Example sentences of "can [adv] be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 He did serve in the war along with hundreds and thousands of other people and it 's something one can justifiably be proud of . ’
2 Cardboards and paper can obviously be useful for prolific artists or those travelling light !
3 Cardboards and paper can obviously be useful for prolific artists or those travelling light !
4 He points to savings on rates — which can obviously be substantial in London — if one of the premises is kept empty , and other immediate gains from the cutting of staff in areas of duplication such as administration , accounts , quality control and training .
5 Coping with nurse training after marriage and childbearing can obviously be difficult in some circumstances but may be delayed until children are more independent .
6 Indeed , to invite him to do so , it seems to me , can only be misleading in suggesting that the driver is entitled to some say in the matter .
7 This approach to care can only be successful with the help of a wide range of support services .
8 The Profitboss knows that he can only be successful in negotiations ( whether they be with customers , suppliers or unions ) if he is prepared to say " No " when his " prime " ( price ) objectives are not to be met .
9 The comfort and security you are chasing can only be temporary with pusillanimous people like you prancing around .
10 On other occasions we detect language which can only be that of James , the third-person narrator .
11 I ask that this impudent remark can only be far from being dilatory , we are being diligent in safeguarding the environment of and the quality of life of the people , and we are not merely interested in financial gain .
12 Whichever theory is correct , we can only be sure of the distribution of the tiger today , or rather the day before yesterday .
13 Highly-viscous lavas are always concerned in Peleean eruptions ; as we saw earlier , a dome or plug of lava often builds up within the crater concerned , blocking the throat of the volcano , so that the pressures building up beneath can only be relieved by vigorous explosions , which may be directed either upwards or sideways , blasting out as nuees ardentes .
14 However , it is not suggested , pace Fuller , that the internal morality of law is inherent in the most efficient methods of subjecting human conduct to the governance of rules , although there is more strength than has been generally granted in the view that government can only be compatible with the dignity of man if Fuller 's eight requirements for making law are satisfied ( Nicholson , 1973–4 ) .
15 He stresses that formal planning can only be one of the many building blocks which determine corporate strategy .
16 The loss of basic medical sciences can only be detrimental to clinical teaching and research and to the staff of university hospitals .
17 ‘ These statistics show a worsening of relations between banks and construction that can only be detrimental to the country pulling out of recession .
18 Our support can only be effective to the extent that these universals obtain ; it certainly can not substitute for them .
19 Everyone in an organisation is interdependent : authority alone is insufficient to obtain good performance , and can only be effective in certain situations and with certain people .
20 That the government , local authorities and private companies are not queueing up to offer the resources to enable CABx to extend their work can only be due to the movement 's failure to make its point effectively .
21 This can only be due to Coleridge 's awareness and heightened sensitivity at these moments , which cause him ponder on his very means of creation and that of the emotions that cause him to write , which are therefore in a positive sense creative forces .
22 And a sense of well being can only be good for our general health .
23 It improves the standards and can only be good for the game , ’ he says .
24 ‘ Ian Wright is back as well so that can only be good for our chances at Anfield . ’
25 We played some good cricket and managed to win the competition with a young and inexperienced team , which can only be good for the country . ’
26 Even that buttock-licker Pybus seems worried that Pahdra Singh has replaced them with his shifty brothers but , as I told Crowe , having a property developer , an estate agent and a supermarket magnate on the board can only be good for the club .
27 That can only be good for the efficiency of the debt advice industry and thus for debtors as a whole . ’
28 But at least a lot of players have sampled international competition at their own level and that can only be good for the game .
29 Whatever your feelings about such treatments and that must be for the individual to decide there is no doubt that its deeply relaxing effect can only be good for you .
30 He 's blossoming and that can only be good for us . ’
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