Example sentences of "can be [verb] like [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sinfulness in life can been seen like that too . |
| 2 | They are commodities whose exchange can be analysed like that of any other . |
| 3 | If both primary and secondary stress need to be marked it can be done like this : demonstration . |
| 4 | Clinicians could perhaps reduce the transmission of anxiety to disabled or ill children by more positive reassurance and support to their parents , and by helping parents whose children have recovered from complications at birth to realise that they are no longer in any danger and can be treated like other children . |
| 5 | The ways in which we communicate in face-to-face interaction can be summarised like this : |
| 6 | So you can , can be split like that , |
| 7 | This means that it can be certified like any other homebuilt , and a pilot with a single engine rating can fly it ( although through an anomaly the time counts as twin time in his or her logbook ) . |
| 8 | The SRP60N ribber can be set like this , but you can also use the autoset lever to produce a fabric that has only a single colour on the reverse . |
| 9 | Far Eastern lacquer , or urushi is a poisonous exudate from the stems of the lacquer tree , or varnish sumach ( Toxicodendron verniciflua , also known as Rhus verniciflua ) , which can be tapped like those of rubber trees . |
| 10 | The strength of any particular syllable can be measured by counting up the number of times an s symbol occurs above it ; the levels in the sentence shown above can be diagrammed like this ( leaving out syllables that have never received stress at any level ) : |
| 11 | Whether PLV or RTV , once inserted in the CD-ROM database , the DVI file can be retrieved like any other data element . |
| 12 | It is as if the idea of the moment can be compressed like those flowers that we as children used to press between the pages of a book ; that they can be set like a jewel in the mind or as a picture in the mind 's gallery . |