Example sentences of "they can be [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are open-ended sets , and they can be called sets of phono-lexical alternants . |
| 2 | After about a week they can be given brine shrimp nauplii and microworm , and will also peck at the food offered to the adults . |
| 3 | Indeed , such is the degree of interest in substantial properties offered for sale that the nature of the problem has changed , and a new threat has appeared as developers promise to restore houses if only they can be given planning permission for extensive new building . |
| 4 | The whole scene demonstrates admirably Britten 's approach to words and his understanding of how they can be made vehicles , both for meanings which go beyond their own familiar significations , and for a special kind of music which comes , by some alchemy , from the combination of phonemes and notes . |
| 5 | Pre-cut panels of mirrors sold for hanging on wardrobe or cupboard doors are often surprisingly cheap compared to custom-cut pieces and they can be hung side by side or used in certain places to look like slit windows in a wall . |
| 6 | Yet they can be refused insurance , while younger , less experienced drivers who are a similar risk , get cover as a matter of course . |
| 7 | There are no easy answers , but unless they can be found Europeans run the very real risk of seriously damaging one of the few remaining natural resources available to them . |