Example sentences of "can be [adj] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Headway 's thorough multi-syllabus approach means that students and teachers can be confident of rounded language development on all fronts . |
| 2 | In the recent House of Lords judgment in the aptly named Savage case , the court ruled that a person can be guilty of actual bodily harm regardless of whether she — in that case — intended any harm or was reckless about causing harm , so long as she intended the assault . |
| 3 | It can be indicative of full maturity of the follower , now left to run his own activities without supervision . |
| 4 | Only the counsellees can be certain of this , and unfortunately they may often be quite unaware . |
| 5 | But we can be sure of one thing : before the end of the century we will see the telephone metamorphose into the mobile audio-visual communications centre it has long had the potential to become . |
| 6 | All things considered , you can be sure of one thing in your BMW . |
| 7 | This ensures that food is always cooked evenly across the full width of the vitreous enamelled grill-pan , so you can be sure of outstanding results every time you cook . |
| 8 | As nearly as one person can be sure of 18,000 others , the image gained their assent . |
| 9 | New York and Detroit will come up with an attractive separation package , you can be sure of that . |
| 10 | ‘ We will be on our guard in future — you can be sure of that . ’ |
| 11 | As long as I live , I 'll take care of you , you can be sure of that . ’ |
| 12 | You can be sure of that ! ’ |
| 13 | It 's such ages since I saw my foster family and … and friends , but I 'll be back , Cora-Beth , you can be sure of that . |
| 14 | Somebody 'll make the connection with Eddie — you can be sure of that . ’ |
| 15 | He would n't mistake any other horse for this ‘ un , you can be sure of that . ’ |
| 16 | You can be sure of that . ’ |
| 17 | If you have any medical queries , from how to clip your dog 's nails to how to cope with hip dysplasia , you can be sure of sound advice |
| 18 | Whatever your needs , you can be sure of top standards and top value for money . |
| 19 | So , next time these problems come along , you can be sure of fast , effective pain relief with Calpol . |
| 20 | ‘ You can be sure of this , Chief ? ’ |
| 21 | The hon. Lady can be sure of this : we do protest to the Israeli Government when there are clear , serious and obvious breaches of international law . |
| 22 | ( Actually , it is Oxford University Press , but we can be sure of this only because we already know something about this publisher . ) |
| 23 | These levels can be independent of any specific interest in Romano-British society , but generally it is not meaningful to have them so . |
| 24 | We can be free of old prejudices and class barriers . |
| 25 | Griffin replies to such scepticism rather lamely : ‘ Allowing that an animal can be aware of outside events but denying that it can be self-aware becomes somewhat ridiculous — can the animal be aware of other creatures but not of itself ? ( 1984 : 205 ) . |