Example sentences of "they can be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can be sluggish in movement , especially as they grow older , and may tend to be stubborn and inflexible as children . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | They can be temperamental in the press , but look really lovely when pressed successfully . |
| 4 | If the Japanese want a government they can be proud of , they must stop voting for permit-wielding , contract-fixing crooks . |
| 5 | Before they can be involved in any kind of action , the code symbols of DNA have to be translated into another medium . |
| 6 | Able-bodied men and women between 18 and 60 have been prevented from leaving Sarajevo so that they can be available for military or wartime government service . |
| 7 | They are a sign of poor planning and of not thinking sufficiently far ahead , but they can be useful as an option , just as sideslipping is an extra skill which can prevent a serious overshoot and a broken glider . |
| 8 | Since advertisements are often dated , they can be useful in establishing priority of issues ; but they can also be misleading and should always be interpreted with caution . |
| 9 | In injuries and accidents , the injury remedies can be of great value , and even when surgery is indicated they can be helpful in shortening the post-operative period and in speeding up the recovery process . |
| 10 | Hypnosis , acupuncture and other " alternative " therapies may be helpful in covering the detoxification period in some people just as they can be helpful in detoxification in other forms of addiction . |
| 11 | However , they can be helpful in attracting other sources of finance once the project has been approved and will finance supporting infrastructure . |
| 12 | More often the impact of dogmatically held relativism on other people is to cause them to waver , feel uncertain and drift into what they feel they can be sure about — mostly in Western society a materialist attitude to life , or perhaps pursuing a lifestance which thinks it has avoided value judgements . |
| 13 | As many of the British visitors are in school parties , they can be sure of a warm and rousing welcome . |
| 14 | Any graduate visiting the University should first make for the Visitors ' Centre , where they can be sure of a warm welcome . |
| 15 | They can be sure of a very genuine welcome and also a special place in our prayers . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ( Larkin 1979 , p. 75 ) since they can be subject to little planning control and have easier access than other rural housing tenures . |
| 20 | Thus , the transformational capabilities for fulfilling material needs are dangerous to the self if one takes too many of them , and they can be dangerous to others in contact with one . |
| 21 | This is perhaps the only way they feel they can be effective in the situation . |
| 22 | Role playing and case studies are often used and they can be effective in reducing self-unease ( self-awareness and self-analysis are necessary attributes of the good interviewer in action ) and highlighting idiosyncratic features such as mannerisms and biases . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | But they can be good at conveying what it was like for them to be there , and to be writing it down . |
| 25 | Not for him , then , the vogue of so many of today 's tournament players who have moved into the fashionable Sunningdale area so they can be close to Heathrow . |
| 26 | If their discharges are seen to be causing harm they can be liable in the civil courts . |
| 27 | They think they can be thin for a few years and get away with it . ’ |
| 28 | Cuddles and hugs , the longer the better , and preferably accompanied by deep sighs , are highly recommended — although they can be risky in staffrooms . |
| 29 | But the same kind of people , very often , who are in trouble , are the ones who want somewhere quiet and peaceful where they can be alone with God and they can pray , and so in a sense it 's not a matter of turn them out of the church , it 's a matter of of encouraging them to use the church building in particular ways . |
| 30 | They make long and elegant speeches before Pandarus leads them to a chamber where they can be alone for a night ; but their words seem superficial : it is as if Rosaline had agreed to love Romeo , and he only ever experienced the satisfaction of his sexual appetite . |