Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] it can be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In its most basic form the technique involves merely an outline , or when it is filled in , a silhouette ; but of course it can be much more elaborate than that . |
| 2 | Of course it can be argued that since he adopted the Liberal cause in the 1920s , he was practically at one with Liberalism , and that is all that matters . |
| 3 | Of course it can be difficult , when you work or study all day , to arrive home at about seven o'clock and try to feel enthusiastic about preparing a meal . |
| 4 | And of course it can be very dangerous because it 's so difficult to control . ’ |
| 5 | So of course it can be quite a shock when you discover that your mum or maybe your aunt has Alzheimer 's disease . |
| 6 | — Of course it can be , but I am too old to do it now . |
| 7 | They receive no extra remuneration whatsoever for their duties although at some times of course it can be quite dangerous . |
| 8 | Of course it can be a very positive thing . |
| 9 | When tested in the experience of humanity it can be found to be a better explanation of the lives and purposes of men and women than its rivals on the laissez-faire Right or the Marxist Left . |
| 10 | With the benefit of hindsight it can be seen that the 1980 breakthrough for the Republicans did not herald a realignment . |
| 11 | I can not see the necessity of the shadow cast by a half-opened drawer in the kitchen table. , It is encouraging to find Fry underlining a point about critical writing — that with a description of a work of art it can be useful to be given an explicit account of how the critic responds . |
| 12 | If you start using large quantities of alcohol it can be purchased in 10 litre amounts ( min. order ) from Hayman Ltd , Witham , Essex ( tel. 0376 517 517 ) at about one third of the pharmacy price . |
| 13 | 7 The consequences of a finding of unreasonableness It can be stated with some degree of certainty that both academic and judicial opinion is divided as how to characterise a contract in unreasonable restraint of trade and the consequences thereof . |
| 14 | The chances are equal either way but as a matter of calculation it can be shown that the impact of the chance of shorter life is of greater significance than that of longer life , end quote . |
| 15 | From the twentieth century point of view it can be appreciated that naturally occurring compounds contain what , from the point of view of theoretical chemistry , is an arbitrary and theoretically uninteresting mixture of isotopes so that , as F. Soddy remarked , the painstaking endeavour of the nineteenth century chemists ‘ appears as of as little interest and significance as the determination of the average weight of a collection of bottles , some of them full and some of them more or less empty ’ . |
| 16 | By simply amplifying the fragment of interest it can be characterised in agarose gels , usually by visual inspection , in a few hours . |
| 17 | With practice it can be developed to a fine art , so that little time is sacrificed . |
| 18 | The charcoal-grey cartridge paper is a standard product , widely used , easy to use in the ways described - for example it can be fixed to walls with Blu-Tack - and its performance appears to be adequate . |
| 19 | I am returning it to you in case it can be of use to someone else . |
| 20 | Whereas these may appear to be easy to recognize in theory , in practice it can be difficult to determine whether a sediment is grain supported or matrix supported in a hand specimen , but particularly when seen in two dimensions within a thin section ( e.g. Fig. 5.2d ) . |
| 21 | It means that um particularly in therapy it can be very difficult later on because things that we would ordinarily consider to be supportive like being kind , like erm y'know kind of putting a comforting arm round somebody 's shoulders , like erm y'know ways in which people express support and affection for each-other ah are very very difficult for the survivor to accept because they 're sort of the part of the way in which she , and it usually is a she , has been abused in the past . |
| 22 | In reality it can be difficult and sometimes impossible . |
| 23 | In principle it can be detected by inelastic neutron scattering or by electron energy-loss spectroscopy [ Section 5.3.4 ] , for which there are effectively no symmetry selection rules . |
| 24 | THANATOSIS sounds a nasty thing to have ; in fact it can be a clever thing to do . |
| 25 | Contact does not have to be political ; in fact it can be more effective when it is n't . |
| 26 | In fact it can be obtained from the Bell-Szekeres line element ( 15.7 ) by the simple rotation ( 15.21 ) |
| 27 | Housing can be a tool of social policy ; in fact it can be argued that it must be , since it is a crucial element in people 's lives and fair access to housing is essential to achieving social justice ( Burke 1981 ) . |
| 28 | In fact it can be extremely difficult to isolate the pressures and influences which have gone into the making of any one decision . |
| 29 | Microcomputers are often described as personal computers In fact it can be quite helpful to think of them in this way when considering the differences between them and mainframe or minicomputers Usually microcomputers are used by only one person at a time ; for example , a personnel manager might have one on his desk top which he uses to examine trends in recruitment . |
| 30 | In retrospect it can be seen that the most fatal blunder of the campaign was John Smith 's Budget — proclaimed at the time as ‘ an unparalleled act of honesty by any opposition party going into an election ’ . |