Example sentences of "can [be] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our culture often regards machines as a male preserve , and girls may need opportunities and encouragement to show that they can be expert in such areas . |
| 2 | The latter can be cone very neatly by drilling a small hole then enlarging it with one of the conical sheet metal drills . |
| 3 | Sadly nothing can be cone without ideas , and ideas need people to produce them , so I extend an appeal to all the people who may read this and pray that God might give each of us the sight to see where we are needed .. |
| 4 | Corinne Gotch , Booksellers Association marketing executive and NBS committee member , commented : ‘ Fewer booksellers are taking part , and so clearly the sale needs to be re-examined from both a bookselling and publishing point of view to see what can be cone to encourage greater participation . ’ |
| 5 | These can be document files containing letters produced with a word processor , database files containing addresses produced with a database , or picture files of artwork for a magazine produced with your favourite drawing package . |
| 6 | She explains : ‘ In practical ways , the deaf-blind can be fare more competent than people think . |
| 7 | And so far there can be doubt who is winning . |
| 8 | Sponsored silence — it can be bliss ! |
| 9 | It can be money well spent making the place smarter and safer . |
| 10 | More important , natural selection provides a model of how there can be change towards a kind of fit or harmony , towards structured complexity , which is neither planned nor the result of goal-directed activity . |
| 11 | As well as personal barriers there can be church barriers , such as liturgical practices that militate against any spontaneity in worship . |
| 12 | The medical aspects can be dementia , sudden blindness , loss of mobility , thrush , shingles , Kaposi 's sarcoma ( a type of cancer ) , weight loss , or any combination of these . |
| 13 | These can be petrol stations with gas facilities added or gas only operations . |
| 14 | There can be gold in those genes . |
| 15 | To create the output , which can be text or graphical , the pen carrier is rotated until the correct colour is in position and then the pen is pressed against the paper . |
| 16 | These files can be text , data , images or programs . |
| 17 | There can be evaluation of validity , positive or negative , without the proper interpretation of ideas . |
| 18 | Unlike MacLink , it can be user programmed for peculiar data formats which can be useful for connecting to systems like the Amstrad PCW . |
| 19 | Combine the processes , or perm the same tresses more than once , and the result can be hair that 's dry , brittle and plagued by split ends . |
| 20 | It is sometimes suggested that a justified true belief can be knowledge when it derives from a reliable method ( see Goldman , 1976 ; Armstrong , 1973 , ch. 13 ; Swain , 1981 ) . |
| 21 | Love is the largest region of the transcendent world and it has many forms — there can be love of God , love of nature , and the love of a human being and love of our fellowmen . |
| 22 | You believe pop is or can be art , but that belief is sustained by only very rare instances . |
| 23 | Everything we do can be redone by talk . |
| 24 | Larger fixed tanks can be road tanker supplied . |
| 25 | Each mask is pulled down onto the base , which can be variety of shapes , by a magnetic catcher . |
| 26 | Too strong a foam and there can be difficulty in rinsing . |
| 27 | Downes is not very deaf at all yet ; but sometimes , with certain kinds of background noise , and when people are asking questions , well , there can be difficulty . |
| 28 | The medical aspects can be cancer , pneumonia , sudden blindness , dementia , dramatic weight loss or any combination of these . |
| 29 | Indication can be quivertip or butt indicator and generally I wait for the reel to revolve slowly so I know it is not a line bite . |
| 30 | He still thinks there can be peace , he is determined . |