Example sentences of "[pers pn] can often [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because coins were mass-produced they can often be accurately dated , in the ways described in Chapter 2 . |
| 2 | Even though essential oils are sometimes given orally ( especially in the case of garlic ) they can often be even more effective when applied to the skin . |
| 3 | The problem with beliefs is that they can often be unrealistic and stubborn ( see Beliefs on page 21 ) but reasonable behavioural rights are such things as : |
| 4 | Although both Treaty of Rome Articles are expressed in terms of prohibition of certain forms of conduct , they can often be utilised by businesses as positive tools in the development of a Community business strategy . |
| 5 | These , and many other problems , have to be worked through patiently with the help of the wife , and fortunately they can often be resolved successfully . |
| 6 | They can often be blind to the fact that the good child may be stirring up the problem and letting the naughty one get the blame . |
| 7 | Many of these materials are expensive , but they can often be used successfully to decorate just one section of a room or part of the walls : above or below a dado rail for instance ; or as wall panels framed with timber mouldings , with a less expensive finish used on the rest of the wall . |
| 8 | They can often be seen climbing up creosoted telegraph-poles in a vain search for food . |
| 9 | In fact , they can often be healthy and dynamic mechanisms for reinforcing organisational goals . |
| 10 | They remain very vulnerable in privately rented accommodation as they can often be ignorant of their rights . |
| 11 | Metaphors , because they can often be unclear in their precise meaning , particularly should be paraphrased . |
| 12 | The early OS maps record them and they can often be retrieved from obscurity by fieldwork in examining the bottoms of hedges and the sides of ditches . |
| 13 | Now we are getting somewhere in our understanding of the behaviour of these fish for at night time they can often be easily caught in very clear water . |
| 14 | In practice , they can often be difficult to locate . |
| 15 | It can often be enhanced by introducing some of the techniques discussed under ‘ grain markings ’ above . |
| 16 | Unlike mercury-gilding , there is no positive analytical evidence which can identify gold leaf , but it can often be recognised when viewed in cross-section at high magnification . |
| 17 | If we think about the basic body plan of a phylum , it can often be seen as a solution to an engineering design problem facing an ancestor , but one which is no longer relevant to most living descendants . |
| 18 | However , it can often be very useful for the formulation chemist to carry out some ad hoc tests on certain aspects of the stability of his/her formulation . |
| 19 | Some people do not suffer such a reaction when taking such prescribed tablets as penicillin but , for those who do , it can often be relieved by regular eating of natural yoghourt for the duration of the course of treatment . |
| 20 | Even if a command has already been executed it can often be undone . |
| 21 | One intriguing aspect of illness is that it can often be ‘ cured ’ — at least temporarily — by any form of medical attention . |
| 22 | It can often be a mistake to team up an easy-going person with a dominant horse , because more often than not the horse will run rings round its rider . |
| 23 | Obviously there are no simple solutions to a difficult relationship with a demanding parent , but it can often be kept ticking over on a mixture of kindness and firmness and a refusal on your part to come out of your corner for a fight every time she chooses to ring the bell . |
| 24 | Broken paving is one of the cheapest materials for path and patio work , and it can often be bought from local authorities who have re-paving projects in hand . |
| 25 | It 's likely to be poor quality but selectively ripped up , it can often be utilised for carcasing or backing . |
| 26 | Eye contact is one strong means of signalling , and in British culture ( in very general terms ) it can often be observed that speakers look away during their turn and then look their interlocutor in the eye at the end . |
| 27 | In general , it can often be difficult for us to be sure just what is going on in supposed examples of communication . |
| 28 | Moreover , while ‘ ideology ’ retains , from the weight of linguistic usage , the sense of organized beliefs ( whether formal and conscious or pervasive and dissolved ) , it can often be supposed that such systems are the true origin of all cultural ( and indeed other social ) production . |
| 29 | When a craftsman adds his father 's name to his signature it can often be shown that the father was a craftsman too ( e.g. above , p. 34 ) ; and the practice may regularly have meant that . |
| 30 | This is because it can often be easier to sue on a specific warranty than on a general warranty . |