Example sentences of "thing can [be] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some interesting and useful things can be done in the way of improving specific item search systems , but only if the catalogue has considerable " knowledge " of bibliographical items ( for example , one can envisage a catalogue which could say , " We have n't got Joseph Matthews on online catalogue screen displays , but there is an article in Library trends which might be of some interest " ) . |
| 2 | Money is used as a common denominator in which the value of things can be expressed in the market . |
| 3 | You have plenty of good ideas about how things can be changed for the better or how your home can be improved , modernised or beautified . |
| 4 | The best way to capture the Scottish public imagination for a Scottish parliament is to remind them how much things can be improved on the jobs scene because the Scottish parliament will be taking the decisions presently taken by the Westminster Parliament . ’ |
| 5 | the real thing can be recognised by the incredible number of bites you get in such short time . |
| 6 | Much the same thing can be said of the to infinitive denoting something which is actualized as a consequence of causation ( cause , force , occasion , get , order , tell ) , assistance ( help ) , discovery ( find ) , daring , etc . |
| 7 | I think the management thing can be addressed in a different way erm excuse me erm , oh I 've lost my thread now but , oh yeah that 's right |