Example sentences of "it can be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we examine prophecy in the Bible we soon conclude that it can be predictive ( telling about the future ) or proclamatory ( telling about God ) or both . |
| 2 | The brochures claim it can be cheaper than staying at home . |
| 3 | In times of high inflation when prices are going up faster than you can save , it can be cheaper to pay interest charges than a higher price later on . |
| 4 | It can be terrible for the donor if the patient dies — the donor can feel they 're a failure which is completely wrong . |
| 5 | it can be susceptible to a headteacher who is good at public relations management . |
| 6 | It can be 100 yards long , even more if two or more nets are joined together . |
| 7 | I have gone into such detail about individual patients to try to convince you first , that it can be misleading to categorize patients too narrowly into groups , and second , that the dual-route model I described can accommodate a wide variety of data from different individual cases . |
| 8 | It is tempting to think of dietary fibre as the tough stuff which holds the plant together , and this is true to a degree , but it can be misleading when it comes to locating high-fibre plants by guesswork . |
| 9 | We also noted , in chapter 3 , that it can be misleading to apply the norms of mainstream and centralized varieties to the description of divergent language states . |
| 10 | Consequently , it can be misleading to see circulars as evidence of central departments attempting to regulate local authorities . |
| 11 | This is not unreasonable , given that students have not as a rule experienced any other regime , but it can be misleading . |
| 12 | The Red Queen label is amusing , but it can be misleading if taken ( as it sometimes is ) to mean something mathematically precise , literally zero relative progress . |
| 13 | This is a clear way of showing the relationships , but it can be misleading as the linked list with pointers is not the only tool that can be used to link record occurrences . |
| 14 | For the same reason , it can be misleading , because not all centres of population which possessed recognizably urban characteristics , as for example the employment of the inhabitants in manufacturing or trade rather than in agriculture , were boroughs in the strict legal sense . |
| 15 | We have to assume it 's the same as the nearest observation , so erm it can be misleading just to take the surface observation , surface instrumentation readings , erm but erm we have to be able to interpolate , and this is the experience of the forecaster comes in , to say what is in the gaps . |
| 16 | Research shows this can nudge up work rates ; but , like busing schoolchildren from black to white areas , it can be political dynamite . |
| 17 | Let's face it , it can be tiring enjoying yourself all day ! |
| 18 | A violent headache may be present during the chill and it can be worse ( < ) sweat . |
| 19 | ‘ It can be proud of the achievements , both academically and in the ethos which has been created . ’ |
| 20 | It can be controversial and I envisage that fixing zone boundaries would require a procedure of public enquiry etc . |
| 21 | It can be satisfying and good , but it is different . |
| 22 | Around town it feels almost tame , on the open road it can be unleased with confidence that it will not put a foot wrong . |
| 23 | You can work with any size of mirror , from minute to enormous , and it can be free-standing to sit on top of a dressing table or hung on a wall , as shown in the photograph on the opposite page . |
| 24 | Several pieces of stiff paper or card , attached at the top , which allow viewing of only the top leaf ; it can be free-standing or attached to the top of an easel or blackboard . |
| 25 | We are looking for beautiful hair of any colour and style — it can be long , short , straight or curly . |
| 26 | I can not believe that it can be right that this late in the game Poetry is still a closed book . |
| 27 | We would take some convincing that it can be right to depart from it by punishing more harshly than an offender ‘ deserves ’ on a standard tariff , for example by sentencing an offender to an exceptionally long custodial sentence for purposes of reform or incapacitation . |
| 28 | Nonetheless , when one 's spiritual master remains silent , it can be comforting to have a pat on the back from an authorised agent . |
| 29 | When it is hot it is soft in the hands , but , ’ he said wickedly , ‘ it can be malleable if it is cold too , and you know how to handle it . ’ |
| 30 | This cutting blade has to be kept sharp to perform its job properly without undue pressure in the hand , and is therefore made from a very hard steel — so hard in fact , that it can be brittle when subjected to a common form of misuse : the correct action with all secateurs is a firm steady squeeze , with no wrenching and definitely no twisting , which can cause the blades to break . |