Example sentences of "can be [vb pp] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gay women can be absorbed in any aspect of the women 's movement , ’ she says . |
| 2 | They form spontaneously in the waters of our planet without the elaborate ‘ machinery ’ that DNA needs ; and they develop flaws spontaneously , some of which can be replicated in subsequent layers of crystal . |
| 3 | The material for the newspaper reports can be gathered in four main ways . |
| 4 | It is good advice for there is no substitute for the sort of general information that can be gathered in this way . |
| 5 | Hampton Court , Cardinal Wolsey 's splendid palace , can be reached in fifteen minutes by foot . |
| 6 | The coast which offers some splendid walks , can be reached in thirty-five minutes . |
| 7 | I 'll give you a number where I can be reached in any emergency . ’ |
| 8 | The only remedies which can be sought in private actions are private law remedies , that is declarations , injunctions , and damages . |
| 9 | It has been held by the Court of Appeal that the privilege against self-incrimination can be invoked in this context where , accepting the facts as alleged by the plaintiff , there is a reasonable apprehension on the part of the defendant that he might be prosecuted in the United Kingdom . |
| 10 | The board can be represented in two ways : the low level of board positions and pieces , and the higher level of groups . |
| 11 | The stress-strain diagram is shown in figure 13.2(a) , and can be represented in mechanical terms by the model of a weightless spring whose modulus of extension represents the modulus of the material . |
| 12 | Remember that a fortune can be represented in these brides and they themselves are very conscious of their own value . |
| 13 | The effects here can be analysed in three stages . |
| 14 | The distortion resulting from this can be magnified in various ways ; for example , a total or a sub-total within a table will combine the errors in the counts from which it is made up , as will a variable obtained by calculations using affected variables , or by aggregating several Enumeration Districts or wards . |
| 15 | It can be coloured in many shades by adding metal impurities , as the medieval glass-makers knew , who used their scientific skills to bring subtleties of light into the great European cathedrals . |
| 16 | Small finite sets can be exhibited in several ways . |
| 17 | ‘ By ensuring that these inventions can be patented in all Community countries , this measure aims to encourage research in the context of the large market and to help European industry compete on equal terms with its American and Japanese rivals , who already enjoy such a facility ’ , the Commission declared . |
| 18 | Some can be seen in religious paintings , particularly those of the Virgin Mary , the Saints and the Angels . |
| 19 | ( Example : Julian Symons 's widely anthologised short story as if By Magic , about a murder on the pier in which the killer is bound to have horribly bloodied his jacket but where no one can be seen in such a state . |
| 20 | The uneven impact of the debt crisis on developing countries can be seen in each of four groups . |
| 21 | These gestures can be seen in many Persian miniatures , some of them at the British Museum . |
| 22 | It is probably not realised how English this type of gesture has become and can be seen in many English ballets . |
| 23 | The letter ‘ W ’ for Wladislaw can be seen in many of the oratory 's decorations . |
| 24 | Variations in size , shape and colour are merely peculiarities of the original , as can be seen in many other wild and domesticated species . |
| 25 | Variants of this cell system can be seen in many British urban areas . |
| 26 | It is then that a crisis of autonomy can be most nearly identified with a crisis of identity , and can be seen in many an act of teenage rebellion . |
| 27 | The influence of the landscape around Mont-Roig , in southern Catalonia , can be seen in many of the 180 paintings now assembled in Barcelona to mark the centenary of Miro 's birth . |
| 28 | The extreme realism in this tragic adventure ( realism , that is , in the sense of a deliberate emphasis on the unpleasant aspect of adventure ) constitutes a reaction against the essentially optimistic approach to violent events which can be seen in many other branches of adventure-story . |
| 29 | This was used quite commonly and can be seen in many West Country churches . |
| 30 | The resounding clash between two different cultures and legal systems can be seen in modern Malaysia , where the Torrens system — a relic of British colonial rule ( see Chapter 10 , p. 261 ) — exists in a country where Islam is the national religion . |