) X can appear to be φ to Y only if Y possesses the concept φ : nothing similar can be said about perspectival appearances ; ( 4 ) Epistemic appearances are related to their objects by being true or false of them , whereas perspectival appearances are related to their objects mathematically . |
| 4 | However , it does not follow from this that there is nothing in an animal 's head , or that nothing useful can be said about it . |
| 5 | Although there are some grounds for not expecting too much from slight changes in the system , there are , none the less , other grounds for believing that something good can be achieved , at least in principle . |
| 6 | I was thinking for instance when you have generation of young men how do you , what 's the time left to something extreme can be done culturally and people can be sort of you know convinced that they 're right and that they go out there and get machine guns can be done culturally , whereas |
| 7 | At last doing something worthwhile can be the same as having fun ! |
| 8 | Linda Lee , Development Officer , Renfrew District Project , Alzheimer 's Scotland The AIMS of the specialist day care unit are as follows : a To provide a respite break to the carer and give the sufferer a positive place in the community where something positive can be put back into their lives and improve their awareness on a day-to-day basis . |
| 9 | Even though it is intense , lyrical , and momentarily expressive , there is so much change that nothing precise can be recalled . |
| 10 | Examining the desk , papers , etc. , is largely fruitless ; damp has affected them and nothing legible can be found . |
| 11 | Summon help at once , and inform senior staff so that anyone concerned can be told and formalities can be arranged with relatives who may not be present , the GP , a funeral director and an appropriate religious representative . |
| 12 | Selectees , in general , do not presuppose traits of their selectors ; in Arthur 's ( adj. ) sister , or Arthur ( verb ) rum , nothing positive can be stated about the semantic nature of normal fillers of the semantic slots : |
| 13 | Taken together , these problems raise the issue of whether anything useful can be said about Black women from a research tradition which has failed to engage with their lives . |
| 14 | But nothing has been decided and there will have to be a successful ceasefire before anything positive can be done … although there are hopes to bring out to hundred children in the next two weeks . |