Example sentences of "[noun pl] can [adv] [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The funds can either be roll-up , where all income is retained and reflected in the price of the fund , or distributor , where at least 85% of the income is paid out in dividends to the investors . |
| 2 | Limitations of this system at present are that subjects can only be studies in the supine position within the magnet , thus imposing constraints on both posture and movement . |
| 3 | Animals can not be parties to a lawsuit , or be said to be guilty , they can not be subject to the duties that attach to rights . |
| 4 | Parents can often be experts at telling their children what is naughty behaviour but not necessarily at telling them what is good behaviour . |
| 5 | ’ It 's no exactly my own idea of good taste and I could do wi' a suit that 's a better fit , but beggars can nae be choosers , as they say . |
| 6 | The dominant influence of culture on the direction of human development implies that descriptions of human abilities can not be context free . |
| 7 | Linkers can either be hand or electrically operated . |
| 8 | It has given the Greeks a new foreign-policy possibility , to the north : one in which membership of the Community will be useful , but Greeks can still be Greeks . |
| 9 | Taking these two points into consideration leads us to the conclusion that meaningful chain dimensions can only be values averaged over the many conformations assumed . |
| 10 | Increasingly , funding will reflect the quality of the research output so that the best centres can truly be world leaders . |
| 11 | It follows that names can not be descriptions , for descriptions are invariably complex , and ( it is implied ) inherently ambiguous , i.e. they do not by themselves ensure the uniqueness of the referential relation in any given case of referring . |
| 12 | Voters can also be taxpayers and recipients of various services . |
| 13 | ‘ This is why food packaging products can only be 50% recycled . |
| 14 | For him , such performers can not be forces of production in their own right . |