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Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Such attempts as we can make are essential .
2	The factual circumstances that can arise are infinite and the judges rely on a mixture of legal principle , policy and common sense to guide them through the maze .
3	22 The best rag I can buy is sad within ( 6 )
4	Of course the description I can give is general .
5	This is why unqualified reports which cite the large , or small , number of TV channels which a coaxial cable can carry are meaningless .
6	Speaking at a news conference at Merseyside Police headquarters in Liverpool , he said : ‘ Unfortunately at this time all I can feel is angry .
7	Consistency is important for summative purposes , since a statement of what a pupil can do is misleading if true only on a single occasion and in a single context * .
8	The only thing I can do is straightforward police work . "
9	Another one we can do is long and short words .
10	‘ The view that the explanation is to be found in the increasing power of numbers to do damage beyond what one individual can do is open to the obvious answer that this depends on the personality and influence of the individual .
11	All you can do is open their eyes to the dangers of the road .
12	Now the smell you can smell is new oak actually .
13	And I can remember being frightened of the bogie man when I was a little er child .
14	Many situations predispose to spatial disorientation — The main ones are : a ) Any situation involving a reduction or change in the way essential cues are available to you , eg on transition from visual to instrument flight or attempting to fly visually when what you can see is inadequate as in poor light , haze or high altitude .
15	Turn back two pages , and look at paragraph four of the report which we can see is headed Description of Conservation Area .
16	Even though most of the nail you can see is dead , regular buffing can promote healthy growth by stimulating blood circulation in the lunula ( half moon ) .
17	All I can see is empty pavement .
18	You ca n't see a proton because proton is too small erm the only things that you can see are microscopic bodies and again you only infer the existence of these microscopic bodies because you actually detect the light that comes from them .
19	The speed at which direct marketers such as Dell can move is unparalleled , thanks to their knowledge of the customers ' wants and needs , and has resulted in the development of a whole class of computer-literate users .
20	All I can detect is great size and power .
21	His jaw has been snapped in two and the only food he can take is liquid .
22	It is a fact that , provided the set of " basic values " that expressions can take is finite , the finite programs are finite in the lattice-theoretic sense of the word .
23	The human voices I can hear are inconsequential , like stray punctuation marks , or figures in a Paul Klee painting .
24	No , you have them , , I think you can try being Sleeping Beauty later ca n't you ?
25	Thus , execution in rem can have been available only where the person sued was actually in possession of the object .
26	Given the dispersed profusion of Pound 's criticism , neither the choice of what to reprint , nor the arrangement of it when chosen , can have been easy .
27	During Clovis 's reign these boundaries can have been significant only before the expansion of the Franks into Aquitaine as a result of " Vouillé " and before Clovis destroyed the kingdoms of such rival kings as Sigibert the Lame .
28	Few can have been surprised that the markets reacted by marking sterling down .
29	The most admired new design was Chris Benedict 's 405 , so few can have been surprised that it was one of the RYA 's two finalists .
30	And if , on occasion , they pillaged or , like the following of Eudes of Burgundy , held up caravans of pilgrims and merchants to make a quick profit from their ransoms , few can have been surprised ; for it was adventure , self-interest , and companionship that bound knights to their lords .