Example sentences of "can [adv] be [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we go to consider the folk as being on the ‘ inside ’ we then assume that what is on the ‘ outside ’ can only be impersonal processes that just have effects upon people . |
| 2 | This can only be good news . |
| 3 | After the Edinburgh summit , that looks much less likely than it did and that can only be good news for Courtaulds . |
| 4 | Delegate Geoff Wright , from Leeds city Council , recently awarded an MBE for environmental services , said ‘ It 's clear that recycling domestic waste is fast becoming a growth industry in its own right , which can only be good news for waste avoidance in our towns and countryside and for the economy . ’ |
| 5 | You wo n't have a whole-school group in a dissipating school … there ca n't be any organizational impact , there can only be individual impact . |
| 6 | They forget I took the job on the understanding that management of a national team can only be part-time employment . |
| 7 | However , this is a highly subjective area in which the rules themselves can only be guiding principles . |
| 8 | This theft can only be bad news for the preservation movement . |
| 9 | So it can only be human failure I E that she was driving and just sort of lost her concentration for a few seconds and that was fatal |
| 10 | For a round neck , the band can be single or double thickness but a V-neck band can only be single thickness . |
| 11 | They can thus be suitable adversaries for a dramatic confrontation . |
| 12 | So can already be well set , you know . |
| 13 | In response to this argument it may be observed that even the BCG itself , in a series of articles about strategic investment in the Financial Times , November 1981 , points out that there can still be profitable niches in declining markets and that ‘ dogs ’ may be able to bite back by identifying new possibilities in their industries ( see also Thietart and Vivas , 1983–4 ) . |
| 14 | Although many towns and housing estates are served by live and dynamic churches , many are not , and even within a small community of 12,000 like ours in Cranham , there can still be whole estates from which only a handful of people are Christians . |
| 15 | It can hardly be pure coincidence that within three years of Kinsey 's appearance the limits of permissible sexual explicitness in the arts and entertainment had radically changed and with them the public image of the ideal woman as projected in , above all , films . |
| 16 | Two different sentences in one language can both be correct translations of a single sentence in another . |
| 17 | They can also be lousy team players , unable to communicate verbally with their co-workers — and in the corporate world , the team mentality still pervades . |
| 18 | Inevitably difficult calvings cause a whole range of problems and here Mr Barwise-Munro remarked : ‘ Up to 2.5 per cent of first calving heifers involved in such circumstances die but with those which survive , many will suffer up to a 10 per cent drop in milk yield and consequently weaning weight of calves will be lower and of course there can also be major fertility problems in getting the cows back in calf . ’ |
| 19 | Decisions on prosecution can also be treacherous ground for the Law Officers . |
| 20 | It is recognised that assignments and case studies can also be significant aspects of learning and teaching approaches in the modules as well as being used for summative assessment purposes . |
| 21 | Abbey National offer self-build mortgages , which can either be straight repayments or endowment or pension linked . |
| 22 | More homogeneous action and control subgroups can therefore be sensible choice since one would expect those with less advanced organic brain syndrome who are well supported at home , to have less need of the Home Support Project . |
| 23 | Lastly , freedom of speech is necessary since silent alternatives can never be effective alternatives . |