Example sentences of "can [adv] be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast , in visual art the emphasis is more on the individual performance , so there can obviously be more dialogue with the particular child about his or her intentions in relation to the actual work being produced . |
| 2 | ‘ There can only be one king of the castle , as far as male Leos are concerned , ’ Julie had continued . |
| 3 | Sadly , there can only be one winner … and that is M J Gill of Manchester , who correctly spotted that twinkly-eyed Albums Ed Big Stuarty Bailie is a son of the Emerald Isle . |
| 4 | But providing the rain keeps away there can only be one winner the mighty Zafonic . |
| 5 | There can only be one Creator , one God who made the earth and maintains it under divine control . |
| 6 | The gap was far too narrow and he was travelling much too fast , and there can only be one reason for him making such a damnfool , cavalier manoeuvre — he was n't concentrating . |
| 7 | Secondly , and most importantly , there can only be one leader in this group , and I 'm it . |
| 8 | There can only be one target , it 's the pensioners . |
| 9 | So how or why or where can Town win … the bookies have them as favourites but only just … the fans have red and white in front of their eyes … for them there can only be one result … |
| 10 | NBthere can only be one party on each side of the deal . |
| 11 | However , since a task causes a state transition there can only be one task allocated to a state . |
| 12 | There can only be one answer to this — an independent financial adviser who ( a ) is a specialist in pensions , and ( b ) offers the option of paying by way of a fee as well as by commission . |
| 13 | Of course there can only be one chieftain , so defeated rivals must either accept his supremacy or leave the tribe altogether and set up a new one of their own . |
| 14 | There can only be one outcome , the trade unions will retain their involvement in the Labour Party , I 've been saying this all along , as have others , during the course of the last year , the trouble is , nobody listens . |
| 15 | If we carry on the way we are there can only be one outcome and that is success . |
| 16 | There can only be one representative of our country . |
| 17 | ‘ Ranulf , if the Prince knew before the porter arrived here , there can only be one explanation . |
| 18 | This can only be good news . |
| 19 | After the Edinburgh summit , that looks much less likely than it did and that can only be good news for Courtaulds . |
| 20 | Delegate Geoff Wright , from Leeds city Council , recently awarded an MBE for environmental services , said ‘ It 's clear that recycling domestic waste is fast becoming a growth industry in its own right , which can only be good news for waste avoidance in our towns and countryside and for the economy . ’ |
| 21 | You wo n't have a whole-school group in a dissipating school … there ca n't be any organizational impact , there can only be individual impact . |
| 22 | They forget I took the job on the understanding that management of a national team can only be part-time employment . |
| 23 | This theft can only be bad news for the preservation movement . |
| 24 | So it can only be human failure I E that she was driving and just sort of lost her concentration for a few seconds and that was fatal |
| 25 | For a round neck , the band can be single or double thickness but a V-neck band can only be single thickness . |
| 26 | It can not be better public relations , so it must be a kind of code of conduct to steer you away from base instincts . |
| 27 | The clues lie , probably , in an informality of style ; in signs — at least — that someone has thought about the environment of the office ; evidence of a lot of the agency 's work around the place ( if they have nothing to be proud of ; they can not be much use ) ; an approach which is clearly geared to the idea of selling . |
| 28 | It can not be mere coincidence that the abandonment of paternalism came about when the party was on the cusp of a new generation of leaders . |
| 29 | The muddled thinking that makes us claim at least some vague idea of what God is leads us disastrously to thinking that if we say God can not be one kind of thing we must be saying he is the other . |
| 30 | Lord Waddington will arrive in late summer , after the departure of his predecessor , Sir Desmond Langley — protocol decrees that there can not be two Queen 's representatives on the island at one time . |