Example sentences of "we can be [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We can be thankful for that . ’ |
| 2 | But we can be sure of one thing : before the end of the century we will see the telephone metamorphose into the mobile audio-visual communications centre it has long had the potential to become . |
| 3 | ( Actually , it is Oxford University Press , but we can be sure of this only because we already know something about this publisher . ) |
| 4 | Although femininity in a man or masculinity in a woman may accompany homosexuality rather than heterosexuality ( and it is doubtful whether we can be sure on this point ) , the homosexual man or woman can occupy any point on the masculine-feminine scale , just as may the heterosexual individual . |
| 5 | We can be free of old prejudices and class barriers . |