Example sentences of "[num] [noun] can [be] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It is scooped shallowly out on the left of the esplanade , and forms an oval more than 200 yards long ; 20,000 people can be in it at any one time .
2 Only one motion can be before the meeting at any time .
3 When considering the effect of outside influences , two aspects can be of crucial importance .
4 At Foxton passing is possible in the middle pound so that two boats can be in movement at the same time .
5 I now turn to the adoption minutes of city hall and now it is a process of in that city hall did not endorse a recommendation from the finance panel , the budget that came from finance panel erm so we are in the slightly unusual position of having to debate the proposals of finance panel as we were recommended to do by city hall , erm that means as I understand it that er the chair of city hall will now present the annual budget statement erm and since he is going to do that in a form of an amendment er that seven other unusual features about the way in which we would normally do it which would mean that there would be er a budget statement and where there would then be the the formal proposals and amendments themself , erm so what I would propose is to try and make sure that everybody has , has maximum opportunity to have their say erm because no two amendments can be on the floor at one time er to take what the leader of the council said first of all erm then to allow the other two leaders to present their budget alternatives as it were , without it be , this is just not did n't take it at that point if they do n't want to .
6 But to present the full scenario and then vote er on the the different items er so that voting is done on items on the amendment before we then proceed er if you want to we just have to go to amendments to that because of course no two amendments can be on the floor at the same time .
7 Duane Rumbaugh 's use of computer keyboards with which two chimpanzees can be in touch with each other in the absence of trainers is , in part , an attempt to bypass these difficulties .
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