Example sentences of "[vb pp] that [ex0] can [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Considerable attention has been focused on the distinction between causing grievous bodily harm ( section 18 ) and inflicting grievous bodily harm ( section 20 ) : for many years it was believed that the more restrictive word ‘ inflict ’ meant that section 20 required proof of a sufficiently direct action by D to constitute an assault , but the House of Lords has now decided that there can be an ‘ infliction ’ of GBH without proof of an assault . |
| 2 | Courts which have employed the doctrine have accepted that there can be matters on the X level which are not jurisdictional and the term merits includes these items . |
| 3 | I shall here consider three such attempts to connect past and present : firstly , that which I shall call a ‘ kairos ’ approach , in which the past is basically normative but it is said that there can be development ; secondly , that which I shall call the ‘ golden thread ’ approach , in which a leading motif is lifted out of the past and applied in another situation ; thirdly , that which I shall call an ‘ a priori ethical ’ position , in which essentially authority is seen to lie in the present but there is not perceived to be any fundamental clash with the past . |
| 4 | It is often said that there can be no confidence in iniquity . |
| 5 | It could be argued that there can be no more suitable example of the ‘ epistemic break between the modern and the postmodern ’ ( Hutcheon 1988 : 51 ) . |
| 6 | Again , it might be argued that there can be nothing wrong for a person voluntarily to allow themselves to be treated as a means to the satisfaction of someone else 's desires . |
| 7 | Having been told that there can be a contract either for the sale of specific goods or for the sale of unascertained goods , one might ask , ‘ Is there not a third category ? |
| 8 | Projects such as Scone Park have shown that there can be alternative provision and that you can meet the needs of children and young people and respond to those in their own community and develop the investment in that community . |
| 9 | Over the last twenty years or so the regulating authorities of several States have recognised that there can be significant value in recording , and preferably investigating , the cause of near accidents . |
| 10 | In Bonn it is hoped that there can be orderly change across the border , soon enough to convince more East Germans that life is worth living there . |
| 11 | At the time of publication the county courts in London have yet to adopt this rate , but it is submitted that there can be little real argument that the same rate should not be applied . |
| 12 | Goldman Sachs has referred to our ’ extra training provisions ’ while James Capel has stated that there can be little doubt that our ’ supply-side measures would improve the United Kingdom 's long-term sustainable growth rate and expand the supply-side of the economy ’ . |