Example sentences of "[adv] can [be] " in BNC.

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31 But because such systems are modular , much can be done with simple commands .
32 Many different approaches can be adopted to the analysis of bureaucratic behaviour , and much can be learned from the work on administrative science and political sociology .
33 Used on their own as a research method they have limitations but , within these , much can be achieved .
34 Although that has meant that not much can be done , in principle it is a good idea in that it forces underwater sites to compete with land sites for funding , and tends to keep the attention on the point that it is archaeology we are talking about .
35 Much can be learnt from past disasters .
36 Much can be achieved within present resources by doing things differently ( sometimes radically so ) .
37 Much can be discerned simply by the way the burial ground is laid out .
38 Sometimes there is no coherent pattern in a time series and not much can be done by way of analysis other than elementary smoothing .
39 Not all environmental improvement , however , requires large expenditure and much can be done by careful design and painstaking attention to the detail of operations .
40 The claim that no spelling unit smaller than the word but bigger than the grapheme is used when we read non-words aloud can be tested with non-words like gean , geak , and gead .
41 Surely watching programmes together can be a beneficial social experience , but unlimited watching at all hours , unsupervised , can not be a good thing for children .
42 For a start , making love does not have to consist of vaginal penetration ; and time spent reassuring , cuddling , caressing , fantasising and laughing together can be enjoyed for its own sake , or to reduce the tension so that you can relax sufficiently to enjoy intercourse .
43 Selecting items for your wedding list and first home together can be a bewildering experience with so much to choose from and so little time .
44 The company of some elderly relatives can only be enjoyed for a limited period at the end of a busy day , and long evenings — every evening — spent together can be a strain on all concerned in different ways .
45 Attendance at a day centre where the parents and child attend together can be very valuable or the professional 's going to the parents ' home to watch a play session will enable sharing of the observations .
46 Pitching inner and fly together can be a time saver , but obviously the inner must be detached from the fly if you need to split the weight for backpacking .
47 Because of the sheer unpredictable nature of the beast , Mark realises that his chosen method of putting an album together can be enormously expensive .
48 In co-operating animals , the mutual benefits of working together can be greatly enhanced if information about the state of the external world can be transmitted from one individual to another .
49 According to general relativity , space and time together can be regarded as forming a four-dimensional space called space-time .
50 Because you get that silence in the room and mmm you want to fill it so but you 're right the use of the pause effective and particularly with a variation in pitch that gives that emphasis the two combined together can be very very effective .
51 ‘ La Malfa 's resignation just shows that anyone who has been involved in government for so long can be involved ( in corruption ) , however pure he may claim to be , ’ he said .
52 Though every responsible artist must know the annals of his art ( no one more than Pound insisted on that ) , still every artwork that is worth anything not only can be but has to be new , unprecedented .
53 The six killer diseases not only CAN be brought under control by the end of 1990 .
54 But anchors not only can be cast , but they can be hauled up .
55 On this day , deaf representatives and missionaries only can be present , the subject being of a purely private character .
56 Single-note harmonics only can be played by the right hand .
57 Action : 100 packages only can be updated and approved in a single run of Update Baseline — update the package structure in portions
58 In any case , the status of a valuation produced by a person who is the agent of one of the parties only can be a fertile source of argument , as can be seen from Panamena Europea Navigacion ( Compania Limitada ) v Frederick Leyland & Co Ltd ( J Russell & Co ) [ 1947 ] AC 428 .
59 The influence of an international market is not easy to be precise about , though the appearance of work in a Biennale or an art fair can be impressive in itself .
60 If too much is spent on buildings , not enough can be spent on personnel to care for people .
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