Example sentences of "[adv] can [adv] be [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | This obviously can not be counted as a social welfare gain ( or loss ) . |
| 2 | Many marine organisms time their reproduction by the moon , and some land organisms also breed by the lunar cycle , particularly those living in equatorial regions where day length is virtually constant and so can not be used as a guide . |
| 3 | But 1927 is only some thirty years away from the beginnings of the mass circulation press in Britain and so can hardly be justified as a bench mark . |
| 4 | Finally , the description unenforceable really means that up until the time of judgment it was valid but thereafter can not be used as a basis for an action . |
| 5 | Thus it is an infringement of logical grammar to use phrases such as " the same substance " , for the word " substance " ( in the context of Spinoza 's theory ) has the status similar to that of a proper name and hence strictly can not be employed as a general term . |
| 6 | The five-year-old is un- beaten in six races over hurdles , including one over the course , and his run today can only be seen as a dress rehearsal for the Champion Hurdle next year . |
| 7 | Whatever is claimed of these traditional philosophical mysteries , including the claim that they enter into mental events , they surely can not be regarded as parts of them . |
| 8 | A procedure carried out by people with the aid of tools technology etc can therefore be considered as a Human Activity System , one that is comparable with the formal systems model described in Chapter 3 . |
| 9 | Returning to the perspective of ‘ adaptive behaviour ’ discussed earlier , we can call into question the extent to which going abroad can legitimately be viewed as a student strategy for maximizing opportunities in China when by necessity it implied turning away from the ‘ motherland ’ in favour of foreign countries . |
| 10 | It seems clearly to describe something about our culture , yet can not be taken as an absolute . |
| 11 | My initial question was answered and these dedicated crew members who give so much time so freely can only be described as the salt of the earth . |