Example sentences of "can [adv] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | But come away with Club 18–30 , share your precious two weeks with others who , like you , want to make friends and have a good time all the time , and you 'll find out why we can justifiably claim to be ‘ Fun Factor ’ Number 1 . |
| 2 | Although overdue , two elements of the bill can properly claim to be breaking new ground . |
| 3 | AS A LEAD-UP to the World Cup , I thought I would check to see who can rightly claim to be called favourites for the tournament . |
| 4 | And that means that even the AS/400 is potentially at risk , and can only continue to be a winner if IBM builds in a big discount to compensate for the fact that it is proprietary — yet instead of recognising this vulnerability , with its incredible but consistent short-termism , the company is squeezing AS/400 users until they squeal with its software pricing on the machine . |
| 5 | What has been said above about sampling can only hope to be the very lightest of scratches on the surface of what is a vast subject in itself . |
| 6 | This is not a wholly negative development , but in the new atmosphere it creates antiracist initiatives can only appear to be a patronizing and unacceptable form of special pleading . |
| 7 | It can only appeal to be welcomed to the Friend 's breast ( 110 ) , to seek ‘ pity ’ for its harmful deeds ( 111 ) . |
| 8 | Hence Sharon and partner Martin can only get to be with their pedigree chum for a few precious hours on Sunday mornings at kennels in Wickford . |
| 9 | However , issues like those listed above can only begin to be seriously addressed if more fundamental assumptions about primary practice are challenged at the same time . |
| 10 | However , applicants to the Faculties of Music and Veterinary Medicine can normally expect to be called for interview , while this may also happen in the case of applicants for degrees in Divinity and Nursing Studies ( full details are given in the Faculty Sections ) . |
| 11 | Foucault argues that just as there can be no general theory of history , but only particular answers to particular questions which make individual practices intelligible , so the intellectual can best hope to be specific rather than universal ( universal in the sense of proposing transcendent values , systems , totalities , narratives or teleologies ) . |
| 12 | This idea of type section for a particular stratigraphical division will be discussed in a later chapter ; all I must say here is that no type section known to me can possibly pretend to be representative of a whole unit of the stratigraphical column , however small . |
| 13 | Heiden is one of those places which , though famous and well developed , can still claim to be off the beaten track . |
| 14 | Richard Scott 's injury was untimely , Left-hander Simon Hink 's arrival from Kent , though heralded with no immediate personal landmarks , can still prove to be a quietly wise investment by Gloucestershire . |
| 15 | They can hardly bear to be out of physical contact with the machine and when they are they carry their printouts around with them . |
| 16 | ‘ It can hardly fail to be an improvement on Mangrove East , in any case . ’ |
| 17 | The central event of the former 's pontificate can hardly fail to be seen as Humanae Vitae in 1968 , central because its publication marked a watershed separating the first years of enthusiasm , of an optimistic post-conciliar implementation in which Rome and leading Catholic theologians were still working more or less hand in hand ( as they had done in the latter years of the Council ) from the far more contestatory and unsure later period . |
| 18 | In the case of a defendant who uses words , a person can hardly fail to be aware of what he is saying , although he may possibly not know that what he is displaying ( if it be a book ) contains offensive material of which others are aware but he is not . |
| 19 | ‘ It can hardly fail to be the biggest and liveliest feast of modern poetry we 'll get in years . ’ |
| 20 | But a wife 's implied consent and contract can hardly extend to being overpowered and stupefied by drugs for the purpose of intercourse . |
| 21 | As we consume little more than 10 litres of wine per person per year , Britons can hardly claim to be a ‘ wine-drinking nation ’ . |
| 22 | To ignore what has been regarded as central by such civilizations and persons can hardly claim to be a fair and objective approach . |
| 23 | He supports the view that under current law the Fed has so much leeway that it can honestly claim to be fulfilling the will of Congress no matter what policies it adopts . |
| 24 | As other publishers are likely to be experiencing the same order profiles , wholesalers can probably expect to be approached by them too . |
| 25 | The following paragraphs pointed out that in unlimited competitions , although successful competitors can reasonably expect to be employed , the Government can not bind itself to employ them , but in this case they should be employed on the new Foreign Office . |
| 26 | Second , for any possible world we can reasonably expect to be able to find another which resembles the actual world to the same degree . |
| 27 | We can also fail to be angry about the right things , neglecting issues , say , of Justice and truth in our world . |
| 28 | Munro 's Tables have some historical importance , Corbetts ( hills over 2500ft in the Lowlands ) can also claim to be part of mountaineering history . |
| 29 | You can also ask to be put in contact with others in a similar position to yourself and if you want to you can always arrange to meet regularly or form a support group to discuss matters which are relevant to all of you in your day to day work . |
| 30 | These can turn out to be expensive , making the return to work unfeasible for many middle to lower paid people ; they can also prove to be unreliable , which means that working mothers can find themselves alienating their employers through no fault of their own . |