Example sentences of "can be one " in BNC.
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| 1 | The attraction between a man and a woman can be one of the most powerful emotions known . |
| 2 | This can be one time when a young writer has to compromise on some immediate ambitions in order to progress on to the next stage of securing a record deal or having artists cover his or her songs . |
| 3 | Though I respect the teachings of Islam I do n't understand how there can be one law for men and another for women . |
| 4 | Did you know that ice cream can be one of the lower calorie desserts ? |
| 5 | It can be one of the most helpful and long-lasting things that a friend can do . |
| 6 | There again , being ‘ pretty ’ can be one big hassle . |
| 7 | Wherever you live , whatever type of house you have , a burglary can be one of the most shattering experiences of a lifetime . |
| 8 | This is an area of the body quite often neglected in remedial massage therapy , yet a good face and scalp massage can be one of the most uplifting experiences of all time . |
| 9 | Visual inspection of well-drawn scatterplots of paired data can be one of the most effective ways of spotting important features of a relationship . |
| 10 | That of course can be one of the joys of travel . |
| 11 | The study of the surnames of people living in a place can be one of the most time-consuming , frustrating , baffling , but rewarding activities a researcher can undertake . |
| 12 | Teaching by example can be one of the best ways of passing on skills , provided of course that the example is good . |
| 13 | Of course , companionable silence can be one of the more pleasurable experiences of intimacy , but that kind of silence has a very different look to it . |
| 14 | Calcium , which is found in cheese and milk , is also vital for an elderly person , for a lack of it can cause bone troubles and a type of ‘ old age rickets ’ , and this can be one of the causes of severe backache in later life . |
| 15 | An elderly person 's relationship with his or her grandchildren can be one of the most rewarding experiences of their lives , and the old and the young usually find that they can share a rather special private world together . |
| 16 | The existence or terms of a guarantee can be one reason for deciding that one supplier 's product represents better value than another . |
| 17 | One context in which multiple-objective problems arise is when the objective function can be one of several possibilities , which one being determined by external factors beyond the control of the decision-maker . |
| 18 | For a man , this does not seem to be so much of a problem ; he can be one of a squadron of marching , identically dressed soldiers , or one of a thousand employees in a firm , and still know that he is special and unique . |
| 19 | To foster in pupils a love of literature , to encourage their awareness of its unique relationship to human experience and to promote in them a sense of excitement in the power and potential of language can be one of the greatest joys of the English teacher . |
| 20 | 1983 ) while 5-year-olds can be one year behind ( Ling 1972 ) . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Recognizing the fact that they do not seem to be enjoying their children and are missing the fun of childhood can be one way into helping them realize the value of a positive approach . |
| 23 | In-patient care can be one way of helping the parent and child learn to relate more appropriately . |
| 24 | Now Wilkinson has turned the stale escargot into the galloping gourmet of the English game , a player who can be one of the shining lights of the new Premier League season . |
| 25 | This can be one of the greatest difficulties to overcome if you take on an adult dog which has had several previous homes , and has gained a reputation for snappy behaviour . |
| 26 | ‘ And it 's now made Jamie even more convinced that he can be one of the best . |
| 27 | Burned under pressure as a vapour mixed with air , petrol can be one of the most efficient fuels . |
| 28 | Caring for elderly people and children in the residential setting can be one of the most rewarding as well as the most stressful of all jobs in our society . |
| 29 | for some young people with disabilities which require a high level of care , this stage can be one of experiencing frustration in the limits of housing provision and support services ( Fiedler 1989 ) . |
| 30 | The hardware used for this system will be the DS/90 7000 series from ICL Plc , as the server , while clients running IFOS-Lite software can be one of a number of personal computers including the IBM Japan Ltd PS/55 and NEC Corp 9800 series as well as Fujitsu 's own FMR series . |