Example sentences of "they can [adv] be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This theoretically realistic and humorous novel is not unlike The Waste Land , the showpiece of Modernism and Impersonality ’ — which gives the impression that the realistic and humorous can only be deemed compatible with impersonality if they can also be deemed theoretical , and that the novel may not be very funny . |
| 2 | Since cultures are unlikely to be maintained for more than 4 or 5 days they can generally be kept free of bacterial contamination by conducting all manipulations in sterile media with flame-pulled glass mouth pipettes under dissecting microscopes in a dust-free area , for example surrounded by Perspex dust covers . |
| 3 | Separate the individual flowers since , as they are trumpet-shaped , they can either be pressed whole or cut in half : this gives a variety of colour and thickness . |
| 4 | They can then be posted direct to the beneficiary 's account . |
| 5 | The beauty of such methods is that they can never be proved wrong since , by ignoring what the people concerned themselves think , you have removed any empirical basis for testing the interpretations . |