Example sentences of "[noun prp] can be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hon. Member for Chislehurst can be certain that the Bill has the Opposition 's support . |
| 2 | Ann can be funny sometimes , I can take a joke ca n't I ? |
| 3 | Early April in the Hebrides can be wild , but we always make it a rule that , if we have decided to go , then we go , regardless of weather conditions . |
| 4 | During the course of that discussion there was no way in which the Minister could do other than acknowledge that , after the Bill goes through , the existing privileged structure of adult basic education and further education in the county of Leicestershire can be other than damaged . |
| 5 | As far as winning in style is concerned , Scotland can be sure their future is secure in the hands of David Sole . |
| 6 | Research has shown that so-called Machiavellians can be effective manipulators of other people . |
| 7 | Gavin can be alright sometimes |
| 8 | Lastly , it should not be beyond the capacity of the SNBTS ( undoubtedly the most efficient in Britain and , therefore , quite possibly the world ) to devise a system whereby those who wish their blood to stay with the NHS can be satisfied . |
| 9 | Burnley can be proud of him . |
| 10 | Scorpios can be real swine . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ In certain situations Lithuania can be dangerous . ’ |
| 12 | Beck can be different . |
| 13 | If he receives decent ball , Stuart Barnes can be brilliant but a big question mark hangs over his performance when he 's confronted with poor quality possession . |
| 14 | Oh I do n't know February can be horrible sometimes |
| 15 | Ling Dell can be proud of her up in North Yorkshire . |
| 16 | Despite the defeat , Coventry can be satisfied with their form against the League champions , who are enjoying their best spell of the season — unbeaten in 11 games . |
| 17 | Milan can be circumspect about visiting conductors , but on this occasion even the orchestra was stamping its approval for Lorin Maazel , a phenomenon I was told the Scala had not witnessed for over two decades ( you would have thought they might have managed it in the recent past for Muti , watching with no evident rancour from the box : but apparently not ) . |
| 18 | Prior Robert can be discreet , but Jerome ? … |
| 19 | And it surely is som something that the people of Wiltshire can be glad that they made the right decisions in May , that they have n't got that administration , |
| 20 | Shopping for more mundane items in Funchal can be more of a problem . |
| 21 | The cost of employing workers in Singapore can be onerous , but most employers find that unit labour costs are still fairly competitive because productivity is so high . |
| 22 | " That income shall , whether it would or would not have been chargeable to income tax apart from the provisions of this section , be deemed to be the income of that individual for all the purposes of the Income Tax Acts " — the individual ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom can be chargeable under the section whether or not he receives the income . |
| 23 | Besides , the internal politics of ESA can be counter-constructive . |
| 24 | Van den Berghs ' marketing director Bill Young took the UK marketer of the year trophy in recognition of his deft handling of the I Ca n't Believe It 's Not Butter controversy , which showed that even the monolithic Unilever can be quick on its feet when its brands are under threat . |
| 25 | While its outer edges are a green landscape of river valleys and downland , the high moorland of Dartmoor can be bleak , with few landmarks except where the underlying granite thrusts through the soil to form tors . |
| 26 | Even his friends concede that Pillsbury can be difficult , being something of a diva , hot-tempered and imperious . |
| 27 | Grey can be good . |
| 28 | Not least , as I have suggested , the question arises as to how God can be good if God can have revealed himself through such a history and if such a myth is true . |
| 29 | To think that God can be some further reality beyond the reality we know is simply to have failed to define the reality we know widely enough . |
| 30 | At least Senna and Honda can be grateful for that … |