Example sentences of "[conj] can be [vb pp] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or is there any sense in which those who oppose and vote against a particular policy or decision can be said to assent to it , or can be said to be governing themselves when they have voted against the policy that has been adopted ? |
| 2 | The question as to what is , or can be considered to be , productive and unproductive labour , and productive and unproductive consumption , has been the subject of hot debate , going back to Adam Smith and beyond . |
| 3 | Perhaps the most fundamental characteristic of a system that can be said to be ‘ living ’ is its ability to self-replicate . |
| 4 | It is true , certainly , that feeling good for no particular reason , and the sensation of warmth , do not involve objects or contents that can be said to be determinate in a certain sense . |
| 5 | As the balloon expands , the distance between any two spots increases , but there is no spot that can be said to be the center of the expansion . |
| 6 | Both find that life , and of course the activity of philosophy , is untenable without some standards of absolute truth , the canon of ‘ reason ’ , which can generate knowledge that can be held to be true regardless of perspective or context . |
| 7 | According to the latter , only those theories that can be shown to be true or probably true are to be admitted into science . |
| 8 | Quite simply , the peaks and troughs can be evened out by forecasting the number that can be permitted to be away in each grade at any given week which is a simple mathematical exercise . |
| 9 | The acceptance of such a scheme meant that the government had accepted , albeit for economic and demographic reasons , the principle that ‘ society should include in its economic structure some form of direct financial provision for the maintenance of children , instead of proceeding on the assumption that , save in cases of exceptional misfortune , this is a matter which concerns only individual parents and should be left to them because normally men 's wages or salaries are , or ought to be and can be made to be , sufficient for the support of their families ’ ( Rathbone , 1940 ) . |
| 10 | Two are highly valued , namely lidya ( shy , timid , ashamed ) and höntugen ( frightened , fearful ) , and can be said to be integral aspects of the Chewong person ( Howell 1988 ) . |
| 11 | The compressibility of the solvent is equal to the molar volume of the solvent in solution , V 1 , and can be assumed to be unchanged over a small range of pressures , thus giving |
| 12 | In conversations which involve speakers of both the first and second generations it is mainly the behaviour of the second generation speakers which is of interest , for it is these individuals who have " stylistic mobility " between London English and Creole and can be assumed to be using the two codes differentially ( though not necessarily consciously ) in a strategic way . |
| 13 | It seems that public concern is mostly raised when the pollutant is easily observed and can be shown to be due to some organisation flouting the law . |
| 14 | It is of type D , and can be shown to be part of the Taub-NUT solution in the Taub region where there are two space-like Killing vectors . |
| 15 | Clarification of this distinction would enable the correct questions to be asked about those interventions that are provided although a need does not exist ( reducing inappropriate care ) and those interventions that are not provided although they are demanded and can be shown to be needed ( rationing ) . |
| 16 | The situation changes when dealing with a liquid as remains unaffected by the addition of molecules and can be expected to be zero . |
| 17 | Such a viewpoint is not generally subscribed to but can be felt to be , in certain instances , a useful counter-argument to flimsily-based ‘ theorizing ’ where the theory is really only speculation . |
| 18 | So I have to make decisions as I go along as to which points need to be spelled out , which of them can be stated sparely , or which of them do not need to be mentioned at all but can be left to be inferred . |
| 19 | These difficulties have resolved themselves into the question : is the comment " fair " , in the sense of being one which the commentator could honestly express , on the strength of such of his facts as can be proved to be true ? |