Example sentences of "[unc] [noun pl] can [adv] [be] " in BNC.

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1 Weak Max+Max interactions can also be detected , but Myc+Myc homodimers do not form at physiological concentrations in vitro or in vivo .
2 Nature 's secrets can only be revealed with the aid of ingenious and penetrating theories .
3 If Saint Winifred did indeed conceive and decree her departure with the wagon for Ramsey , and if a saint 's plans can not be disrupted by man , then surely she must also have willed all that happened after … the ambush by outlaws , the theft of the cart and team , the abandonment of the load , and with it , her reliquary , to be found by my tenants , and brought to me here .
4 Its colourful Pupil 's Books can either be used along , or combined with a complete range of supporting material .
5 The parson 's words can surely be read as an indictment of women 's education which , though it improved through the period , generally failed to realize the intellectual potential of women .
6 First , the poetry of Byrd 's songs can not be taken lightly .
7 The companies rather lamely contend that the market determines fair prices and that the government 's demands can not be met since they do not track much of the data and do not sell directly to customers .
8 It will fail to perform its function of maintaining a stable society if people 's expectations can not be reasonably guaranteed for some time to come .
9 Despite the fact that the state has decided to put them to death , many prisoners remain positively patriotic , and refuse to dismiss the notion that America 's injustices can not be reformed .
10 For example , Goody and others have argued that the labelling of pre-colonial West African states as ‘ feudal ’ has obscured the all-important fact that the control of the ruling class did not operate through the control of land , and that therefore Marx 's ideas can not be used directly for these societies .
11 This is an activity which can not become automatised , and unless the reader 's attention is directed towards the underlying meanings of sentences the author 's ideas can not be calculated .
12 The rage of the novel 's males can sometimes be made to appear the rage of those who believe themselves permanently beaten and cheated .
13 Rather than become side-tracked by interesting but relatively insignificant phenomena , some generative linguists are now using corpora to identify where a grammarian 's efforts can best be concentrated .
14 M13 plaques can also be toothpicked first into the wells of the PCR dish , followed by dipping the toothpicks into the appropriate wells of a culture microtitre dish .
15 The unwritten and unwritten laws and conventions about who represents us as women in our social , governmental and legal structures , and who has a hand in shaping those structures , amount to a set of understandings about where women 's bodies can actually be , how and where we become visible , and what the attitudes towards that visibility will be .
16 Our country 's interests can not be served by isolation or opt-out .
17 This certainly means that Adam 's heirs can not be alone in having a right to private property , but in saying this , it does not explain how such a right arises in the first place .
18 Thus a person 's wealth or a company 's assets can best be expressed in money terms .
19 Even today , however , the older idea still prevails on a vote by a show of hands , when the common law rule is that each member has one vote irrespective of the number of shares held ; a rule which , although it can be altered by the constitution , is normally maintained , if only because the number of a human being 's hands can not be more than two .
20 That said , we must note that in common with so many other innovators , Durkheim 's insights can also be found to some extent in the works of others .
21 It follows that management 's shares can not be worth more than par value at the date they subscribe .
22 ( As well as its own A2 cards , the A3 processor 's cards can also be used . )
23 Since speakers ' intuitions can not be easily accessed to define the membership of sets such as these ( see further 8.2.1 ) it is difficult to see what alternative procedure might have been adopted .
24 Pension funds face shortfall An increase in employers ' contributions can not be discounted , says DEBBIE HARRISON
25 Whereas Polybius ' fortunes can easily be followed , Posidonius ' place in modern thought will be established only when we have a proper study of early ethnography .
26 while the directors have given careful consideration to whether the company will continue to be a going concern , the directors ' statements can not be a guarantee that that will happen .
27 The effect of adopting the differential approach to establishing users ' needs can now be seen .
28 Rural clients ' problems can therefore be seen to be similar to their city counterparts , but the rural advisers ' problems are different .
29 Outside of insolvency procedures , experts ' decisions can not be enforced without further court action wherever enforcement is sought .
30 This means that expert determination is of little use in cases where international enforcement is required , as experts ' decisions can not be enforced like arbitration awards under the 1958 New York Convention or like judgments of courts of European Community countries under the 1968 Brussels Convention .
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