Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [pers pn] can be [verb] " in BNC.

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1 This is an important consideration , but for the moment it can be noted that the activities of the drink sellers took place within existing recreational forms .
2 In the aquarium it can be expected to grow to about 13cm .
3 It is found in the rivers of Colombia and Peru , and in the aquarium it can be expected to grow to about 130mm .
4 Like every rule , it has means by which it is enforced ; in this case , if I break the rule of driving on the left-hand side of the road I can be prosecuted under a law of the land .
5 The majority of the applications access the data through a small library of function calls , so that instead of using the flat files produced by the database they can be interfaced easily to other databases without significant code changes .
6 They 're just as flexible in the way they can be reused — whether by being refilled with products or incinerated to recover energy .
7 Even the anticipation of future loss , and the way it can be handled , can be the subject of conversation .
8 ‘ Of course we can win , Swansea showed the country it can be done , ’ he argued .
9 From the results of the survey it can be seen that many of the welfare assistants had varied and substantial experience of children and schools .
10 We are also planning trials with Nigerian processing companies with the possibility they can be added to our bid-list . ’
11 Younger farmers may prove more innovatory than their predecessors and introduce more intensive farm development to the extent it can be achieved within the French system .
12 Julian 's answer is that when Titius sues for the legacy he can be opposed with an exceptio doli unless he has given a guarantee that he will manumit Stichus .
13 If the workspace is being used by the designer it can be employed together with the technical file to convey , by written instructions , the necessary constraints and design parameters .
14 The particle being exchanged in a sense ‘ borrows its mass from the force field ; the heavier the mass , the shorter the time it can be borrowed , and , therefore , the shorter the range of the force .
15 From the second column of the table it can be seen that in 1977–8 , before the crisis year of 1979 , the money supply was growing faster than the cost of living .
16 From a boat it can be squeezed enough to get a grip on it , and when it hits the water it sinks in a big brown cloud .
17 In so far as a timetable can be thought of as functioning like a rule it can be thought of as an instrument of order .
18 Just because I 'm a girl I can be brushed aside as if I 'm of no account .
19 Linked to a micro-computer it can be accessed very fast and used interactively .
20 ( " on inspection with a microscope it can be seen that each nucleus consists of two identical filaments " )
21 If this action can be maintained against a newspaper it can be maintained against every private citizen who ventures to criticise the ministers who are temporarily conducting the affairs of his government .
22 ‘ Oldham like to attack but then naturally there is a chance they can be caught out at the back so it is up to us to exploit that . ’
23 If Roman Catholics believe that abortion is always wrong and contrary to God 's law , there is no compromise they can be offered , or which they can accept , which will satisfy their principles .
24 After about a week they can be given brine shrimp nauplii and microworm , and will also peck at the food offered to the adults .
25 In a sense it can be thought of as a direction of time that is at right angles to real time .
26 If a sample is rolled into the shape of a sphere it can be bounced like a rubber ball , i.e. the rapid application and removal of a stress causes the material to behave like an elastic body .
27 If so , you 'll know what a bind it can be to remove the mushroom cover and clear the blockage .
28 Others follow , the most interesting for a novice explorer being Long Kin East Cave which can be entered safely by either of two entrances , a wet and a dry , and with the help of a torch it can be penetrated by easy walking along a roomy stream passage for 200 yards .
29 Mistakes can be rectified by re-drawing the letter and should the PDA have particular trouble with a letter it can be re-trained with four new samples of the character .
30 If the Technical Director reads a report he can be informed by means of technical phrases and arguments .
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