Example sentences of "[adv] [indef pn] can [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In desperation they turned to Central South … furious that apparently nothing can be done … |
| 2 | So nothing can be done for another year . |
| 3 | Only one can be saved from extinction . |
| 4 | As these projects are mutually exclusive only one can be chosen , and therefore Project B is the preferred option as it has a positive NPV of £12,430 , which is 14 times greater than the return earned by Project A. |
| 5 | None of these elements is specified , and only one can be identified with any confidence . |
| 6 | None of these elements is specified , and only one can be identified with any confidence . |
| 7 | The precise nature of these latter decisions was not open to evaluation , but the principle that not everything can be foreseen and that no formal statement of criteria could anticipate every eventuality is one which a project like this needs to recognise . |
| 8 | But the main disadvantage of the Edinburgh Room is that you can borrow slides only and not everything can be photocopied . |
| 9 | Quite often nothing can be seen by the fishkeeper , but if the fish are not satisfied they will carry on cleaning . |
| 10 | To explain , requires the use of terms less abstruse than that which is to be explained , and such terms can not always be found ; for as nothing can be proved but by supposing something intuitively known , and evident without Proof , so nothing can be defined but by the use of words too plain to admit a definition . |
| 11 | Here someone can be advised of the systems available . |
| 12 | The organizers are often faced with the dilemma of whether they should adopt an all-out militant campaign with the risk that in the end all will be lost and nothing gained in spite of the expenditure of a great deal of energy , time and sometimes money ; or come to some agreement with the authorities whereby something can be gained , even though it falls far short of the full objectives of the group and will not significantly affect the position of , and relationships between , vested interests . |
| 13 | " If we love each other , surely something can be done ! " |
| 14 | Justification by inference is conditional justification only ; A's justification is conditional upon the justification of B and C. But if all inferential justification is conditional in this sense , then nothing can be shown to be actually , non-conditionally justified . |
| 15 | There is no need to go self-consciously looking for intuitions , for then one can be deceived and become the victim of imagination , but such faculties are automatically rediscovered as we learn the art of meditation , of stillness , and true mind control . |
| 16 | With a little effort , almost anybody can be construed as an exception to the rule . |
| 17 | ‘ It goes yellow if you keep it for too long and I do n't see how anyone can be expected to use fifty tablecloths even in a lifetime — not mucky-looking yellow ones . |
| 18 | Working as I do for a technically based industry , I hope I may be forgiven for believing that almost anything can be achieved through technology , if we are dear enough about what is needed . |
| 19 | Almost anything can be used to shed light on the past : the foundations of buildings can show what sort of houses people lived in ; the remains of tools show how they worked ; animal bones and plant remains show what they ate ; and pollen , snail shells and the remains of trees and plants can indicate the type of climate and vegetation at the time . |
| 20 | At other times they are so vague that almost anything can be interpreted as falling within the guidelines ( rather like the very broad articles of association of a company ) . |
| 21 | To identify them it is usually essential to clean off most of the enclosing rock , otherwise one can be misled by superficial resemblance . |