Example sentences of "[noun] can be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At very best , any particular religion can be normative or valid only for those who happen to subscribe to it . |
| 2 | Religion can be creative . |
| 3 | SPEED CAN BE VITAL BECAUSE DELAY MAY COST YOU AN OPPORTUNITY . |
| 4 | I am not an uncritical admirer of the Labèque sisters : their performances can be uneven , and I have sometimes found them guilty of grabbing a composition by the collar and belting off with it before it can gets its breath . |
| 5 | Your stringer should be able to explain these terms and more — and understanding some of the stringers ' buzz words can be useful , even if it 's just to impress your friends . |
| 6 | This data is for a trained writer ( ie. the Freeman vector database contains details of the writer 's handwriting ) , and as can be seen , the number of candidate words can be high , and in such cases the spread of lengths of the candidates is quite wide . |
| 7 | However , these day trips can be tiring , so there 's always a local sailing option in Bitez bay . |
| 8 | As we saw earlier , a central godhead whose manifold characteristics can be all things to all men is more powerful than a more parochial and less versatile spirit . |
| 9 | Because urinating tends to wash out the urethra , and because the urethra can be such a rich source of diagnostic material , the doctors will always prefer a male patient to have held his urine , if possible , for three hours or more before attending for tests . |
| 10 | Enteric illness and food poisoning can be major problems in psychogeriatric areas , and are associated with significant morbidity and mortality rates . |
| 11 | The hon. Member for Chislehurst can be certain that the Bill has the Opposition 's support . |
| 12 | One may question whether drawing attention to such matters should be part of a teacher 's role , but spectacles can be essential for some pupils who will not be able to use learning materials properly without them . |
| 13 | It 's the time of year , of course , when the fire brigade can be busy , when things go wrong . |
| 14 | For specific skills , in particular regions and for particular employers , the shortage of labour can be severe . |
| 15 | Nor is there any reason why the state should tell firms how to attract and keep good staff in a country where qualified labour can be hard to find . |
| 16 | Plunging your hand into a pile of assorted implements can be hazardous . |
| 17 | Football fans can be cruel . |
| 18 | ‘ Piers can be wicked , ’ he remarked softly . |
| 19 | ‘ Because typewriters can be traceable . |
| 20 | This analogy can be helpful , particularly if it gives a visual dimension to our thinking . |
| 21 | The jokes/anecdotes/stories can be short or long and , as an example , I will tell the tale of a branch who loaned a customer a sum of money so he could undergo plastic surgery . |
| 22 | Spring can be wet , especially in the Basque country , and snow may fall in the high mountains even in July . |
| 23 | Planning meals and writing shopping lists can be helpful too . |
| 24 | Keep calm because fear can be infectious . |
| 25 | The strategy of the written straddle offers an inferior set of potential returns to the investor compared with the ordinary butterfly spread ( Fig. 7.10(a) ) as losses can be unlimited . |
| 26 | Anthony Scrivener referred to the Bill as unique in jurisprudence because a defendant can be guilty of the aggravated offence even though he does no other act than commit the basic offence , and the event which makes the crime aggravated is outside his or her control . |
| 27 | The long-term psychological effects of this kind of violence can be devastating . |
| 28 | Although none of the autoantibodies have been proved to be of pathogenetic significance , it has been shown , both in Crohn 's disease and in ulcerative colitis , that IgG and complement can be present on the apical surface of enterocytes in vivo , possibly indicating a pathogenetic role for anti-epithelial/anti-brush border antibodies in inflammatory bowel disease . |
| 29 | Women in Hinduism are caught up in a paradoxical view of the female , where the divine can be feminine , yet women are profoundly mistrusted . |
| 30 | In this Chapter we shall be considering the ways in which the microprocessor can be involved in control of the stepping motor . |