Example sentences of "[pron] can [adv] be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think I can ever be friends with her again . ’ |
| 2 | It is reported that in a large printing office in the city [ which can only be R. & R. Clark ] where there are about 100 females employed , more than 70 handed in notices to strike yesterday , while correspondingly large proportions of the females employed in other firms are said to have signified their intention of going on strike , failing a settlement . |
| 3 | Measurements of lichen thalli on surfaces of known dates can be basis for growth curve which can then be basis for indicating age of other surfaces . |
| 4 | ‘ You can still be friends — and if that proves too difficult , then you can come home . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You can never be 100pc confident when you go into the championships , but as long as you 're playing well you should be okay . ’ |
| 6 | Gloucestershire and England wicketkeeper Jack Russell believes Walsh to be the hardest bowler he has kept to because of his variation : ‘ You can never be stay in the right place — one ball will hit you in the chest and the next wo n't really come through . |
| 7 | ‘ We can still be friends . |
| 8 | ‘ We can still be friends , ’ I explained , ‘ and I 'll co-operate on all ecological projects of this nature . ’ |
| 9 | and hope we can still be friends ? |
| 10 | I 'm sorry and hope we can still be friends . |
| 11 | I said I hope we can still be friends . |
| 12 | I went erm I hope we can still be friends . |
| 13 | ‘ We can only be pessimists before breakfast . ’ |
| 14 | Why is it that the simple act of purchasing something can often be hell ? |
| 15 | However , there can also be diarrhoea due to food without any major damage to the gut . |
| 16 | But there can also be trickery using material clues . |
| 17 | If a pedal car has two seats , there is room for two and there can also be discussion about front and back . |
| 18 | As we have extensive overseas operations , particularly in the USA , there can also be exchange effects when we consolidate our results , assets and liabilities into sterling . |
| 19 | There can also be restrictions on the repayment method used and it may be compulsory to take out house and contents insurance with the lender . |
| 20 | There can also be problems with the way the music is printed . |
| 21 | There can also be problems with aggression and stress . |
| 22 | There can also be problems in ensuring a measure of concept-equivalence across societies , since what are nominally identical practices or institutions may perform varying functions , or have a very different significance . |
| 23 | There are such obvious advantages in having access through video to examples of teaching that it is easy to forget that there can also be problems . |
| 24 | There can also be additions , i.e. invalidity addition and age addition . |
| 25 | The USA also has limited equity co-operatives to make housing affordable , while there can also be recourse to corporations and private foundations as possible sources of financial assistance . |
| 26 | This may well be the first fusion process used in a reactor , but there can also be fusion between deuterons alone or between deuterons and nuclei of helium-3 . |
| 27 | However States do not always do this and there can also be uncertainty with respect to individual provisions which can be in force as between some parties but not others . |
| 28 | But Althusser 's example indicates that there can also be contradictions between aspects of one practice , such as the methods of production which are used in urban and in rural districts , between social groups , for example different factions of a ruling class , and between aspects of two societies , such as the contradictions thrown up by foreign policy . |
| 29 | The provision as to three months ' notice has to be read with the limitation that there can only be dismissal for good cause . |
| 30 | I know the other ladies will understand — but for our leading lady there can only be orchids ! ’ |