Example sentences of "can be to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I remembered how cruel children can be to small animals , and I did not want the boy to take his revenge on me . |
| 2 | The references can be to other parts of the same book , to another textbook or to your own Shelfold notes ( see chapter 4 ) . |
| 3 | What is remarkable is how impervious a government can be to changing public opinion when insulated from the threat of political defeat by a substantial parliamentary majority . |
| 4 | A recent exchange between young Scottish and French women has demonstrated how adaptable SCOTVEC modules can be to European projects . |
| 5 | To an extent , the use which the old can be to younger people is determined years earlier and is to do with the sort of people which they always were and their relationships with others . |
| 6 | That in itself emphasised what value he can be to United — his sheer danger and menace forces the opposition to follow him , which inevitably creates space for others . |
| 7 | I have just indicated one way in which criticism centred on the theory dependence of observation can be to some extent evaded by the inductivists , and I am convinced that they will be able to think of further ingenious defences . |