Example sentences of "can [art] [noun sg] be [adj] " in BNC.

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1 So if , for example , a feature like straight line at the top has excitatory connections with the letter detector for E , and curve at the top has inhibitory connections , how can the E-detector be excited by the stimulus e ?
2 Can the Union be involved in briefing and monitoring young people on Work Experience ?
3 So how can the church be effective in this situation ?
4 Nor can the performer be guilty of an offence by aiding and abetting the director ; the ordinary principles of complicity are expressed not to apply .
5 Griffin replies to such scepticism rather lamely : ‘ Allowing that an animal can be aware of outside events but denying that it can be self-aware becomes somewhat ridiculous — can the animal be aware of other creatures but not of itself ? ( 1984 : 205 ) .
6 Nor , in an atmosphere of reluctance , can the initiator be confident that a participator 's initial dependence on other people 's ideas and energy will in due course be turned into well-informed independence .
7 How can the Minister be complacent about pre-school provision ?
8 According to Howard , ‘ the public from the very beginning of the photodrama has centered its interests on the personalities of the screen ’ because ‘ only through personality can the multitude be satisfied ’ .
9 Can the death be due to academic greasy-pole climbing ?
10 Where a plaintiff claims in respect of the consequences of an injury caused to the foetus before birth , the following questions arise : ( 1 ) How can the defendant have owed the plaintiff a duty of care at a time when the law did not recognise the plaintiff 's existence ? ( 2 ) How can the defendant be liable for causing injury to the plaintiff when , at the time that the injury was caused , the law did not recognise the plaintiff 's existence ?
11 If not , can the workshop be available to the learners and be manned by teaching staff after 5 p.m. ?
12 Many Commonwealth leaders believe the movement in South Africa is the result of pressure already applied , and that only by turning the screw can the world be sure that there will be no turning back .
13 But when hot money chases hot pictures , can a crash be far away ?
14 ‘ So , ’ she murmured , ‘ how can a woman be dead and at the same time walking , waving her hands and talking ? ’
15 But how , the misunderstanding goes , can a market be efficient when on October 19th 1987 the New York stockmarket was suddenly and inexplicably worth 23% less than it was on October 16th ?
16 This technique of interpreting a duty as coupled with a discretion , although strictly illogical ( how can a duty be discretionary ? ) , is a useful device to enable courts to keep out of contentious areas .
17 in our case the unions approved our proposals of the company , they raised no objections it was only the who raised objections , the employees did n't and in the High Court case , we 've just said , how can an employee be independent when he depends upon his employer for his future work .
18 I mean we ought to say in our case approved our the proposals of the company , they raise no objections in which only the who raised objections , the employees did n't and in the High Court case we 've just said , how can an employee be independent , when he depends upon his employer for his future work .
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