Example sentences of "can [adv] be seen [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These features make the life of reconstituted families very complex ; they can not be seen as enclosed entities in the same way as cereal-packet nuclear families are . |
| 2 | As far as possible original characteristics have been carefully preserved , though the wall can not be seen from passing trains . |
| 3 | can best be seen as hapless coffin-bearers |
| 4 | The foundations of his manor house , Roos Castle , can still be seen as regular contours in a field south of the church . |
| 5 | The ‘ floating ’ gardens or chinampas in the lake region just south of modern Mexico City were also oriented in a similar way when they were first built , probably in Teotihuacan times , and this orientation can still be seen in surviving examples . |
| 6 | The brothers converted part of the building to make a chapel , and set up an industry in old railway huts which produced exquisite ecclesiastical embroideries , many of which can still be seen in local churches . |
| 7 | Predominantly a coastal bird , where it can usually been seen in large flocks from now until spring , in recent years it has spread inland to breed . |
| 8 | These feeds can usually be seen as separate pipes leading from the cistern ; sometimes there may be extra feeds fitted for a shower or bidet . |
| 9 | Many cuisines that are based on grains and pulses make extensive use of a wide range of spices to flavour their foods and this can clearly be seen in Indian and Far Eastern cookery . |
| 10 | Here , the main issue arising is that , following Bott ( 1971 ) , strong network ties can also be seen as norm-enforcement mechanisms . |
| 11 | The tension between the ideas of nationalism and of socialism , and the great strength of the former , can also be seen in other , somewhat different contexts ; in Quebec , for example , the rise of the Parti Quebecois in the 1960s almost certainly owed more to its nationalism than to the social democratic aspects of its programme . |
| 12 | Its complete opposite , stubbornness , obstinacy , refusal to cooperate , ‘ I know how to do it , but I wo n't ! ’ can also be seen in entire families of different breeding . |
| 13 | One place where Westmorland slate has been used to great advantage is in the new Coventry Cathedral , but it can also be seen in vernacular building , particularly at Elterwater ( q.v. ) and Troutbeck . |
| 14 | She can now be seen on general release in the Neil Jordan film The Crying Game , cast as an IRA terrorist . |
| 15 | Unsurprisingly , the shared space arrangement at The Brow was copied elsewhere , at first in other new towns such as Washington , and later in other new developments , so that variants of the theme can now be seen in new housing estates in Britain . |
| 16 | Forum Theatre can usefully be seen as small group work which involves the whole group as active spectators . |
| 17 | On the other hand , the details within the shot can certainly be seen with enhanced clarity if played back frame-by-frame or in slow-motion . |