Example sentences of "[pers pn] can be [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , I can be sensitive to other people 's feelings . |
| 2 | She can be useful to them . |
| 3 | Equally interestingly , Mr E felt he was managing to convey something of his greater hopefulness to Dave 's mother , using insight-promoting questions when she kept praising her daughter and complaining about Dave , and asking , for instance : ‘ What are the things you can be nice to him about at home ? |
| 4 | We will review your situation and explain if and how we can be helpful to you in achieving your particular goals . |
| 5 | ( Larkin 1979 , p. 75 ) since they can be subject to little planning control and have easier access than other rural housing tenures . |
| 6 | Thus , the transformational capabilities for fulfilling material needs are dangerous to the self if one takes too many of them , and they can be dangerous to others in contact with one . |
| 7 | Not for him , then , the vogue of so many of today 's tournament players who have moved into the fashionable Sunningdale area so they can be close to Heathrow . |
| 8 | Shift-work hours are not merely inconvenient but they can be disturbing to the functioning of the whole family . |
| 9 | Above all , when toxic chemicals are used in ignorance , as in many tropical countries , they can be hazardous to human health . |
| 10 | it can be susceptible to a headteacher who is good at public relations management . |
| 11 | Holiday demand is highly sensitive to changes in underlying economic conditions ( it is relatively income-elastic for instance ) which means it can be subject to rapid changes as the cyclical pattern of economic activity develops . |
| 12 | No single measure of public expenditure has met with universal agreement , and even when one has been widely used for some time , it can be subject to change for a variety of reasons . |
| 13 | The Scottish National party has made its view perfectly clear on many occasions and I reiterate that view this evening : radioactive material , whether it be spent nuclear fuel or waste , should be stored above ground , on site , where it can be subject to close inspection . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | When you are directly opposed by another person who is launching a strong attack , it can be useful to : |
| 16 | It can be used to date finds from anywhere in the world and so offers a means of comparing dated finds from different regions . |
| 17 | It is less clear whether it can be used to measure plant area though a possible technique is to redesign its optical system to focus on a small area and then use it to scan a larger area , agreeing that a reading above some pre-determined level is ON , below it is OFF . |
| 18 | Of the various bridges considered so far , only the Hay bridge mentioned in section 7.4 features balance conditions that exhibit an explicit dependence on frequency so that it can be used to measure the frequency of the source in terms of appropriate components . |
| 19 | It can be fun to be flexible in your approach to physical exercise . |
| 20 | It can be field-upgraded to a multiprocessor 3450 via a upgrade kits that include CPU board , memory board , symmetric multiprocessing bus , and firmware floppy . |
| 21 | After all , with so much physical development now on the ground it can be generous to ‘ the community ’ . |
| 22 | It is naturally important to them that their children and grandchildren should know what life was like when they were young , and although younger people may not realise it at the time , a knowledge of their own family history and the characters that made it can be valuable to them , too , if they are to understand themselves and their own lives . |
| 23 | Where there is a mix of your own grandchildren and stepgrandchildren , it can be hard to be even-handed and learn to accept the new arrivals . |
| 24 | The ape will slap its thigh when it sees a dog or sign ‘ gim me food ’ when it can be supposed to be hungry ; or reverse the process , if the trainer signs , by producing the appropriate object . |
| 25 | You have a variety of options , which means it can be tailor-made to your needs . |
| 26 | On the other hand , it can be difficult to reliably monitor keys on an ‘ up ’ or ‘ down ’ basis . |
| 27 | Also , it can be difficult to be completely honest about previous sexual partners or drug-taking . |
| 28 | It is n't dangerous to a healthy adult or child , but it can be harmful to a foetus . |