Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] can be [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the last thirty years advertising , that most powerful publicity weapon , has discovered how lucrative it can be to add a " new dimension " to the service it offers to clients . |
| 2 | At Amsterdam Travel Service , we know how difficult it can be to discover who is playing where and when and how tricky it can be to find out how to buy those all important tickets . |
| 3 | We have seen how useful it can be to define human pain as that state which disappears if the human is treated for pain . |
| 4 | Network SouthEast 's marketing director , David Walker , said : ‘ Anyone who has ever tried to use the 1,500-page British Rail timetable will know just how complicated it can be to plan a rail trip . ’ |
| 5 | We all know only too well how disheartening it can be to try hard but achieve nothing . |
| 6 | It may be full of happiness for those who are fortunate to have the right conditions at play in their lives , but there is no doubt how stretching it can be to live in close proximity to your relations . |
| 7 | A new brochure from John Guest shows how pleasant it can be to carry out plumbing work using JG Speedfit Fittings . |
| 8 | From the vantage point of so-called post-liberation , we know only too well the political blindnesses of sexual desire , and how disastrous it can be to make sexuality the prime mover of a political vision . |
| 9 | This rather long discussion of the phonemic status of and shows how difficult it can be to reach a conclusion in phonemic analysis . |
| 10 | We all know how difficult it can be to arrange for a contractor to carry out repairs to our home . |
| 11 | This example serves to indicate how comparatively easy it is to legislate for change and how difficult it can be to implement the legislation . |
| 12 | It is understandable if we consider the wide diversity of marine invertebrates how difficult it can be to read from their behaviour just what is going on . |
| 13 | ‘ This sounds easy but in fact proved how difficult it can be to stand back and identify every activity carried out in your own workplace ( and those that maybe are n't but should be ! ) where standard procedures should be employed . |
| 14 | At Amsterdam Travel Service , we know how difficult it can be to discover who is playing where and when and how tricky it can be to find out how to buy those all important tickets . |
| 15 | However , this example serves to emphasize how misleading it can be to assume that the breeding sex ratio necessarily reflects the extent to which male reproductive success varies for , even among closely related species , it is likely to be the case that males have substantially longer breeding lifespans in monogamous species than in polygynous ones ( see Wiley , 1974 ; Clutton-Brock et al . , |