Example sentences of "and [noun sg] can [adv] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The relationship between Government and Parliament can only be understood against the background of the convention of ministerial responsibility . |
| 2 | These processes involve cognitive as well as interactive skills and , therefore , the exercising of professional expertise and judgement can not be eradicated from the process . |
| 3 | Many of these needs such as those for friendship , affection and esteem can only be met through informal networks . |
| 4 | As Italy 's financial year closes at the end of the calendar year and money can not be held over from one year to the next , there is not enough time to distribute and use such funds as have been allocated . |
| 5 | During this time , the cheque is ‘ uncleared ’ and money can not be drawn against it , unless your bank agrees to let you do so . |
| 6 | The jury may in some cases put two and two together , but it seems to us that the effect of section 58 is such that the balance of fairness between prosecution and defence can not be maintained unless proper comment is permitted on the defendant 's silence in such circumstances . |
| 7 | Scale and measure can only be understood in context . |
| 8 | Whether this diagnosis is historically or sociologically true is one matter , but the relations between liberalism and racism can not be dismissed . |
| 9 | But other languages like Telegu , Bengali , Marathi , Tamil , Urdu , Gujarati , Kannada and Malayalam can hardly be ignored ; each is probably spoken by more people than the population of 145 of the member-states of the United Nations . |
| 10 | ‘ True love and companionship can never be hired . |
| 11 | It should now be clear that Buid attitudes toward peace and violence can not be understood in terms of innate psycho-biological dispositions , or in terms of their adaptation of the natural environment . |
| 12 | ‘ We feel the issue of the form of state and violence can not be discussed after the setting of an election date . ’ |
| 13 | The uncertainty principle [ 2 ] alleges a certain limit on the accuracy with which position and momentum can simultaneously be known . |
| 14 | Distortion can creep in if distractions are allowed to interfere and concentration can easily be lost . |
| 15 | But disease and infirmity can not be ignored . |
| 16 | It is , indeed , an implication of attitudinism that induction and abduction can not be invoked in support of ethical statements as they can in support of factual ones . |
| 17 | Nor will it do to argue that state socialism is a perversion or corruption of some pure source , for the source has been so consistent in what it has given rise to , and so wrong in its predictions , that the suspicion of some intrinsic connection between theory and practice can not be evaded . |
| 18 | Thus theory and practice can not be separated . |
| 19 | Conversely , a spirit of self-criticism and renewal can hardly be said to be absent from the religious sphere when one of the problems faced by institutionalized orthodoxies has been to contain the eruption of reform and sectarian revolt . |
| 20 | Establishing free movement of capital and labour can also be shown to lead to net welfare gains . |
| 21 | If pure sands can be given sufficient organic matter to retain moisture and provide plant nutrients , they need no further structure as the pores between sand particles are large enough to allow drainage and sand can not be compacted into a ‘ pan ’ . |
| 22 | Fondant icing , royal icing and marzipan can either be made using the recipes at the beginning of the book or purchased ready-made ( see page 118 for a useful list of stores and mail-order suppliers ) . |
| 23 | I feel this is possibly not a good thing at this present time , when every spectrum of Rottweiler size , shape and type can still be found in the show ring : further expansions of the gene pool can only have a destructive effect . |
| 24 | It is about morality , and morality can not be judged according to the quality of our intentions , or according to whether a practice is socially sanctioned . |
| 25 | The capacity of the means of mass communication to convey these images of destruction and suffering can not be doubted , but there are two fundamental issues of broad political concern that remain unresolved . |
| 26 | Obviously there may be circumstances in which the normal procedure of application and issue can not be followed because of the urgency of the matter and a procedure exists for obtaining an emergency representation certificate in such cases . |
| 27 | In it the mutual affections of bishop and diocese can not be missed . |
| 28 | The effects on the driver and vehicle can only be imagined , as driving in circles round a field , at say 40 mph , would be uncomfortable enough , let alone trying to match the take-off speed of a warplane . |
| 29 | Estimates of the useful lives of plant and equipment can not be made with precision and in practice a range of lives exist . |
| 30 | As he was a very intellectual artist , he was the ideal figure to take over from Metzinger the task of transmitting the principles of Cubism to the other painters ; and since he joined the group at a moment when the movement was striving for greater definition , his influence and importance can not be overestimated . |