Example sentences of "they can be [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , they are mainly to be found in London , and because there is a high demand for their skills , they can be confident of a steady supply of engagements . |
| 2 | If the Japanese want a government they can be proud of , they must stop voting for permit-wielding , contract-fixing crooks . |
| 3 | As many of the British visitors are in school parties , they can be sure of a warm and rousing welcome . |
| 4 | Any graduate visiting the University should first make for the Visitors ' Centre , where they can be sure of a warm welcome . |
| 5 | They can be sure of a very genuine welcome and also a special place in our prayers . |
| 6 | ‘ If students are going to be landed with a debt at the end of three years , they are going to choose vocational courses so that they can be certain of getting a job when they graduate and so pay off the loan . ’ |
| 7 | Obscenities have a kind of magic in children 's circles and they can be certain of raising shrieks of laughter from their friends , just by saying them aloud . |
| 8 | This system enables banks to lend longer term because they can be certain of having deposits , as lenders can realize their asset at any time . |
| 9 | As for the attack , England would benefit from Neil Foster 's return after a four-year absence if only they can be convinced of his fitness . |
| 10 | No no er erm well er there is Prunus that 's a plum I mean a cherry that grows up and various ones like that the only trouble is with these type of things they can be more of a nuisance than the trees that you do have now because those trees growing up those spindly ones as you put it erm some gardeners call them or whatever name they use I but the trouble is bits die in the centre of those and they tend to drop down and they can be in time more far more of a nuisance than the trees they 've got now which seems to me quite suitable . |
| 11 | They can be extra-proud of their lovely children who were without doubt the best behaved youngsters I have come across . |
| 12 | Everyone in the school should be consulted and informed about Compact so that they can be aware of it as an educational resource . |
| 13 | Contribute to the education of the public where you have the opportunity , so that they can be aware of and form an objective and informed view on major risk issues . |
| 14 | Since the role of subjective risk is of particular importance in theories of driving , one part of this question is simply whether drivers are aware of subjective risk , either as a feeling which is occasionally present in immediately dangerous situations but otherwise non-existent ( consistent with a zero-risk theory of driving ) or as a continually fluctuating level which they can be aware of when questioned and which they attempt to match to some target level ( consistent with RHT ) . |