Example sentences of "[vb base] that [ex0] can [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Government say that there can be no back payment . |
| 2 | The high surface temperatures also mean that there can be no accessible repositories of water in which the water exists as H 2 O whether as a separate phase or in some molecular combination . |
| 3 | But , then , we should give up the concept of " identical meanings " and accept that there can be only relative similarities of use , and hence only approximate , pragmatically testable , substitutability of certain expressions within similar contexts . |
| 4 | It is clear that traders must continue to enjoy their right to decide on whether or not to do business with someone ( and on what terms ) ; and equally clear that there can be no universal consumer right to credit . |
| 5 | More sophisticated versions argue or imply that there can be no excuse for their actions , that they have lost whatever case they had by their conduct . |
| 6 | Many Americans , probably including George Bush , as well as many of the Iraqi 's Arab enemies , believe that there can be no lasting peace unless Mr Hussein has been humbled . |
| 7 | I am not a Christian because I do not credit , as I earlier put it , that nature and history could be other than closed causal nexuses or believe that there can be events which are in some way qualitatively different from other events . |
| 8 | Also , people believe that there can be ’ a quick fix ’ . |
| 9 | Well , certainly we believe that there can be all sorts of erm techniques that can be very useful , like communications skills and assertiveness , but our understanding is also that it is not only about the skills that people have it 's also about the understanding behind those skills . |
| 10 | In fact I doubt that there can be a conclusive argument in favour of either of these approaches ; the approaches are so different that there is a danger that any argument will simply beg the question . |
| 11 | ‘ I recognize that there can be no future for us together and yet I know a great fondness for the prince — a fondness that time , I suspect , will not lessen . ’ |
| 12 | Once we take account of this distinction , we recognize that there can be alternative CONCEPTUALIZATIONS of the same event ( illustrated in the Golding passage ) , as well as alternative syntactic expressions of the same sense ( as in Ohmann 's treatment of Faulkner ) . |