Example sentences of "it can [adv] be [vb pp] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can either be fixed or it can be mobile , we 'll go on to that , I 've actually drawn you four pictures , not very good pictures |
| 2 | Infra-red may be regarded as a form of light to which the human eye is insensitive — that is , it can not be seen but otherwise behaves in practically the same way . |
| 3 | It can not be prescribed and controlled . |
| 4 | The police and the Government can be proud of the police national computer because it fights crime , but it is important that they offer assurance to the general public that it can not be misused and does result in people being dealt with differently . |
| 5 | Most experts agree that it can not be done and that the poll tax will live on until 1994 . |
| 6 | Ireland may one day be a united nation , but it can not be done and should not be done from London . |
| 7 | The duty is personal as it can not be delegated and is discharged by the exercise of due skill and care . |
| 8 | The DC identifier will be displayed on the screen , and careful note should be taken of it , as it can not be altered and will need to be supplied in all future references to this DC . |
| 9 | The SPR identifier will be displayed on the screen , and careful note should be taken of it , as it can not be altered and must be supplied in all future references to this SPR . |
| 10 | The SSR identifier will be displayed on the screen , and careful note should be taken of it , as it can not be altered and must be supplied in all future references to this SSR . |
| 11 | They also heard the chairman of the STUC energy committee , Harry McLevy , spell out the grounds for continued investment , arguing that the case for nuclear power is so big it can not be ignored and must be incorporated into any energy policy for Scotland. , |
| 12 | Any spell cast by the bearer of the Staff will automatically work — it can not be dispelled or nullified in any way either by a magic card or by a magic item . |
| 13 | It can not be recharged and must be thrown away after use . |
| 14 | It can not be forgotten or surpassed though gone for ever . |
| 15 | It can not be sold and will cost the company £500 to dispose of it if it is not used to produce Abrasive . |
| 16 | Blame becomes indiscriminate when it can not be focused and seen in context , and it is black people who are the ones to suffer most in this situation . |
| 17 | However , it can not be proved or disproved in any final way and is unavoidably a political statement . |
| 18 | It can not be proved or deduced . |
| 19 | After all , oil has little value if it can not be produced and sold . |
| 20 | This can be instinctive and it can also be perfected and developed . |
| 21 | I am not advocating no guidance though , since a teacher 's role in this respect is a vital one , but it can easily be overdone and destroy a sense of personal achievement . |
| 22 | How does new learned information become ‘ represented ’ in the brain in the form of new patterns of connections between cells so that it can subsequently be retrieved and modify future behaviour ? |
| 23 | When we feel resentment or act out of a sense of duty it can sometimes be seen and felt by the person concerned . |
| 24 | Yet governments ought to resist the temptation to dismiss peace movements as representing only a minority opinion , for it is in the nature of a wider but vaguer anxiety about the issue that it can hardly be organized or form the basis of a coherent campaign . |
| 25 | It can always be changed but I mean you 've got the , got the lamp this side , and the barbecue . |
| 26 | It can then be examined and cultured like ordinary urethral samples . |
| 27 | For a powerful kick you have to move your centre of gravity forwards , and this inevitably forces you to drop the spent kicking foot close to the opponent , where it can then be hooked or swept . |
| 28 | Due to its size , it can only be handled and converted by merchants with large enough bandsaws . |
| 29 | As a source of power , it can only be claimed and used if others recognise and accept it as a source of power . |
| 30 | When the mechanics of causality have been forsaken , identity can never be known or measured , it can only be postulated and experienced . |