Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [pron] can be [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Strong tactics are a must to get to the completion of the game but simple rules mean you can be playing moments after installation .
2 Experts say it can be treated successfully , but has to be spotted in its early stages .
3 Enthusiasm for such ideas has even now not completely evaporated ; voices advocating them can be found through the 1970s and 1980s and , in only marginally more sophisticated forms , at the present time :
4 If anyone would like their entries returned they can be collected from the Publicity Office ( Room 066 , Building A32 ) from Monday , 1 March .
5 Two-year-old Constantin will have his cleft palate repaired and top plastic surgeon Charles Viva will then look at the boy 's deformed hands and feet to see what can be done .
6 Hard-won working conditions and employment protection are now routinely jettisoned by many cowboy operators , secure in the knowledge that if workers complain they can be shown the door , outside which is a four-deep queue of would-be replacements willing to thole all manner of demands provided there is the prospect of regular work at whatever depressed rates .
7 Where buildings overlap it can be shown that post-built structures preceded those constructed using continuous trenches .
8 The Institute of Investment Management and Research ( IIMR , formerly the Society of Investment Analysts ) has set up a sub-committee under my chairmanship to decide on the calculation of an earnings figure which can be used for the per-share calculation and for price/earnings ratios .
9 It is commonly assumed that it is impossible to change this state of affairs , but the Guild of Food Writers believes it can be done , and that it is all-important , even vital , to do so , says Claudia Roden , its vice chairman .
10 ‘ When the product trades in the futures market it can be regulated by the CFTC , ’ suggested Mr Grundfest .
11 Though powerful and open to abuse , these authorities claim they can be offered to women as reproductive options , giving hope to the childless , to prevent unwanted pregnancies , and to screen for terrible illnesses it foetuses .
12 The crucial column is the derived total of offers made which can be compared with the maximum number to be made as a measure of the field 's fullness .
13 The elasticated waist and ankle adjusters mean they can be worn either track-suit-style or as ‘ proper ’ trousers when a smarter look is needed .
14 Touch Typing Tutor is a Windows program which can be used as a training aid for the novice or as a method for the more accomplished typist to improve their speed and accuracy .
15 Andrew and Waddy grasp on to some of these in the ending lick , which is actually a standard blues ending which can be adapted to many tunes , particularly those of the 12-bar variety .
16 The City Technology Colleges show what can be done .
17 The above examples demonstrate what can be done if a ballet is to communicate meaning beyond that of distinguishing between the world of the flesh and that of the spirit .
18 Weekes , this was to " look into and make inquiries to see what can be done , and report on some future occasion " .
19 The tree 's large shadow and thirsty roots limit what can be grown in much of the garden .
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