Example sentences of "can be [prep] two " in BNC.
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| 1 | The insults or stresses which cause the imbalances and so give rise to disease can be of two types : |
| 2 | pointed out in the Court of Appeal , for present purposes such benefits can be of two kinds . |
| 3 | Observation materials can be of two kinds . |
| 4 | Nobody can be in two places at the same time . |
| 5 | Usually one , or both , of the following conditions are said to hold : ( a ) No particular can be in two places at once . |
| 6 | If place is to be defined in terms of co-ordinates , the assumption that no particular can be in two places at once presupposes the ( logical ) possibility of a unique designation by means of co-ordinates of every single position in space , i.e. the possibility , in principle , of setting up an all-embracing co-ordinate system ; making it possible to differentiate unambiguously every point in space from any other from a given origin . |
| 7 | And if so , we can not , without qualifications , assert that no particular can be in two places at once . |
| 8 | It is implied that the same particular ( the same " complex of compresence " ) can be in two different places , or recur " at different times . |