Example sentences of "can be [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One can be both part of the international abstract art and some of his work is abstract , and even in that context bring into it qualities that once one knows the idiom people can recognize as purely English and one can also , at the same time as he was much of the time , be a figurative artist that do landscapes , interiors , figure paintings ( rarely ) , and figure drawings of a very high quality , and again they are partly of an international modern and they are partly essentially English works . |
| 2 | Only magazines as risky as Mediterraneans can take us into the sort of culture where the same writer can be both Keats and Dylan . |
| 3 | the offence is sex neutral so that both homosexual and heterosexual conduct is covered and males and females can be both victims and perpetrators . |
| 4 | Falstaff as ‘ a masculine decayed cornucopious form of the love goddess ’ is amusing as a paradox , though how the boar can be both Mars and Persephone I do not quite see . |
| 5 | Acting can be both pleasure and torture — but it is not fun and people are sometimes more concerned with the image of being an actor ‘ at work ’ rather than just working . |
| 6 | A record type can be a member of one or more sets and can be both owner and member but not of the same set . |
| 7 | However , a record type can not be a member of more than one set of the same type , and no record type can be both owner and member of the same set type . |
| 8 | Whilst the outer domain touching condition is the most commonly experienced when handling two or more objects , special transition cases need to be considered in order to be able to construct an adequate description of an engineering assembly , or the real relationship between two domains which can be both solids and voids . |
| 9 | Even at Main-Professional-Grade level , the difference in costs between obtaining an experienced teacher of proven worth or a probationer straight out of college can be over £6000 . |
| 10 | On cheaper brands it can be over 70% |
| 11 | Often bulbs can be over 45cm ( 18in ) long when established . |
| 12 | Sometimes , of course , it is ; but sometimes , too , it can be simply pleasure , equally shared . |
| 13 | The sides of the lining can be temporarily hand stitched to the sides of the curtain , if desired . |
| 14 | But because there is some uncertainty about what it is to be a professional librarian and how to respond professionally to many situations , there can be rather tao many difficult decisions to be made ; and the dilemma is not helped by the weakness of the profession , both inherent and externally perceived , on the issue of censorship . |
| 15 | In around 6 months time I 'll have one of these famed degrees ( hopefully ) and at times I can be equally dopey … to the extent that the same thing happenend to me regarding my cashcard . |
| 16 | Substrate can be either aquarium sand or , if you prefer , gravel . |
| 17 | In the first case , either interpretation is fully acceptable — it can be either Farjeon or his style of undressing which has the quality of being clumsy ; and quite possibly the existence and use of such sentences provide the interpretative syntactic basis for the type which follows it , which therefore represents in a sense a second order of syntactic patterning . |
| 18 | The second letter , which can be either A or F , indicates whether the share forms part of the FT All Share Index ( A ) and if the company is also a constituent of the FTSE 100 ( F ) . |
| 19 | Failure to obey any instructions he or she might issue in this context may amount to the statutory offence of obstruction of a police officer in the execution of his duty , for which the sentence can be either imprisonment or a substantial fine . |
| 20 | Personal Pensions are ‘ money purchase ’ plans whereby the retirement benefits depend mainly on the amount of funds paid in and the return on investment , whereas the company schemes can be either money purchase or ‘ final salary ’ , where the benefits are based on the employee 's salary and length of service . |
| 21 | These are soft lacquer discs which record your ‘ A ’ and ‘ B ’ side from your studio master tape ( these discs can be either 7″ or 12″ , depending on your chosen format ) . |
| 22 | Sounds are treated as events , and can be either MIDI files , WAVE files or CD tracks . |
| 23 | So the child , can be born to Miss Jones , have a father called Smith , and the child can be either Smith or Jones . |
| 24 | Available in a variety of sizes , the table linen can be either hand or gently machine washed and will provide pleasure for years to come . |
| 25 | On arcade you can be either Guy you can be Guy and Codie and leave out Hagarth but most people go for Hagarth |
| 26 | If your partner is suffering from aching muscles and joints which the massage may not have completely soothed , try the following technique which can be amazingly pain relieving and balancing to the emotions . |
| 27 | Most of the distribution fee , which can be around 30% of the film 's rental income , goes to the studio . |
| 28 | But bear in mind that charges for non-emergencies can be around £150 an hour , plus VAT . |
| 29 | Projects can be relatively time consuming to complete and assess . |
| 30 | It is uncommon for schools to use processes such as critical path analysis because they can be very time consuming unless used by experts , although simpler versions may be worth considering for example stocks and flows models . |