Example sentences of "can [adv] be [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course this ca n't be a first choice for Lohengrin , but those who have any interest in the history of the opera 's performance will find it a consistently absorbing experience . |
| 2 | It 's gon na be longer , so it ca n't be a tenth of it . |
| 3 | Mhm , oh no , it ca n't be the twelfth of November |
| 4 | Sorry , I 'm reading the wrong dates here That 's right , it ca n't be the twelfth , I must have meant the fourteenth . |
| 5 | Without independence , the interests of the client can not be a first and paramount consideration . |
| 6 | Descombes describes a comparable paradoxical structure in his account of ‘ originary delay ’ : a first event can not be the first event if it is the only event ; it can not be said to be a first until it is followed by a second , which then retrospectively constitutes it as the first — which means that its firstness hovers over it as its meaning without being identifiable with it as such . |
| 7 | In general , then , ostensive definition relies upon the previous existence of conceptual knowledge , and can not be the first source of such knowledge . |
| 8 | The refusal of Mr William Craig … to hold an inquiry into police methods in Londonderry can not be the last word . |
| 9 | Indeed good managers not only keep work stress levels down for their staff but can also be the first check point for employee stress . |
| 10 | A good public relations executive can often be the first person to tell a client of a new fact about his competitor . |