Example sentences of "can it [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 What is it and how can it be stopped ?
2 The end bottom line to all this is ho can it be stopped ?
3 It is this feature which , more than anything else , makes the Aircoupe safe , being impossible to stall , nor can it be spun : you simply can not get the angle of attack to a high enough value .
4 Can it be upgraded to at least 16Mb to take advantage of future software ?
5 4 ) What back-up in terms of advice and maintenance is available e.g. if the microcomputer breaks down , can it be attended to locally or will there be a delay ?
6 Can it be lost ?
7 Nor can it be concluded that this state of affairs is anything other than unfair to residential workers and the institutions they serve in order to help young people .
8 Japanese success story : Can it be repeated in the UK ?
9 Nor can it be decided exclusively because of changed values and attitudes of society towards women , significant though these are .
10 Can it be done at a different time ?
11 Can it be done at a different place ?
12 Can it be done ?
13 How realistic is the job , can it be done properly anyway ?
14 Can it be done ?
15 Can it be done ? ’
16 Can it be done ?
17 Can it be done ?
18 Can it be related to a system with a biological purpose ?
19 Can it be related in any way to their own experience ?
20 Can it be demonstrated that what at first sight appears to be a paradigm case of indigenous , national forces dispossessing transnational corporations , is in fact a clear illustration of the emergence of the transnational capitalist class in Nigeria ?
21 That general interest is neither an amalgam of , nor a compromise between , the interests of various specific groups , nor , as we saw in our discussion of unanimity , can it be equated , in Benthamite fashion , with the sum of the choices of individuals , acting as individuals .
22 But if religion is beyond speech or predication as Gandhi affirms , can it be hypostasized , or referred to as if it is a referent ?
23 Nor can it be denied that he has done nothing .
24 Is it a coldwater fish , and can it be kept with Goldfish ?
25 On the one hand , there is the precedential weight of a case cited ; in other words , can it be overruled and by whom ?
26 The analogy holds in so far as stylistic competence , like linguistic competence , is a capacity which we possess and exercise unconsciously and intuitively : only with special training can it be turned into explicit knowledge .
27 The disease model simply asks why child abuse occurs and how can it be prevented or reduced .
28 Can it be prevented ?
29 Can it be converted to gif ?
30 The big question is — can it be given back by design ?
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