Example sentences of "can be [vb pp] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since a sentence plus its context of use can be called an utterance , Katz 's suggestion amounts to the idea that a pragmatic theory is a function whose domain is the set of utterances and whose range is the set of propositions . |
| 2 | Waiting is the most wearisome of all activities — if , indeed , it can be called an activity . |
| 3 | It is also worth noting here that the only mid-Tertiary movements in northern Europe that can be called an orogeny are in Spitsbergen , where we find the last expression of an Atlantic compressive line clearly preserved down the west coast , presumably reflecting the continued grinding together of the northernmost tip of the European plate with that of Greenland . |
| 4 | He said : ‘ This will mean children can be given an introduction to sensible drinking in the company of their parents . |
| 5 | PAMELA : [ aside ] Sure 't is impossible he can be made an agent in this foul conspiracy . |
| 6 | Lawrence Weaver , whose work as an author had contributed much to Lutyens 's recognition as an architect , wrote of the Dolls ' House in 1924 that ‘ The planning of a strictly symmetrical house like this is one of the shrewdest tasks that can be set an architect . ’ |
| 7 | But the lyricism of the character ‘ Klima ’ can be considered an element in the lyricism of Ivan Klima , and be thought to encounter there its own critique . |
| 8 | In the meantime the female can be considered an intruder and be treated as such . |
| 9 | In several respects , control of neural tube defects can be considered an example of how research into congenital abnormalities has progressed more generally . |
| 10 | One insider believes the COSE firms have not yet decided whether to level the playing field at this technology point , or if systems management can be used an excuse for competitive advantage without hurting their collective drive against Microsoft Corp Windows NT . |
| 11 | One insider believes that the Common Open Software Environment firms have not yet decided whether to level the playing field at this technology point , or if systems management can be used an excuse for competitive advantage without hurting their collective drive against Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT : ‘ Do they want to solve the problem is the question ? ’ asks the source , who is afraid that ‘ systems management was a COSE epitaph . ’ |
| 12 | There are many levels of creativity , from craftsmen all the way to poetic sages ; even the creation of a good joke can be deemed an act of creation . |