Example sentences of "it can be [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can be indicative of full maturity of the follower , now left to run his own activities without supervision . |
| 2 | It can be intimidating at first walking into smart offices and facing slick-looking executives across a boardroom table . |
| 3 | The Scottish National party has made its view perfectly clear on many occasions and I reiterate that view this evening : radioactive material , whether it be spent nuclear fuel or waste , should be stored above ground , on site , where it can be subject to close inspection . |
| 4 | Holiday demand is highly sensitive to changes in underlying economic conditions ( it is relatively income-elastic for instance ) which means it can be subject to rapid changes as the cyclical pattern of economic activity develops . |
| 5 | Observers expect the Santa Cruz Operation to announce a profit for its first quarter shortly : the market is expected to want the company to prove it can be profitable for one further quarter through to March — without Larry Michels — before issuing an initial public offering next April with the aim of going public in June . |
| 6 | The red thing A is colour-similar — as distinct from shape-similar or size-similar , although it can be all of these to the red thing B. But their colour can not be defined in terms of their colour-similarity . |
| 7 | The lines particularly can be more convenient than transfers because you can simply follow the original artwork like following a map , unwinding from the reel and sticking it down onto the film as you go along — though it can be fiddly on dense or complicated boards . |
| 8 | It can be aggressive towards other fish if they stray into its territory , but generally leave most alone . |
| 9 | It is always advisable to check on marketability as it can be tight for some smaller issues . |
| 10 | Oscars are notorious for their habit of becoming ‘ stuck on one type of food and starving them out of it can be painful for both the fish and the keeper . |
| 11 | This manipulation is called intervention — we do not use the word ‘ treatment ’ because it can be confused with medical treatments . |