Example sentences of "that can be [verb] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This for Lévi-Strauss is tied up with the business of ‘ science ’ , which aims to discover truths that are universal and that can be seen to be a product of their method . |
| 2 | Secondly , issues of social policy are peculiarly sensitive and dependent on domestic policy and prevailing social conditions , so that even within the European Community the best that can be hoped for is a set of minimum standards . |
| 3 | The best that can be hoped for is that government intervention improves the social efficiency of resource allocation , rather than achieving optimality . |
| 4 | You know that from here on in the best that can be hoped for is a sufficient economic upturn , plus a helpful nudge from the boundary redistributions , to carry you back into power — again probably , with a modest parliamentary majority and all the headaches it brings . |
| 5 | ‘ At one extreme , one might say : ‘ Here is a person who escaped from custody in Belfast ; therefore , whatever flows from that can be taken to be entirely his own fault . ’ |