Example sentences of "can it be that " in BNC.
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| 1 | How can it be that here , on a north-facing cliff , with nothing between it and the North pole and situated more than 300 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle , the vegetation can look like that . |
| 2 | Now , how can it be that believing can be ‘ reckoned ’ as righteousness ? |
| 3 | How can it be that Jesus could become sin for you and me ? |
| 4 | If a son or daughter commits a crime and is sentenced to imprisonment , the court will not allow an anxious father or mother to take their place , so how can it be that my sin can be taken by another ? |
| 5 | And my beloved mother — can it be that she ever existed ? |
| 6 | Can it be that the tales I heard in Geneva were true ? |
| 7 | Can it be that governments have in such circumstances authority to pass immoral and unjust laws ? |
| 8 | At the time of her conversion , she was sometimes ecstatic with love ; on one occasion she returned home , and was so on fire with love which God had manifested to her that all she could utter was : ‘ O Love , can it be that thou hast called me with so much love , and revealed to me , at one view , what no tongue can describe ? ’ — Von Hugel . |
| 9 | On one he inscribed Michelet 's words : ‘ How can it be that there is in the world one woman alone — deserted ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Can it be that you do not remember me , Mikhail ? ’ he pleaded . |
| 11 | Can it be that you condone his actions ? |
| 12 | Can it be that one day , off it goes on , that one day I simply stayed in , in where , instead of going out , in the old way , out to spend day and night as far away as possible , it was n't far . |
| 13 | Can it be that you two are n't getting along ? ’ |
| 14 | So how can it be that Johnson and Boswell passed this woeful and apocalyptic place , faces averted ? |
| 15 | Can it be that our hot-headed guests want to burn the museums in order to destroy the evidence ? ’ |
| 16 | Can it be that you have no idea of the power a young , nubile girl can exercise over a young , impressionable male ? ’ |
| 17 | How can it be that the chap next door has a PC , yet his has a different processor from yours , has a different monitor , and probably has a different keyboard ? |
| 18 | So how can it be that there are such enormous variations between different parts of Kent ? |
| 19 | " Can it be that the foreign settlor is liable to pay Surtax on the income derived from those United Kingdom securities ? " ; 7. that case was not before the court but the " answer must be : Yes , because the Act in plain terms so provides " . |
| 20 | People ask how can it be that Scotland 's relatively small , relatively low-key club set-up can produce teams that will fearlessly take on the best and nurture expectations of victory over them all until the final whistle . |