Example sentences of "[noun sg] can [adv] be [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Counselling sensitivity and insight can often be of more value than strictly medical knowledge .
2 You see , ladies and gentlemen , whatever happens in life , no person can ever be in two places at the same time , for the laws of the Universe forbid it .
3 Education can thus be of crucial importance in preventing violations .
4 In 1976 , however , when he was Wimbledon champion , even Ashe was given a frightening demonstration of how turbulent life can sometimes be in that part of the world .
5 ‘ The face of nature under one broad and universal glare ( a cloudless midsummer day ) is not propitious to the feelings of an anxious spectator ; but this monotony can only be of short duration , because the declining sun … produces shadows ; these gradually expanding , uniting and finally on the setting of the sun … exhibit an almost infinite variety of form , of tone and of colour . ’
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