Example sentences of "can [adv] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If the Law Commission avoids creating similar pitfalls for medical treatment , it can only be in the mentally incapacitated patient 's best interests . |
| 32 | It seems to me that the new settlement if my analysis is correct can only be in one of those two areas , which does n't seem to me to be a very sensible way of proceeding . |
| 33 | We believe that it can only be in our interests that they get it right . |
| 34 | erm in that situation I fail to understand how that can necessarily be to be honest , because the vehicle in question has done eighty thousand miles . |
| 35 | One is no longer at home anywhere , so in the end one longs to be back where one can somehow be at home because it is the only place where one would wish to be at home : and that is the world of Greece ! " |
| 36 | Education can thus be of crucial importance in preventing violations . |
| 37 | Warton replies : ‘ It can not be of any use to the dead themselves . |
| 38 | He meant that the deepest and profoundest truth , the truth that ultimately matters and is in the end really worth grasping , can not be of the sort that can be contemplated and appropriated in an attitude of serene detachment . |
| 39 | If you are sorry that you can not be of assistance , then you should say so . |
| 40 | Surely such a creature can not be of use to us ? ’ |
| 41 | The domestic arrangements of an elderly bachelor like myself can not be of much interest to anyone . |
| 42 | What more has happened can not be of your doing . |
| 43 | No planks for the flooring yet , and if it is raining we can not be on the roof . |
| 44 | In Fig. 9–7(a) point 1 is the centre of the box and , unless individuals have identical preference maps , can not be on the contract curve . |
| 45 | Of Norman , of Jean-Paul and of little Beatrice who feels this as deeply as anyone , including the Sussex branch of the family who , because of the railway accident you all know about , can not be with us here today . |
| 46 | His warning should put the importance of conviction in faith beyond all question : ‘ Bear in mind , then , that when you face death or persecution , I can not be with you , or you with me . |
| 47 | Indeed John is so enthusiastic that one can not be with him without catching some of his zeal in the cause , and I can not regret our coming , though looking anxiously forward to our return . |
| 48 | This in my view , is a tremendous tribute to everybody in this hall and the many thousand who can not be with us today . |
| 49 | Tell him there has been a change of plan , that you can not be with him tonight . ’ |
| 50 | The poem does convey a message , though the message can not be at every point decoded . |
| 51 | Unfortunately their ideas have not been tested out a great deal in other areas of London or the rest of the country , so we can not be at all sure whether the findings they claim are appropriate for application to the whole of our society are in fact so . |
| 52 | It is sufficient to contravene this regulation where the patch is more than a quarter of the breadth of the tread , because there can not be at least three-quarters of good tread around the whole circumference of the tyre in such a case . |
| 53 | The oscillators can not be at rest because then they would have exactly defined positions and moments . |
| 54 | ‘ I 'm sorry , but I can not be at your beck and call all the time , my dear . |
| 55 | A woman I know has given me the name of a midwife who will come and otherwise I shall have to engage a nurse for the shortest time possible since I can not be without assistance when my time comes . |
| 56 | THE CAN YOU CAN NOT BE WITHOUT , CATMINT AND THE QUINTESSENTIAL ROSE . |
| 57 | It can not be without significance that Ealhmund , slain by Eardwulf 's men in 800 , was buried at Derby and venerated as a saint in Mercia . |
| 58 | You can not be without money . |
| 59 | The purpose of preparing a transcript is to present , in print , as complete a record of the taped material as is required for the particular assessment : ‘ It provides the foundation of ; 11 subsequent analyses and , as such , its importance can not be over estimated ’ ( Crystal 1984 ) . |
| 60 | If democracy is about government by the people for the people , then it can not be about giving a bunch of politicians a blank cheque to govern us every five years . |