Example sentences of "can [be] [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From these can be gathered a handful of needle-thin stuff that can be pushed into a pocket while you collect slightly thicker material . |
| 2 | Beside it is a small round table on which can be seen a photograph of my wife and me with our three elder children ; then there is an armchair also with a long seat and a dark-blue dog bed for our two spaniels beside another table with books and magazines . |
| 3 | The grounds of the public library at Wallington seem an unlikely setting for industrial remains , but here can be seen a preserved section of tramway used by the Surrey Iron Railway , the first tramway built as a transport system independent of canal and other industrial transport . |
| 4 | Beyond can be seen a mixture of walkers , mounted and dismounted cyclists and even the occasional moped ( Figure 6.29 ) . |
| 5 | A little way up on the left hand side is the Museum Dr Frederico Freitas where can be seen a large exhibition of engravings and porcelain . |
| 6 | To the left can be seen a passing train on the Romsey to Eastleigh line . |
| 7 | In the distance can be seen a shimmering blue-green arch with tinges of pink , and beyond this a fuzzy indistinctness . |
| 8 | Moreover , so far as can be seen a Northumbrian hegemony continued to prevail between the Humber and the Forth and across to the west , above and below the Solway from the Mersey to the borders of Strathclyde , at least until the mid-eighth century . |
| 9 | In this new , or at least much heavier , emphasis on fair dealing can be seen a genuine movement away from the primitive assumptions of the age of Commynes and Machiavelli . |
| 10 | Behind him can be seen a picture of the Tibetan director . |
| 11 | Part of the Government 's failure can be seen every week in our constituency surgeries , at which small business people complain about the way in which their firms failed . |
| 12 | Beyond can be seen the outside world of ‘ Natures endless treasurie ’ , with a telescope trained on the heavens . |
| 13 | A few miles from where the tiny ships first ‘ debouched from the Strait ’ is a spot which marks one of the suture-lines of the planet , one of those rare sites where can be seen the brushstrokes of creation . |
| 14 | These cords trail away into the distance , and there can be seen the hands of Drachenfels himself , drawing the essence out of the soul and into his own hands . |
| 15 | In this view from the Round House towards THE SQUARE — a typical contradiction — can be seen the Trocadero on the corner of the substantial block of buildings which replaced the ‘ bankers ’ . |
| 16 | In the foreground can be seen the old-established straw-plait basket shop . |
| 17 | In this paradox can be seen the dilemma experienced by professionals . |
| 18 | Inside there is a piscina and in the bedrooms can be seen the outline of old windows that have been filled and plastered over . |
| 19 | As can be seen the trend analysis once again confirms that although the business is expanding in terms of sales costs are escalating ahead of sales . |
| 20 | In the more elaborate tombs can be seen the manner of domestic interior design , for the rock has been hewn to imitate rafters and ridge-piece . |
| 21 | In S. Vitale , in particular , can be seen the typical combination of subjects in the Bible story depicted next to the Emperor Justinian , his Queen and his Court . |
| 22 | During the eighteenth century diplomats were less irregularly paid than had hitherto been the case and there can be seen the first efforts , though very limited and ineffective ones , to provide them with some systematic professional training . |
| 23 | Here again , however , can be seen the persisting tendency to link the conduct of foreign policy with miscellaneous internal functions ; for the First Secretariat of State , as it was usually known , acquired in 1782 control of the Madrid police . |
| 24 | As can be seen the bulk of binding activity eluted with 1.0M NaCl buffer D ( lanes 13-15 ) . |
| 25 | This can be done a day ahead . |
| 26 | Transfer mixture to a bowl ( all this can be done a couple of hours before ) . |
| 27 | There is a simple reason for its relative anonymity As far as can be ascertained the future of Cotherstone cheese appears to be in the hands of one lady , And she refuses absolutely to communicate with the media . |
| 28 | M oral philosophers are accustomed to start from the individual pursuing his own ends ; at once the question arises ‘ Why should I prefer anyone else 's to my own ? ’ , and until it can be answered the advantage lies with the egoist . |
| 29 | I can be contacted every day this week at Whitelion on 01 837 4836 ( or fax 01 833 0013 ) . |
| 30 | He can be denied the nomination only by an extraordinary blocking coalition of ‘ super-delegates ’ — party bigwigs who make up nearly a fifth of the voting delegates at the convention — and delegates already won by Tsongas and by Brown , plus a handful of delegates ( more than a tenth of the total ) who are already pledged as ‘ uncommitted ’ . |