Example sentences of "be [noun pl] [pron] can [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They hint that there are secrets which can only be divulged and discussed with those who have also been there … |
| 2 | When there are solutions one can easily find them . |
| 3 | Whether the new tax will have the desired effect and whether it will have an effective life-span ( there is in already a White Paper on ‘ Land ’ ( Cmnd 5730 ) ) are questions which can only be answered in the future . |
| 4 | There will always be subjects which can only be handled by referring them to apparently independent adjudicators outside government . |
| 5 | As I hope I have made clear already , the objectives have to be things which can actually be achieved by advertising — ‘ to increase sales ’ is not an advertising objective , though it is something to which advertising can and should contribute . |
| 6 | In some cases longer detention would be requisite , and there may from time to time be murderers who can never be released . |
| 7 | What they are trying to buy are assets which can best be developed by Palatine itself , including some which can only be developed by Palatine as an independent brewery . |
| 8 | Now that 45% of those qualifying are women we can no longer ignore the needs of those reluctant to work over 72 hours a week . |
| 9 | This is the reason for the ungrammaticality of : ( 40 ) the only book missing readable is Twyford 's Lives of the Slovak Saints By contrast , the examples of ( 41 ) are fully acceptable : ( 41 ) the only readable book missing is the one I told you about the only missing book readable is the one already mentioned The same contrast is seen in ( 42 ) beside the two cases of ( 43 ) which are both grammatically acceptable ( although not of course quite identical in meaning ) : ( 42 ) *one journalist striking accessible is Jana Flynn ( 43 ) one striking journalist accessible is Jana Flynn one accessible journalist striking is Jana Flynn The restriction is general , applying even if the particular adjectives concerned are ones which can normally appear postnominally . |