Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] can [adv] be " in BNC.

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1 Brighton & Hove can quickly be reached from almost anywhere in Britain .
2 When British Telecom was approached on the subject , we found that DDI can only be operated on a digital system ; the existing system is analogue .
3 But it is unlikely that rises in Ca 2+ of this duration are necessary for the induction of LTP in view of the demonstration that LTP can still be induced even if the duration of the post-tetanic rise in Ca 2+ is restricted to less than 3s , using a photo-activatable caged Ca 2+ chelator .
4 On the one hand there are those who are convinced that God can not be good given the amount of injustice in the world .
5 None of this , of course , says that MCE can not be effective .
6 UK industrialists in key sectors are currently being briefed on the findings of the report , and so far initial reactions have been extremely favourable , inasmuch as there is agreement that Europe can not be totally bereft of the technology .
7 We have long been committed Europeans , believing that Britain can only be secure , successful and environmentally safe if we play our full part in building a more united and democratic Europe .
8 Unfortunately , the Urola electrified railway was closed and much of the track lifted , so Azpeitia can not be reached by train , although there is a bus connection from the original seaside terminus at Zumaya , with train services with both Bilbao and San Sebastian .
9 It was only with the political readjustments which followed Edward IV 's return from exile in 1471 that Gloucester can really be said to have acquired an independent power base .
10 It was only with the political readjustments which followed Edward IV 's return from exile in 1471 that Gloucester can really be said to have acquired an independent power base .
11 Languages such as C , Cobol , Pascal and Fortran can also be used to develop SQL-based applications that read and update Image/SQL data .
12 Anderson and Roberts can perhaps be seen as offering us different facets of essentially a similar situation , where feelings of affection and concepts of duty are taken into calculations about mutual advantage based on material considerations .
13 Anachronisms such as Floyds and EMGs can even be catered for , so long as the purchaser is willing to foot the bill .
14 The UN has ruled this out ; the argument is that , as Serb areas in Bosnia and Croatia can never be part of Serbia , Kosovo is and must remain part of Serbia .
15 ARIES — A YEAR dominated by Uranus , Neptune , Saturn and Pluto can not be easy , and Arieans must expect to face some difficulties and setbacks somewhere along the line .
16 If Wittgenstein can still be a foundationalist after the arguments of this chapter , it is clear that the ultimate prospects for foundationalism are not yet decided .
17 If God can not be identified with man as a product of evolution , and thereby given a credible definition , then any effort to create a new and successful conception of God will founder on the same rocks of contention that have wrecked every religion that was ever believed in .
18 Israel , having bent on other matters , continues to insist that the future of the settlements and Jerusalem can not be discussed before the negotiations on the final status of the territories , which are not due to begin until the third year of self-government .
19 Element analysis and CL can thus be more closely and conveniently linked .
20 Then I will proceed to discuss the extent to which Lakatos and Kuhn can legitimately be characterized as rationalists or relativists .
21 If Morrissey ca n't be allowed to write in the third person using a character , without people automatically assuming the views expressed are his own , then we 've got problems too .
22 If this is how bands who openly admit to being influenced by The Clash sound today , poor old Strummer and Jones ca n't be getting much sleep at night .
23 If this is how bands who openly admit to being influenced by The Clash sound today , poor old Strummer and Jones ca n't be getting much sleep at night .
24 Morally , end French believed have in view and tactics to achieve such end are to be condemned and US can not be party to return pre-war status or even give such appearance without risking destroying large amount confidence natives still have in US .
25 Our understanding of what was happening to party politics under William and Anne can only be complete when we consider the wider world outside Westminster , which will be the subject of the following chapter .
26 The Employment Protection ( Consolidation ) Act 1978 prescribes certain minimum periods of notice and Peter can not be deprived of this protection no matter what Frank Fairbrother says .
27 Patients with PBC and PHT can not be assumed to have portal hypertension without investigation as primary PHT may be associated with PBC without portal hypertension .
28 However , if Microsoft can neither be bothered to put the basic information in its literature , nor inform the people handling the upgrade , should I be looking elsewhere for an alternative ?
29 Just give me one good reason why you and Charles can not be married at once . ’
30 Whilst it is perfectly true , as Roth points out , that any of the attributes of profession listed by such writers as Greenwood , Gross and Goode can also be found in occupations not usually assigned to the category ‘ profession ’ , we all ( Roth included ) , use the terms ‘ profession ’ and ‘ professional ’ both descriptively and analytically .
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