Example sentences of "can [be] [verb] [conj] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Economic and social factors now loom large , and can be seen as being of greater importance than purely land use matters , though the courts would not necessarily accept such a line of reasoning ( as , for instance , when Lord Widgery held that the London Borough of Hillingdon could not impose a condition that the occupants of a private housing development should be people on the council 's waiting list ) . |
| 2 | The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast can be seen as being in the process of fulfilment . |
| 3 | There are many other examples where , readers may assume that much more can be done than is in fact the case . |
| 4 | According to this reading , the repetition of episodes and the lack of a linear structure can be regarded as being in keeping with the formal realism of a narrative which is being conducted by someone whose overwrought state of mind colours his perception of the world around him , and who is no longer able to distinguish between imagination and reality . |
| 5 | This can be construed as being in accord with the important premise of this book that life is to be enjoyed . |
| 6 | In general , then , we need to try to explain the earliest arrangement of the basic administrative land units in our study area and see if it can be identified as being of pre-Roman , Roman , or later date . |
| 7 | Given the problems explained above , it may be difficult , and in some cases counter-productive to attempt any correction of errors within our system , however initial investigations suggest there may be particular situations where correction can be attempted and is in fact useful to improve recognition rates . |
| 8 | In a legend so old , discrepancies in dates can be expected and are of secondary importance . |