Example sentences of "[noun prp] can [adv] [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therese can not be Snow White or Cinderella , but she can be Queen of the Night . |
| 2 | It is a romantic vision : Milan can never be Venice , but at such times it can also never be anything but Italian . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Brown can not be deputy leader for the straightforward reason that an all-Scottish ticket would put off the English . |
| 6 | Whether personal acrimony stimulated Loder can only be surmise , but it is certainly likely that Bill Saxby , jocked off Craganour after the Two Thousand Guineas , would not be bending over backwards to support that horse 's cause in the enquiry in which , as rider of Louvois , he was called to give evidence . |
| 7 | John Major 's declaration that the Princess of Wales can still be queen despite the failure of her marriage proved Diana 's ability to manoeuvre the Royal Family to suit herself . |