Example sentences of "[conj] can [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The four outcomes that can result are taken to be as labelled in the Box ( over page ) . |
| 2 | The only aspect of the contract that can vary is the price at which the exchange is made , which is determined at the time of the transaction . |
| 3 | It is best used on calcareous soils — chalks and limes — and light soils that can stand being made a little more heavy and sticky . |
| 4 | The factual circumstances that can arise are infinite and the judges rely on a mixture of legal principle , policy and common sense to guide them through the maze . |
| 5 | The sort of liability that can arise is often unforeseeable and can be expensive . |
| 6 | One problem that can arise is that of a particular school being full and so unable to accommodate the newly arrived expatriate 's children . |
| 7 | It has been a point frequently made that the characters exposed to ridicule are never given attributes that can have been designed to evoke sympathy from the reader ; frequently quite the contrary . |
| 8 | Criminally negligent directors in the UK are not sent to prison as in other countries — the worst that can happen is a fine — and even that can be insured against and paid by the company . |
| 9 | Squigs are unpredictable and in many way the best thing that can happen is for them to go wild once they are near the enemy . |
| 10 | That way the worst that can happen is you will miss a turn . |
| 11 | The worst that can happen is that its domain of applicability becomes circumscribed . |
| 12 | Very little mess occurs , about the worst that can happen is that the jet gets clogged causing the ink drops to get oversized or the reservoir is removed without being capped . |
| 13 | The worst thing that can happen is for the boat to become totally inverted and here you need to slide the daggerboard quickly out before it drops through the hull . |
| 14 | While companies talk about sustainable agriculture , they create plant varieties that can withstand being sprayed by their most virulent herbicides . |
| 15 | The max value em So the max value , if there 's a positive correlation , if there 's an ideal perfect correlation between X and Y , the maximum value of this standard score X times standard score Y , the maximum value that can take is N minus one , right ? |
| 16 | In any other situation the worst thing that can occur is that nothing happens at all . |
| 17 | One of the things that can emerge is a great deal of mutual help , so that there is not just one group of people giving out to another but a group of people reaching out to one another . |
| 18 | Another reason for norm-referenced tests not providing a description of what a pupil knows and can do is the lack of clear specification of learning objectives , at least as far as the formulation of pupil performance on the test is concerned . |
| 19 | Large organisms can eat smaller ones , for instance , and can avoid being eaten by them . |
| 20 | That certain types of knowledge can be applied effectively in so many different contexts and can endure is a challenge for the sociology of knowledge . |