Example sentences of "can [be] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | One ‘ slot ’ can be home to as many as five satellites as long as they do not use exactly the same frequency . |
| 2 | For people who own gardens the simplest solution is probably a small plot , clearly marked , although there can be disadvantages to this solution . |
| 3 | They can be prey to several diseases at once , a possibility that led one to describe himself as ‘ a walking time bomb ’ . |
| 4 | As noted above , there can be exceptions to the vertical aggregate supply curve when changes are unanticipated . |
| 5 | It 's very easy to use your mothering sort of skills — you can be mother to them instead of friend and adult helper . |
| 6 | The presence of fleas on your dog does not indicate neglect , as the cleanest of dogs can be host to these parasites , which feed on blood . |
| 7 | But though this was so , Lord Coke reports that it was resolved by the whole Court of Common Pleas ‘ that payment of a lesser sum on the day in satisfaction of a greater can not be any satisfaction for the whole , because it appears to the judges that by no possibility a lesser sum can be satisfaction to the plaintiff for a greater sum : but the gift of a horse , hawk , or robe , etc. , in satisfaction is good for it shall be intended that a horse , hawk , or robe , etc. , might be more beneficial to the plaintiff than the money , in respect of some circumstance , or otherwise the plaintiff would not have accepted it in satisfaction . |