Example sentences of "they can be [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If their driving is hazardous enough they can be charged with dangerous driving and tried before magistrates or even a crown court . |
| 32 | They can be moved to other projects in these intervals , improving departmental productivity . |
| 33 | Although these are not paraphrases , they can be regarded as stylistic variants in a more liberal sense : as alternative conceptualizations , or ways of " making sense " of the same event . |
| 34 | Index cards are easily handled and shuffled ; they can be kept in alphabetised boxes , come in different colours , and can have a topic , keyword or reference written at the top , as an indication of what is on the card . |
| 35 | Moreover , specimens can be handled with sufficiently fine hand drawn micropipettes and , providing the specimens are handled quickly , they can be left in unsophisticated media without serum or gassing . |
| 36 | Keeping the index record size down is helpful because if the inverted indexes are small they can be held in main storage , and so cut search times down to a minimum . |
| 37 | The notion that they can be judged by Libyan law wherever they are , because they are Libyans by birth and can not alter that by acts of will , seems to underlie the government 's policies of clandestine homicide towards them . |
| 38 | They can be emulated by other languages . |
| 39 | Having tried out these various methods you might consider them too time-consuming to use for large areas but they are so attractive that they can be put to good use as trimmings . |
| 40 | They can be bought from surgical and dental supply companies and some mail order firms sell them as well . |
| 41 | But even they can be thwarted by strong security measures . |
| 42 | Those extreme inductivists , the logical positivists , went so far as to say that theories only have meaning insofar as they can be verified by direct observation . |
| 43 | There is disagreement , however , whether or not they can be interpreted as lateral time equivalents of one another . |
| 44 | They can be added to stir-fry vegetables at the end of cooking or served as an accompaniment . |
| 45 | Their remains are commoner from the Mesozoic onwards , and at some levels , as in the Cretaceous chalk , they can be found in considerable numbers . |
| 46 | They can be had in bright colours , like the new Eheim or more laid-back , like the new Interpet . |
| 47 | If these agents alone are not completely successful , they can be combined with other agents such as diuretics but , once again , perhaps thiazides are best avoided in diabetics and frusemide used as an alternative . |
| 48 | They can be supplemented by biographical dictionaries . |
| 49 | Capital costs , in terms of dealing rooms , finance for underwriting , expertise , etc. , may be high , but those specific to eurobonds are rather low , because they can be adapted from other sectors such as domestic corporate bonds . |
| 50 | They can be acquired from other people and any form of interpersonal contact may allow microorganisms to be transmitted from one person to another . |
| 51 | They can be gained at the expense of time spent on clients with other problems ( as will be seen in Chapter 4 ) or they can be derived from additional funding earmarked for the purpose . |
| 52 | Second , they can be qualified by relative clauses : ( 26 ) the rudest , which was very rude indeed , is best forgotten now the longest that I have ever seen was about two metres and a half ( 27 ) the fragrant , which comes from Japan , is a splendid choice the triangular which you wanted has been sold |
| 53 | Filing is a process of systematically classifying and storing records so that they can be produced without unreasonable delay . |
| 54 | They can be subjected to verbal and physical abuse and sexual harassment is all too common . |
| 55 | They can be allocated to other projects in the inactive periods provided that this is done in a proper manner . |
| 56 | Although the second- and third-years do n't officially come back until next week , Puddephat 's tutees have been called back early so they can be allocated to new people quickly . |
| 57 | They do not in themselves betoken infection , although they can be taken as indirect evidence of infection in many cases . |
| 58 | They can be resolved into various oscillations about the equilibrium structure . |
| 59 | They can be hired by individual groups with specific needs/goals or you can join them for days on plastic or longer courses on snow . |
| 60 | The University may consider applications from overseas candidates received after the normal closing date of 15 December , but candidates should make early application through UCAS , so that they can be informed in good time of any further qualifications required before they can be considered for admission . |