Example sentences of "[adj] can [adv] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many managers like to think that while they must inevitably bargain this can surely be without any real element of conflict . |
| 2 | This checking role was to be played by the Senate , as John Adams explained : The rich ought to have an effectual barrier in the constitution against being robbed , plundered , and murdered , as well as the poor ; and this can never be without an independent Senate . |
| 3 | Since the alteration of the law on homosexual acts between consenting adults , there has been a startling increase in the number of male patients who are prepared to talk freely about their homosexuality , and this can only be to the good , as they do appear to have a considerably higher chance of acquiring certain of the sexually transmitted conditions . |
| 4 | ‘ Throughout the summer , I understand , you are hosting a number of national and international sailing competitions this can only be to the good of Dwyfor and , indeed , Wales . ’ |
| 5 | Most importantly , though , we have increased our knowledge and spread it more widely and this can only be of benefit for the future . |
| 6 | At best , this can only be in relative terms , since the Red Book already forecasts a public sector borrowing requirement for 1993-94 of £32 billion . |
| 7 | The explanation of this can only be in metaphysical terms , namely that " only as an aesthetic phenomenon are existence and the world seen to be justified " . |
| 8 | Such a positive-sum game must be contrasted with a zero-sum game in which the game to some can only be at the expense of others . |
| 9 | But do n't forget that those can always be in reverse , and if you look at the , there 's a chart , which shows five year periods wh where shares did n't make any profits at all . |
| 10 | Joan has worked very hard and conscientiously during her term of office but she feels that a fresh look at the job through a new treasurer in 1987 can only be of benefit to the Society . |
| 11 | It seems to me that the new settlement if my analysis is correct can only be in one of those two areas , which does n't seem to me to be a very sensible way of proceeding . |
| 12 | The Bill disregards the statutory role of local authorities with regard to impounded water and that can only be to the detriment of local people . |
| 13 | No , we have in fact done a great deal to conserve our resources here , er and as I say we have treated er something like 500 patients by the end of this year , addition to what we treated in er the previous year , and that can only be as a result of good management , both nursing and medical . |
| 14 | erm in that situation I fail to understand how that can necessarily be to be honest , because the vehicle in question has done eighty thousand miles . |