Example sentences of "can [adv] be the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be remembered that a company can only be the firm 's appointed representative if the firm accepts responsibility for the whole of the investment business it carries on on the firm 's behalf . |
| 2 | It can only be the plans for the house alterations , ’ she guessed . |
| 3 | These figures can only be the tip of the iceberg when we see the low rates of eligibility for maternity benefits and full time participation in the paid labour market for mothers with young children ( S. McRae , Maternity Rights in Britain , 1991 PSI ) . |
| 4 | Greenpeace say that this can only be the tip of the iceberg , as far more arrives clandestinely . |
| 5 | and outside where those students sit , I thought the young people were when you read some of that in paper the cigarette ends and crisp packets , well that can only be the students , I mean people go through but they 're not |
| 6 | This might be a glitch in the translation , but when Casaubon observes , ‘ Life is n't simple , the way it is in detective stories ’ , the gobsmacking banality can only be the author 's . |
| 7 | Given the pluralistic nature of society , they can only be the product of hysteria and demagogic manipulation . |
| 8 | The demise of capitalism can only be the consequence of a political struggle and it is the course of this struggle between classes , in the conditions created by the development of the capitalist mode of production , which we now have to examine . |
| 9 | During the lexicographic stage this can only be the result of the creation of a new entry . |
| 10 | It states that , apart from stochastic disturbances emanating from u , , deviations of output from its full employment , natural value can only be the result of errors in predicting the price level . |
| 11 | Formulas of this kind can only be the starting point in a process which always demands a sophisticated approach . |
| 12 | This can only be the web of Textrix denticulata , a small and prettily marked relative of the large house spider , which makes sheet webs in houses and outhouses . |
| 13 | it considers such an education to be the greatest safeguard against the dangerous growth of State power , to be indispensable for the preservation of an effective democracy and to be the one , moreover , which can only be the province of a voluntary independent movement ; |
| 14 | ‘ What can possibly be the problem ? |
| 15 | The sexual side of later life can still be the subject of stock jokes . |
| 16 | He learns to participate in them before he experiences any emotion at all , so the emotional state , whatever it may be , and if there is one , can hardly be the genesis and explanation of them . |
| 17 | As the Psalmist does not mention the destruction of the city or the deportation of the people , the context can hardly be the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C. But the description does not correspond either to what we are told in the Books of Maccabees about the defilement of the Temple in 167 B.C. , when only the priests ' chamber was destroyed and only the gates burned ( I Mac . |
| 18 | However it can also be the goal of a not very demanding walk , embodied in a short but rewarding circular excursion full of interest and variety . |
| 19 | Unfortunately this appealing behaviour can also be the goldfish 's downfall if your pond is visited by a heron with the fish greeting the herons arrival by rising to the surface to be fed . |
| 20 | It can also be the moment when a dancer moves into a pirouette and spins before holding a pose . |
| 21 | The doll family can also be the basis for exploring ideas of relationships , comparison , ordering and number . |
| 22 | Increased confidence can also be the result of using time when unemployed to acquire new skills . |
| 23 | While such a state most frequently results from the frustration of a person 's expressed desire for some material object , especially food or tobacco , Dentan ( 1968 ) notes that it can also be the result of forcing someone to do something against his or her will . |
| 24 | They can also be the cause of chimneys which lean : should your chimney stack lean , it is essential to have it rebuilt — there is no other cure . |
| 25 | However , SFX are not limited to the work of those designated in the credits or cited in the Academy Awards as visual effects or sound effects specialists ; they can also be the task of the make-up artist , the stuntman/woman , even the costumier . |
| 26 | The day care centre can often be the link to other agencies when special needs are identified . |
| 27 | The fact that parents are trying to keep an emotional secret from the child can often be the root cause of the problem . |
| 28 | Single-mothers can often be the target of unfavourable press attention in which single-parenthood is associated with ‘ welfare-scrounging ’ . |
| 29 | The smallest detail can often be the difference between a good and a bad picture . |
| 30 | It can now be the difference between keeping a market share or losing it . |