Example sentences of "[det] 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 Results will be published in a future edition of GH , but this can not be before four months .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 ‘ 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 . ’
6 Most importantly , though , we have increased our knowledge and spread it more widely and this can only be of benefit for the future .
7 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 .
8 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 " .
9 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 .
10 These can not be in competition .
11 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 .
12 That can not be in any of our interests , especially at this time .
13 And then to withhold one 's vote as with almost a matter of habit and routine , that can not be in the best interests of the Conservative party .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 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 .
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