Example sentences of "[noun pl] can be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | However , these day trips can be tiring , so there 's always a local sailing option in Bitez bay . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Plunging your hand into a pile of assorted implements can be hazardous . |
| 8 | Football fans can be cruel . |
| 9 | ‘ Piers can be wicked , ’ he remarked softly . |
| 10 | ‘ Because typewriters can be traceable . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Planning meals and writing shopping lists can be helpful too . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Offices can be refreshing , stimulating places to work , or they can add greatly to the tiredness you will feel at the end of a working day . |
| 15 | Wakefield et al presented evidence that vasculitis and microthrombosis in mesenteric vessels can be important pathogenetic factors in inflammatory bowel disease . |
| 16 | Smooth-trowelled finishes can be slippery in winter , so it 's best to finish with a wooden float as this will give a slightly textured surface . |
| 17 | While we can suggest the basic steps in keeping these fish and the best way to start , cichlids can be unpredictable . |
| 18 | If the patient continues to have syncope despite maximum drug therapy , left-sided cervicothoracic sympathetic ganglionectomy that interrupts the stellate ganglion and the first three or four thoracic ganglia can be helpful . |
| 19 | While it is true that a sensitive adult will respond intuitively to a child 's language and make numerous adjustments to his or her own language in a way that will reflect the child 's strengths and weaknesses , it may nevertheless be helpful to make these explicit in a written assessment so that intuitions can be further re fined on the basis of objective information . |
| 20 | Where exposed by erosion even quite small intrusions can be significant features in the landscape , especially if they are composed of a rock type which is markedly more resistant to weathering than the adjacent strata . |
| 21 | Teachers who on their own make the effort to design appropriate materials are doing a great and necessary job in the promotion of community languages , adding to the growing storehouses of available approaches : working groups for the creation of teaching materials can make this activity more efficient and exciting , especially when headteachers can be convinced of the value of such activities in the framework of the normal timetable of departmental meetings , perhaps using ‘ slack time ’ which becomes available during examination periods . |
| 22 | Such contradictions can be productive : the attempt to reject historicism absolutely results either in an utter particularism or in a surreptitious return of historicism in a different form . |
| 23 | Muscle cramps can be relieved , and the animal 's sense of balance restored , by rocking a stranded dolphin or whale from side to side as the tide comes in , just before its refloating . |
| 24 | But visual signals can be rich in meaning and silences can sometimes convey as much as words . |
| 25 | But it is certainly not impossible and the attempt to arrive at agreed standards in all organizations can be helpful and educational to manager and employees alike . |
| 26 | Likewise , Rotary , Round Table , and similar organizations can be important integrative tools . |
| 27 | The very rapid pace of change in the computer market does mean that second-hand computers can be excellent value . |
| 28 | But it must be said that multi-user computers can be slow at times if a large number of people are all trying to use the computer at once . |
| 29 | Old-type cross heads can be difficult to get off even after the grub screw has been removed . |
| 30 | However , where funds can be round , the award of bursaries for education and music tuition has much to be said for it . |