Example sentences of "be [adj] [pron] can be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Buying a second-hand board is rather like the second-hand car or computer market in that there are plenty of bargains but unless you are careful you can be ripped off . |
| 2 | I have spent most of my career in two specific areas and therefore I am sure I can be forgiven for saying a special thank you and farewell to Inroads and an extra special thank you and goodbye to Roadcare . |
| 3 | Thirdly , there are those which can be called abstract ballets , among which are Symphonic Variations and Monotones I and II . |
| 4 | The supposedly most securely dated vessels are those which can be related to Continental chronologies ; vessels which occur on the Continent but not in England date to before the migration , those on both sides of the North Sea to the migration period itself , and those which are only found in England must have developed after the migration period . |
| 5 | By far the most important diagnostic features for the excavator are those which can be sexed upon inspection . |
| 6 | The only matters that I discuss with Irish Ministers in intergovernmental conferences under the Anglo-Irish Agreement are those which can be discussed under the rules of the agreement . |
| 7 | Perhaps the most suitable types are those which can be carried easily in a pocket , and are entirely disposable . |
| 8 | Oh , just one little notice I do have that erm several of us are going on Thursday to the , on the trip to Docklands by the erm erm Rotary Club of Sawbridgeworth erm I 'm told that there are still one or two odd seats if anybody wants to come at the last minute er , he does n't anticipate he 's going to erm fill them so even if , late Wednesday night you suddenly find you are available , by all means , contact and I 'm sure it can be arranged . |
| 9 | I think the , the university are always welcome to , always welcome people who , who 're interested , and if anyone wants to have a sort of , look round , I 'm sure it can be arranged . |
| 10 | I 'm confident that the scheme wo n't cost anything like as much as the estimate , but I 'm , I 'm sure it 's right that it 's been , having having done some background work to see how many people might claim it I 'm confident that that we 've erred on the safe side here by a substantial amount , and that 's why I 'm sure it can be met from the overall budget . |
| 11 | All right , so the piccy of Miss W on the high-score page is a little bit ‘ revealing ’ but I 'm sure it can be changed . |
| 12 | of course , er provide a copy of that to erm doctor before it is lodged and , I 'm sure it can be agreed |
| 13 | When the caterpillars are small they can be transferred from the old leaves to the new ones with a paint-brush . |
| 14 | Keeping the index record size down is helpful because if the inverted indexes are small they can be held in main storage , and so cut search times down to a minimum . |
| 15 | If for any reason the existing trap on a basin , sink or bath needs replacing , it is best to replace the waste pipe at the same time if it is lead , although traps are available which can be connected to materials other than plastic . |
| 16 | Various intumescent materials are available which can be sprayed on to the iron , after suitable cleaning and priming , to five a fire-insulating coating . |
| 17 | that the only kind of learning worth seriously measuring is that which can be evaluated by making a mark on a card for subsequent ingestion by a machine ( An awful corollary to this is that judgments made by human beings must be given less weight than electronically certified facts . ) |
| 18 | Allocated expenditure is that which can be identified as being used for the benefit of a particular country within the EC . |
| 19 | Because it , it 's , it 's not particularly going to grab me because I 'm going to look at it and I 'm going to I 'm going to look down to see what it 's asking me do and certainly a busy news editor is looking down the line to see , and the first thing he 'll actually do is , is just have a , a very fast glance at it , find out what it 's about , and just make sure there 's someone who can be phoned , and what the news editor will do is actually throw it out into a pile of other handouts and there 's usually a journalist who 's , who 's who 's won first prize and their task for the day is to do all the handouts , and all you want to be sure of is that someone can make a phone call and the news editor wo n't , wo n't bother with any with any superfluous detail , all he 'd want to know is that somebody can be contacted , we 'll find out about it later . |
| 20 | PAMELA : [ aside ] Sure 't is impossible he can be made an agent in this foul conspiracy . |
| 21 | However , with a little diligence and help of the single end of a transfer tool , they can sometimes by unravelled in the work and since the end is fine it can be darned in at the back . |
| 22 | If the decision is illegal it can be quashed ; otherwise the court can not ( with one exception ) intervene , even if it thinks the decision to be wrong in some respect . |
| 23 | Provided the speed is good it can be released halfway through the turn , relying on the board 's momentum to carry it through . |
| 24 | If the result is unsatisfactory it can be used as a motivating factor to persuade them to try and make an improvement . |
| 25 | He 's confident they can be brought back . |
| 26 | It can be used to follow the progress of linear condensation reactions when an end group , such as a carboxyl , is present which can be titrated . |
| 27 | In Bosnia , the rights and wrongs are more muddled ; no direct western interests are involved ; and nobody is sure what can be done , let alone what should be done . |
| 28 | When it is loose it can be removed and so can the spring underneath it . |
| 29 | Other restraints must also be removed , they say , so that when a suitable kidney is available it can be removed and transferred to the needy patient without delay . |
| 30 | It is surprising what can be achieved in an old and complex building to provide for disabled people and also how much the internal and external architecture can benefit from the refurbishment that the opportunities of converting a building for disabled access can provide . |