Example sentences of "can [adv] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did serve in the war along with hundreds and thousands of other people and it 's something one can justifiably be proud of . ’ |
| 2 | We can eventually be sure that it is correct enough , but never that there is no other equally correct but different translation . |
| 3 | ‘ Many statutes are passed by political bargaining and snap judgments of expediency ; the courts can rarely be sure that Parliament would have altered the wording if it had foreseen the situation . ’ |
| 4 | Cardboards and paper can obviously be useful for prolific artists or those travelling light ! |
| 5 | Cardboards and paper can obviously be useful for prolific artists or those travelling light ! |
| 6 | He points to savings on rates — which can obviously be substantial in London — if one of the premises is kept empty , and other immediate gains from the cutting of staff in areas of duplication such as administration , accounts , quality control and training . |
| 7 | Coping with nurse training after marriage and childbearing can obviously be difficult in some circumstances but may be delayed until children are more independent . |
| 8 | In contrast , in visual art the emphasis is more on the individual performance , so there can obviously be more dialogue with the particular child about his or her intentions in relation to the actual work being produced . |
| 9 | Indeed , to invite him to do so , it seems to me , can only be misleading in suggesting that the driver is entitled to some say in the matter . |
| 10 | And I think this has been proved you know that ask when people have changed their minds and said I do n't know , that this is what has happened in the last er ten to fifteen years erm and which makes me feel that once again I think that advances can only be evolutionary erm I think that erm , I do n't know if you , anybody saw Joseph Conrad 's erm spy story on the television ? |
| 11 | I would add that it can only be Linguistics-based , and that successful professional experience as a teacher , however desirable , is not in itself a sufficient preparation for lecturing and organising responsibility . |
| 12 | The Profitboss knows that he can only be successful in negotiations ( whether they be with customers , suppliers or unions ) if he is prepared to say " No " when his " prime " ( price ) objectives are not to be met . |
| 13 | This approach to care can only be successful with the help of a wide range of support services . |
| 14 | However , the role of facilitator can only be successful if others perceive training as important . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It is argued by Friedman , therefore , that any trade-off between unemployment and inflation can only be temporary and that the long-run Phillips curve must be vertical at the NUP . |
| 17 | The comfort and security you are chasing can only be temporary with pusillanimous people like you prancing around . |
| 18 | Here again , of course dating can only be presumptive , pending systematic excavation . " |
| 19 | On other occasions we detect language which can only be that of James , the third-person narrator . |
| 20 | In a sense , one can only be delighted that Leapor and other poets like her are receiving such serious attention . |
| 21 | The commission of a public nuisance can only be tortious however where an individual can prove he has suffered damage over and above the rest of the community and that such damage is direct and substantial . |
| 22 | I ask that this impudent remark can only be far from being dilatory , we are being diligent in safeguarding the environment of and the quality of life of the people , and we are not merely interested in financial gain . |
| 23 | Two quantities can only be equal if they contain the same powers of space , time and mass . |
| 24 | Estimates of this kind although more refined than the raw trade statistics can only be tentative . |
| 25 | A further way of introducing some purpose to a day 's sailing is to experiment with different ways of doing things , since you can only be sure that you have found the best way by deliberately trying different ways . |
| 26 | Whichever theory is correct , we can only be sure of the distribution of the tiger today , or rather the day before yesterday . |
| 27 | Highly-viscous lavas are always concerned in Peleean eruptions ; as we saw earlier , a dome or plug of lava often builds up within the crater concerned , blocking the throat of the volcano , so that the pressures building up beneath can only be relieved by vigorous explosions , which may be directed either upwards or sideways , blasting out as nuees ardentes . |
| 28 | However , it is not suggested , pace Fuller , that the internal morality of law is inherent in the most efficient methods of subjecting human conduct to the governance of rules , although there is more strength than has been generally granted in the view that government can only be compatible with the dignity of man if Fuller 's eight requirements for making law are satisfied ( Nicholson , 1973–4 ) . |
| 29 | You can only be one or the other because the whole business of supply and demand is so complex . |
| 30 | There can only be one Creator , one God who made the earth and maintains it under divine control . |