Example sentences of "of they can [adv] [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , almost all of them can equally be done by the student working independently , either in a language laboratory or at home . |
| 2 | Some of them can still be seen — for example , the church of St-Hilaire-le-Grand in Poitiers , or the lower church of St Eutropius , who was believed to be a descendant of Xerxes of Persia , in Saintes . |
| 3 | Whereas , as we have seen , primal societies use the initiation and totemic rituals to instil whatever rudimentary superego-formation is necessary for the conduct of their social life , modern societies have more or less totally abandoned these rituals and anything resembling them ( although vestiges of them can still be found in some educational and penal institutions ) . |
| 4 | Who thought of them can only be imagined , but it is obvious that some are attributed to the physical build or character while others have probably got connections with the work they did , terms which have died with them . |
| 5 | So long as ‘ blind-alley ’ openings … are not absolutely illegal … the choice of them can only be discouraged generally by bringing them [ boys ] into direct competition with better openings at a general exchange . ’ |