Example sentences of "can [be] [adj] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can be frustrating sometimes if you can see an end result you 're aiming for and have difficulty getting there . |
| 2 | Consultants can be useful here as well . |
| 3 | They will go on doing so , but they can be effective only if the fighting which seems to have broken out and the looting that I described cease . |
| 4 | Soaking items awaiting cleaning can be beneficial even if only cold water is used . |
| 5 | LA assumes that a word can be present only if all of its constituent phonemes are present for one of its pronunciations . |
| 6 | This can be annoying sometimes because jobs that would only take a little while can often take a lot longer . |
| 7 | Real specimens too can be available so that the size of an organ , or the appearance of tissue can be appreciated . |
| 8 | Your laughter can be unrestrained only if you believe that nobody is getting hurt . |
| 9 | ‘ All in all we feel we now have better control over our customer file and can be pro-active more than reactive . |
| 10 | As we do ‘ give thanks with a grateful heart ’ we remember that the weak can be strong again and this can cause us to ‘ extol ’ God , which means to praise enthusiastically ( from the Latin tollo meaning ‘ praise ’ ) . |
| 11 | This can be successful especially where an imaginative approach to development is adopted . |
| 12 | Under sections 1 and 14 someone can be guilty only if he makes a false statement ‘ in the course of a trade or business . ’ |
| 13 | In one way it can , for directors ' pay-slips can be misleading now that many are rewarded with bonuses connected to their firm 's performance . |
| 14 | On those assumptions the state can be neutral only if it creates conditions of equal opportunities for people to choose any conception of the good , with an equal prospect of realizing it . |
| 15 | The discipline of information science , which attempts to study all the ways in which human beings communicate information with each other and the many facilities which make it easier to perform , is in its earliest formative years , and it will be a long time before we can be sure either that the science of information is a true discipline or that it can deliver its present optimistic promises . |
| 16 | ‘ I think you can be sure now that she 's going to pass her exams , ’ she added . |
| 17 | We can be sure therefore that from this date a church has stood in Halling . |
| 18 | Pray God to purify and refine them , so that they can be sharp enough and strong enough to cleave like a great blade through the selfishness . |
| 19 | If it is used too early , it can be confusing so that the reader has to ‘ count back ’ to find out who is speaking and readers are not generally prepared to do that too often . |
| 20 | Such treatment can be valuable even where foods are a major cause of symptoms ( see p l53 ) , so undertaking this type of therapy is worthwhile for a whole range of patients , not just for those whose problems are purely psychosomatic . |
| 21 | Similarly , things can be inseparable even as they are distinguishable , as water = H20 . |
| 22 | But then you realise it 's 30 or 40 miles to the nearest general hospital and that can be difficult particularly as you get older , ’ says Dr Tony Hill , consultant in public health medicine . |