Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] can [adv] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stated goals of actors or groups can not be accepted at face value since such statements may be the simple camouflage of more sinister or at least less acceptable policy goals . |
| 2 | If you have seen kitchens where the doors refuse to hang correctly , where shelves can not be adjusted or where drawers refuse to open the chances are it 's because ‘ savings ’ have been made and lower quality materials have been used . |
| 3 | It is unquestionable that tramps or beggars can not be charged with the political confidence of nations . |
| 4 | The historian 's main points or ideas can usually be discovered in ( a ) the first and/or last paragraph of a chapter or section , ( b ) the first sentence of a paragraph — this is the key point for the paragraph and it is usually expressed in one sentence . |
| 5 | Meals can be served on the terrace or in the restaurant where marble , mirrors and chandeliers maintain the traditional feel , with large picture windows overlooking the delightful garden — where strains can often be heard from the nearby Opera House . |
| 6 | In other words , any increases or decreases can not be solely attributed to the effects of economic integration . |
| 7 | Electronic records or resources can not be left to languish unattended , they require continual attention . |
| 8 | The SAS and LBS have been subject to a process known as ‘ Barnardisation ’ , in order to blur them and make sure that individuals or households can not be identified . |
| 9 | Where ancillaries can not be afforded , their skills can often be found less conveniently amongst teaching staffs themselves , or else acquired ; and it was noted by many schools visited during the Resource Centre Project that a surprising potential sometimes existed in voluntary form in the community . |
| 10 | Surplus value or profits can only be expropriated from living labour . |
| 11 | In fact , you can argue and remonstrate until you are blue in the face but certain plans or arrangements can not be progressed just yet and you must simply sit tight and wait for the Full Moon in Aries on the 14th before making any drastic changes or decisions . |
| 12 | Therefore in the families with only one known affected subject , where samples can not be obtained from enough family members for linkage studies , or in the 20% or so that remain uninformative with the current probes , no predictive DNA tests are available . |
| 13 | But if voluntarism is to be avoided , the tactics followed by classes , their members or representatives can not be explained in terms of the qualities of either individuals or groups . |
| 14 | The major stumbling block to the last of these is that solicitors can only be remunerated for advice under the green form scheme . |
| 15 | What ‘ unfudgeability ’ means is that accounting standards should be set in such a way that accounts can not be fudged ; Mr Damant claims that this is ‘ a new accounting principle ’ . |
| 16 | Although definitions can not be complete , teachers will have to explain terms in language pupils can understand , just as they must explain any other unfamiliar words in books that pupils read . |
| 17 | Please remember that performers can not be involved in more than two items . |
| 18 | It has two wheels instead on one , this means that you do n't have to take any of the weight of the load or keep the cart balanced , so loads can easily be tipped . |
| 19 | To get the full rate you must have paid ( or been credited with ) NI contributions for roughly nine-tenths of your working life , although widows can also be entitled to a full basic pension on their husband 's contributions . |
| 20 | Indeed TQM partly evolved from the realisation that improvements can only be achieved if professional and departmental barriers are broken down , people stop blaming each other for defects and constructively work together to solve them . |
| 21 | None of this is to assert that trade can not produce political benefit , or that policies can not be fashioned to this end . |
| 22 | This means that sensors can often be mounted directly on the walls of metal reaction vessels and pipework . |
| 23 | I will argue , first , that we are inveterate formers of hypotheses about what we are seeing ; second , that computers can only be programmed to see things if they are provided with suitable models ; and third , that our habit of guessing what we are seeing is astonishingly successful . |
| 24 | Sales manager Graham Cooper says : ‘ The introduction of video printing techniques means that images can now be ‘ grabbed ’ and transferred on to other materials such as T-shirts , mugs , key-rings and baseball hats . |
| 25 | The restriction on volume and speed of delivery means that images can only be built up slowly , at a pace determined by the rate at which data arrives at the terminal . |
| 26 | Clark , for example , allows that animals are spared our miseries about money or job prospects , and goes on : ‘ It does not follow , however , from their lack of these distresses that calves can not be acutely distressed at the absence of their mothers , nor that chickens are not distressed when unable to stretch their wings . ’ |
| 27 | Limitations of this system at present are that subjects can only be studies in the supine position within the magnet , thus imposing constraints on both posture and movement . |
| 28 | It is questionable that texts can always be read as favourably as she seeks to do . |
| 29 | In the unlikely event that matters can not be resolved to your satisfaction in the resort , the Representative will ask you to record details of any problems on a Holiday Report Form , of which you will be given a copy , and you must then follow up your report by writing to the Customer Relations Department at our Birmingham Head Office ( quoting the numbers of your Holiday Reference and Holiday Report forms ) within 42 days of returning from resort . |
| 30 | A laissez-faire approach of non-intervention has had few adherents in the past , since most economists have accepted that theory and evidence do suggest that matters can not be left entirely to the market . |