Example sentences of "something which can [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to this , ethical propositions do not say something which can be either true or false in the sense of reporting or misreporting how things really are in some realm of values ( though we can call them ‘ true ’ or ‘ false ’ to signal our agreement or disagreement ) . |
| 2 | It is certainly not something which can be simply removed . |
| 3 | Second , it easily misrepresents religion as something which can be neatly packaged up in sections . |
| 4 | The point I am labouring at such length is that there is a large and complicated repertoire of non-verbal behaviour without which it is impossible to communicate meanings through the medium of spoken words and although it is tempting to regard this non-lexical repertoire as something which can be painlessly removed without any significant loss of meaning , the experience of reconstructing talk from a medium in which the representation of this aspect of speech is so poor is a salutary reminder of its importance . |
| 5 | It seems unlikely that such discrete and precise measurement is something which can be effortlessly and efficiently stored away in the teacher 's mind in the everyday bustle of school life for subsequent ‘ after-school ’ recording . |
| 6 | It is to my mind illegitimate to argue — this is a sale , the consideration for a sale is the price , price can only include money or something which can be readily converted into an ascertainable sum of money , therefore anything like wrappers which have no money value when delivered can not be part of the consideration . |
| 7 | Anderson 's greater interest in some topics of conversation above others is something which can be more accurately described through analysis of topic- shifts , turn-taking and turn-length in the different conversational situations in the play . |