Example sentences of "[indef pn] [Wh det] can [be] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In particular , it may foster the inventor 's ill-informed optimism that he has something which can be developed and exploited for commercial gain . |
| 2 | Postscript is recognisable as something which can be written and read by us humans . |
| 3 | They see labour as something which can be bought and sold and , for them , that is all there is to it ; when they use that idea of labour they are unaware of and unconcerned with what has caused it . |
| 4 | The need for industrial application shows the practical nature of patent law , which requires that the invention should be something which can be produced or that it relates to some sort of industrial process . |
| 5 | Thirdly , if there has been such a form of duress leading to a contract for consideration , I think that contract is a voidable one which can be avoided and the excess money paid under it recovered . |
| 6 | A sacrifice may be made of anything which can be eaten or drunk ; it is then consumed by all present as an actual act of fellowship between the people and their god . |
| 7 | But is there anything which can be imagined as existing in isolation and as possessing great value in such a case ? |