Example sentences of "can be [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pages can be typeset onscreen and different versions tried out without the need for referral back to typesetters . |
| 2 | Most of the activities are routed through woodland and as some of the pathways can be rough outdoor footwear is recommended . |
| 3 | A feature of statistical predictors is that their accuracy when applied to future subjects can be disappointing relative to the accuracy apparent from the cases on which the predictor was constructed . |
| 4 | The hot and cold water supply pipes can be simple handbendable sections . |
| 5 | Most lord lieutenants are scarcely in jobs where they have employers breathing down their necks about time off , but there can be substantial day-to-day expenses . |
| 6 | ‘ Iggy Pop can be tarty onstage but if Wendy James does it , it 's tacky . |
| 7 | For a round cake , the strip can be one continuous piece ; for a square or rectangle , cut a strip for each side . |
| 8 | The day can be one long confrontation and by the evening both parent and child feel distressed and disturbed by the battles and arguments that have taken place . |
| 9 | Winter-lets can be one possible cause of homelessness , although the reasons for occupants being in seasonal accommodation in the first place are very difficult to evaluate , and only now is the law being clarified in the courts . |
| 10 | There again , being ‘ pretty ’ can be one big hassle . |
| 11 | As Rushdie and recession deepen hostility to race equality legislation , few believe the new government will do more than seek greater managerial competence from the Commission for Racial Equality while encouraging those blacks who can be multicultural Tory role models . |
| 12 | Even if all rural houses are not prohibitively priced , they can be expensive relative to the income levels of local inhabitants , and this can be the key factor that determines whether an individual family can afford to purchase a home . |
| 13 | ‘ You can get that feel with man-made fabrics too — a big well-cut , microfibre parka can be real earthy if it 's done right . ’ |
| 14 | In their absence , the information circulating about the green form scheme can be haphazard depending upon the enthusiasm of voluntary and statutory advice agencies and the activities of local law societies . |
| 15 | Often meetings with ‘ advisers ’ can be counter productive and it will be desirable to bring you and , say , Mr [ Chief Executive ] into the picture so that the potential purchaser feels he is talking to a principal . |
| 16 | Both of these can be large multi-site operations with widely scattered staff . |
| 17 | Secondly , there can be considerable psychological discomfort in having to pretend to beliefs that one does not really hold , or perform actions that one would not normally want to do . |
| 18 | If we broaden it to mean simply ‘ cleverness ’ then obviously there can be several other explanations , mostly elucidated by an understanding of general intelligence and the way in which , even in the absence of ‘ psychotic ’ modes of thought , that facilitates high achievement . |
| 19 | Watson ( 1986 ) suggests how some of the communication problems can be surmounted when in contact with minority ethnic groups who have difficulty with a second language but even within one language there can be several local vocabularies which strangers can not understand . |
| 20 | For a verb such as ’ collide ’ , all that is specified by the case restrictions is that the object case can be any inanimate entity . |
| 21 | According to my dictionary , a tree can be any perennial plant having a self-supporting woody main stem . |
| 22 | He rejected the idea that there can be any revolutionary change in society without force , even if that force is merely latent or potential : |
| 23 | The " granny " or " grandpa " , of course , does not have to be a relative , but can be any elderly person . |
| 24 | The client who receives the product can be any external source buying the software , or an in-house party . |
| 25 | The client who receives the product can be any external source buying the software , or an in-house party . |
| 26 | The nominal transformation ratio n in the instance shown is 4:1 step down , but unlike some other voltage-changing schemes using capacitors , n can be any whole number ; it is not limited to powers of 2 . |
| 27 | What is also involved — and this was the point at issue between Barth and Brunner — is whether there can be any valid Christian understanding of creation , or nature , or sin , apart from Jesus Christ . |
| 28 | In short , if there can be any meaningful talk of " reduction " here at all , it is perhaps only of a possible reduction of properties to ( non-mental and logically independent ) relations , not vice versa . |
| 29 | In this sense , a sentence can be any finite sequence of terminal symbols . |
| 30 | It is a little more difficult for stocks , since one needs to aggregate ( add ) the prices of various stocks ; to do this , one uses weighted averages ( the weight for stock X can be any observed characteristic of the firm ; for instance , the value of its assets ) . |