Example sentences of "[noun sg] can [adv] be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very much a plant of northern Europe including Britain , honeysuckle can also be found growing wild in North Africa and western Asia . |
| 2 | The issue can be created after the actual product has been despatched ; the issue can also be updated prior to despatch in order to associate a different product or client with the issue . |
| 3 | All of this does not , however , mean that if the goods prove defective the private seller can easily be made liable for breach of the terms of sections 13–15 of the Sale of Goods Act . |
| 4 | As a result , the purchaser can now be held responsible for all dismissal claims by employees dismissed in connection with the sale even if the dismissals took place at a time earlier than literally " immediately before " the transfer . |
| 5 | What I am putting before the House are serious considerations about the balance between the rights of individuals , which may be damaged in the course of a case but where the record can subsequently be put straight , the rights of those who are before the courts , accused , to deploy their defence , and the rights of the public at large to scrutinise that process . |
| 6 | ( 2 ) Where a document of title to goods has been lawfully transferred to any person as buyer or owner of the goods , and that person transfers the document to a person who takes it in good faith and for valuable consideration , then — ; ( a ) if the last-mentioned transfer was by way of sale the unpaid seller 's right of lien or retention or stoppage in transit is defeated ; and ( b ) if the last-mentioned transfer was made by way of pledge or other disposition for value , the unpaid seller 's right of lien or retention or stoppage in transit can only be exercised subject to the rights of the transferee . ’ |
| 7 | Indeed it is doubtful if one group can even be called local , since it is sponsored , promoted and financed by central government . |
| 8 | I am not convinced that , even on the projected budget for the mid-1990s , the budgetary emphasis on safety can yet be considered adequate . |
| 9 | The puppy can then be left alone to sleep with relatively little disturbance . |
| 10 | The beauty and achievements of Bohemian art can perhaps be called Czech only with an effort , but there is no doubt of the attachment of a people to the heritage that they can rightly claim . |
| 11 | Although capacitance C 2 must be varied to reach balance , its value need not be known unless it is also required to determine the loss resistance R S Because C is proportional to R 2 , the bridge can easily be made direct reading in capacitance through suitable marking of the resistance scale of R 2 . |
| 12 | A woman can still be considered dangerous and exciting by wearing vibrant red clothes ; we are all familiar with the term ‘ scarlet woman ’ . |
| 13 | That pattern can also be called liberal , or bourgeois , civilization and it was most developed in the industrialized countries , least in the agrarian east and south . |
| 14 | Phonological choices form a distinct level of style in oral literature , and in written literature the implicit sound pattern can always be made explicit in reading aloud . |
| 15 | The vehicles required to meet the 1998 California deadline can certainly be made available and are likely to be a mix of both battery and hybrid vehicles . |
| 16 | Mimed dance or danced mime can also be called descriptive or narrative dance . |
| 17 | One dramatic concomitant is rising fertility among unmarried teenage girls , though changes in women 's education standards and work status can hardly be held accountable for such a sharp upswing in teenage fertility as the past decade has witnessed . |
| 18 | The relation between the effects of habituation and those implied by the Pearce — Hall model can perhaps be made clear if we adopt the elaboration offered by Liddell ( 1950 ) of Pavlov 's notion of the orienting reflex . |
| 19 | Butterflyfish can normally be considered good members of an aquarium community , as they are not usually attacked by other fish . |
| 20 | Once dry , the paints become insoluble in water — the surface of the thoroughly dry painting can even be washed clean with soap and water , without harm . |
| 21 | Specific developments within formal education and their relation to the new English can now be given direct attention . |
| 22 | The reason for highlighting this instance of attempted change can now be made clear . |
| 23 | Interest can also be paid gross to overseas residents provided a declaration is signed stating that they are not ordinarily resident in the UK . |
| 24 | At the other end of the scale , a small and humble task can sometimes be given ritual status by attending to it with real attention and care . |