Example sentences of "it can [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , finally , it can officially accredit students ' learning , thus giving it public recognition and status in a way that is simply not possible for the autodidact . |
| 2 | Suppose for example there are two remaining producers in an industry which has now contracted to the point when it can profitably support only one firm . |
| 3 | But it can scarcely be in doubt that these books have in them home truths , and an ironic obliquity or duplicity , which richly relate to the world of Jaruzelski 's predecessors , and indeed to the experience of other countries where literature and opinion have been repressed . |
| 4 | To no other , to no less divine a source can I trace the movement ’ , but as we have seen , other speakers , like Joseph Parker , were more perceptive while the 1897 National Council president admitted that ‘ perhaps it can scarcely be denied that in some of our earliest Nonconformist Councils … at first the inspiration was to a large extent political ’ . |
| 5 | But besides being improbable in itself , it can scarcely be true , for Eadmer had mentioned that they had been produced in the royal court after Anselm 's death in 1109 . |
| 6 | It can scarcely be imagined that he would have opposed the Philadelphia Museum 's immensely well-conceived plan . |
| 7 | Assuming that regulation has the potential to promote social benefits , either it is effective , but in the wrong directions , or it is ineffective ; it can scarcely be both . |
| 8 | With such a distinctive song it can scarcely be missed . |
| 9 | It can scarcely be claimed , therefore , that the political systems of the world in the mid-twentieth century revealed a very widespread practice of democracy — though the principle was more widely asserted — even in the narrow constitutional sense of the right of all adult citizens to choose their political leaders by means of free elections . |
| 10 | It can scarcely be claimed that these questions have yet been answered in such a manner as to transform Marx 's very general model into a systematic and well-supported theory of historical development . |
| 11 | The Clermont elections , if that is the right word , provide a startling insight into the appointment of bishops in a civitas , which , if it can scarcely be called an insignificant see , was certainly not one in the forefront of royal policy . |
| 12 | It can scarcely be claimed that this provides a much more authoritative or even revealing account of the composition of the Pactus than does the shorter prologue , but it is nevertheless worthy of some consideration . |
| 13 | It can probably spot moving targets , and give their speed and direction . |
| 14 | It can probably best be described as the way you are feeling and thinking when you meet any situation . |
| 15 | It can probably be heard hundred of kilometres away and could reach individuals thousands of kilometres away if the fin whale makes use of a channel in the ocean . |
| 16 | It can probably see the way you are manipulating the wood … |
| 17 | That 's where it can probably be next week or week after , I do n't know . |
| 18 | Bream are strictly shoal fish , and the size of a shoal depends upon many things , but it can generally be taken that the bigger the bream the smaller the shoal . |
| 19 | Nonetheless , a substantial degree of agreement has been achieved , not only between different demographic groups , but also between the whole range of approaches , intuitive , statistical and personal preference ( Briggs and France , 1980 ) and it can generally be concluded that good landscapes will have substantial relative relief , a major water body , diverse land use , and some historical artifacts , but will lack modern industry and major transport facilities . |
| 20 | Helping an elderly woman to adjust and to find a new identity is never easy , but it can nearly always be achieved if she is shown that she is still loved and needed , by her family and friends . |
| 21 | This debate will never be resolved unless it can firmly be established whether searching for early prostatic cancer on a community basis is worthwhile in clinical , resource , and social terms . |
| 22 | The major means for doing this is to encourage doctors and health authorities to seek care where it can mostly cheaply and efficiently be provided . |
| 23 | With any excavating job you can avoid creating a blot on the landscape for months after by slicing the turf off in strips , so that it can later be relaid . |
| 24 | Because the Power Tool 's EQ is added to the sound after your amplifier it can drastically change the tone produced at the end of the chain , especially in the lower frequencies . |
| 25 | As a result , it can reportedly support high-performance graphics that currently require more expensive technical workstations . |
| 26 | It can either be used as a ‘ black box ’ analyser with preprogrammed applications and automatic set-up for simple routine analysis , or as a sophisticated tool for application development . |
| 27 | It can either be controlled directly via a mouse interface or control can be automated using macros to perform repetitive tasks , or more complex operations . |
| 28 | It can either lead us into bitterness and despair , or it can drive us towards greater sensitivity and responsibility and a deepening love for God and for others . |
| 29 | It can either form a thin , skin-like layer of solid lava over the liquid , rather like the skin that develops on custard or boiled milk , or else it develops a rather thick , rubbly surface layer consisting of loose blocks of solidified lava . |
| 30 | ‘ Aquarius , Taurus , Leo and Scorpio figure very strongly in the Royal Family 's charts and very strongly in Diana 's , so when you get a powerful connection like that with marriage partners it can either be the most sensationally passionate ‘ I ca n't leave you alone for a minute ’ or it 's ice . |