Example sentences of "[noun pl] can [be] [vb pp] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 For non-working spouses , sufficient units can be encashed each tax year to bring total income up to just below the annual allowance .
2 Worries can be forgotten this season , as long as a few simple guidelines are followed .
3 Data in erasable programmable read-only memory ( EPROM ) chips can be updated many times , but only by removing the chip , erasing the original program with ultraviolet light , and then reprogramming .
4 Quite long pieces can be trued this way .
5 Many colours can be provided this way using dyes , coloured filters and reflectors .
6 I make a note of each new species so comparisons can be made each year .
7 Above : From Gaggenau , this sophisticated electric barbecue on wheels can be used all year round .
8 The weekend breaks can be taken any weekend ( subject to availability ) until May 31 ( except the Easter weekend April 9–12 ) and takes in Friday and Saturday nights , going home on Sunday , with dinners on the Friday and Saturday and breakfasts on Saturday and Sunday .
9 Small charges are made on the various services offered , although up to 15 cheques can be used each quarter free of charge .
10 The more members there are , and the more that everyday essentials like veget-ables can be bought that way , the better the system becomes .
11 As a barometer of political opinion and a verdict on the political talks , the results can be read any number of ways .
12 For more active types , the nearby Font Romeu has shops , bars , a crèche and a ski school where children can be left all day .
13 Although many adjectives can , in this phrase or that , be unambiguously assigned to ascriptive use or associative use there is undoubtedly a border zone where adjectives can be interpreted either way ; there will be many phrases for which both interpretations can be mapped onto the same single situation , not just in some particular token occurrences , but in all cases .
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