Example sentences of "can [be] [adj] [coord] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can be useful but it is limited . |
| 2 | You have to have confidence in your own ability and being black is a good thing as far as I 'm concerned 'cause I 've had to sample bits and pieces of how life can be nasty and it 's done me good . |
| 3 | Not only does it ignore the sense in which suffering can be unwitting but it also begs the question in favour of saying , when specific symptoms like struggling or urination occur in animals , that these are properly to be seen as , emotional responses ' ( which covertly elicits our sympathy for the conscious distress of the stricken human parent rather than the symptoms of it observed in the struggling , yet unaware , athlete ) . |
| 4 | It can be good or it can be bad . |
| 5 | European funding can be lavish but it is tied to cooperation with public bodies . |
| 6 | This can be instinctive and it can also be perfected and developed . |
| 7 | When friends fall out the mess can be considerable and it can take some time for the wounds to heal . |
| 8 | In spite of this lack of actual power , their influence can be significant but it varies greatly both between authorities and with the type of development concerned . |