Example sentences of "[pron] can be [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | As new bands get a pittance for live work , the record company put them on a wage which can be in the form of an initial advance . |
| 3 | All it needs is a 2m diameter hole , which can be in the kitchen , conservatory , garage , or wherever . |
| 4 | A leasing company or finance house will purchase the goods from the exporter and the buyer will then obtain the goods under a lease agreement from the leasing company which can be in the buyer 's own country or in the UK . |
| 5 | SHe has eluded me completely , which leads me to believe SHe can be in the only place secure enough to hide from me , namely the Roirbak complex at Acropolis Park . |
| 6 | Madge charges £2 provided she can be in the audience . |
| 7 | Once you have a theme you can be on the lookout for souvenirs on holiday , or provide people with inspiration for presents . |
| 8 | Or else you can be on the way back from from from Europe and suddenly find , Oh I 'm sorry that plane 's not leaving tonight Mister would you mind going and spending the night in the holiday hotel in so and so and so and so . |
| 9 | And you must also have , have that , naturally , before you can be on the committee . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll guide you upstairs so you can be with the others , ’ Bryce said . |
| 11 | But with a little practice you can be near the top of the scale . |
| 12 | You know yo you can be in the best place in the world but if yo if you do n't fit in , if you do n't feel right there you 're not going to flourish are you ? |
| 13 | ‘ With the bikes we can be on the road in 15 minutes . |
| 14 | ‘ Fifteen minutes after finishing a meeting , we can be at the airport and on a plane , ’ he says . |
| 15 | We think we can be in the high teens or 20% going forward . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm sure that once in a while we can be in the same kitchen without explosions occurring , do n't you agree ? |
| 17 | The more a government squawks about ‘ individual freedoms ’ , ‘ non-intervention by the state ’ , ‘ private enterprise ’ , and the other great rallying calls of capital , the more certain one can be of the total control by that state of its citizens . |
| 18 | So long as there is a need for collective decision-making and for policies which give direction to a whole community or society , and so long as or whenever unanimity can not be achieved , it is hard to see what alternative there can be to the minority being compelled to go along with the decision of the majority . |
| 19 | On the contrary : once again it is hard to see what democratic objection there can be to the principle of allowing the people themselves to decide on major issues of principle . |
| 20 | If the Legal Aid Board , as the only party adversely affected by the proposed order , has the opportunity to challenge it but decides not to do so , one may ask rhetorically what possible objection of substance there can be to the existing practice . |
| 21 | For many years to come , there will be greater dependence on a good interchange than there can be on the prospect of direct services between Scotland , the north of England and Wales , and the channel tunnel and beyond . |
| 22 | There can be in the mind enchanted flowers that blossom in the transcendent gardens : |
| 23 | Whilst there can be no formal discontinuance by a plaintiff in the High Court without leave ( RSC Ord 21 , r 3 ) there can be in the county court . |
| 24 | ‘ Youse can be at the codding , when youse like , ’ he mumbled thickly , ‘ but if this auld one in here — ’ he tapped the coffin with his glass — ‘ if this fella wants to , I tell ye , he 'll be sittin' up as bright as ye like and be givin' us all the ‘ Lark ’ , just as he was doin' that night when — ‘ |
| 25 | The animals will become as well fitted as they can be to the local conditions . |
| 26 | Tales are usually of the past , but they can be of the future too . |
| 27 | For this one day a year , the usually gridlocked streets of New York were closed to traffic and lined with nearly three million people who proved that when the craziness and complexity is forgotten for 24 hours , they can be among the most decent and welcoming supporters of the human spirit they were witnessing and cheering in the runners thronging their streets . |
| 28 | This , a particularly wide and extraordinarily far-reaching implication , obviously lurks within the interstices of the decision in Corbett Ormrod J. was no doubt acutely aware of what a decision in favour of Miss Ashley could be construed as meaning , even if in fact it were limited , it can be on the arguments advanced above , to its particular and very u usual facts . |
| 29 | It can be on the plates in readiness , and then Jean and I will do the rest . |
| 30 | The force need not be applied on the victim 's body : it can be on the clothes he is wearing : Day ( 1845 ) 173 ER 1042 . |