Example sentences of "this can [adv] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many managers like to think that while they must inevitably bargain this can surely be without any real element of conflict . |
| 2 | Results will be published in a future edition of GH , but this can not be before four months . |
| 3 | This checking role was to be played by the Senate , as John Adams explained : The rich ought to have an effectual barrier in the constitution against being robbed , plundered , and murdered , as well as the poor ; and this can never be without an independent Senate . |
| 4 | Since the alteration of the law on homosexual acts between consenting adults , there has been a startling increase in the number of male patients who are prepared to talk freely about their homosexuality , and this can only be to the good , as they do appear to have a considerably higher chance of acquiring certain of the sexually transmitted conditions . |
| 5 | ‘ Throughout the summer , I understand , you are hosting a number of national and international sailing competitions this can only be to the good of Dwyfor and , indeed , Wales . ’ |
| 6 | Most importantly , though , we have increased our knowledge and spread it more widely and this can only be of benefit for the future . |
| 7 | At best , this can only be in relative terms , since the Red Book already forecasts a public sector borrowing requirement for 1993-94 of £32 billion . |
| 8 | The explanation of this can only be in metaphysical terms , namely that " only as an aesthetic phenomenon are existence and the world seen to be justified " . |