Example sentences of "[conj] can be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Alongside the priority given to food and fuel goes a restriction of expenditure on items which are — or can be treated as — individual and less essential , like clothes , shoes , private transport and leisure . |
| 32 | When it is argued that because the British Parliament is now under the control of the executive , nothing should or can be done to alter the situation , this denies the capacity of politicians and the public to remedy defects in their own institutions . |
| 33 | No one will deny we face a difficult situation ; no one will say the answers are easy or very obvious , or can be developed without the maximum cooperation between clergy and laity , parishes and deaneries with the diocese and between themselves and lots of goodwill and prayer . |
| 34 | In many instances , however , a related or competitive product of a similar type which is known to , or can be presumed to , exhibit satisfactory stability under market conditions , can often be included and can provide valuable help in the evaluation of the test data . |
| 35 | Although there is no rule requiring them to do so , many district judges scrutinize the defences in small claims matters to see : ( 1 ) if they are viable and if not to make appropriate directions including a striking-out order and a requirement for a " full and proper " defence to be filed ; ( 2 ) if the matter can immediately be set down for arbitration with appropriate directions ; ( 3 ) if a PTR is necessary or can be dispensed with . |
| 36 | Similarly , the techniques and tools of structured systems analysis can be incorporated into the conventional approach or can be seen as forming part of an alternative methodology for applications development . |
| 37 | As we pointed out then , although a stretch of discourse can appear to be largely concerned with a single individual , or one discourse subject , so that the discourse may be loosely reported as being ‘ about ’ that individual , this should not lead us to claim that all discourses are about single individuals or can be given convenient one-word titles . |
| 38 | Any material gathered on board the craft can either be recorded and saved as evidence or can be transmitted directly to the police control room . |
| 39 | Faxes can be saved in order to be printed later or can be sent to other system subscribers — again using the keypad on a touch tone phone . |
| 40 | Most of the arithmetic and logical operations discussed in the previous chapter are ( or can be reorganized as ) binary operations ; that is , they require two operand values . |
| 41 | These are usually determined by the conductivity measured under controlled conditions , the instrument used giving readings that indicate , or can be related to , the content of dissolved salts in the water . |
| 42 | Aggravations are minimised , or can be regulated . |
| 43 | If a project grinds to a premature halt , the tutor must first evaluate if sufficient evidence has or can be generated for assessment purposes . |
| 44 | If sufficient evidence is available or can be generated on what has been achieved , the student should be made aware of this and be advised to prepare to communicate the findings . |
| 45 | The twin handled grill pan pulls forward horizontally to a safety stop position or can be lifted out altogether . |
| 46 | The rules break down , or can be circumvented , both within disciplines and between them . |
| 47 | Ideally , in the interests of spontaneity , the normal lighting , whether artificial or daylight , will be adequate or can be supplemented without too much fuss . |
| 48 | These will appear spontaneously in the water , airborne , or can be added in the form of proprietary ‘ starters ’ . |
| 49 | They can live in hot springs , or can be dredged from the deepest abyssal depths of the ocean ; the latter are grotesque gargoyles that seem to belong in the paintings of Heironymus Bosch . |
| 50 | The second layer can be added as a separate , usually movable , pane inside your existing window ( known as secondary glazing ) , or can be provided by fitting a twin-wall sealed glazing unit in place of the usual single pane . |
| 51 | Sensitive and controversial topics often occur naturally in the conversation , or can be introduced in what appears a casual manner , because the social context encourages this . |
| 52 | ‘ It being the same consciousness that makes a man be himself to himself , personal identity depends on that only , whether it be annexed only to one individual substance , or can be continued in a succession of several substances . ’ |
| 53 | It may be spontaneous or can be induced by a Mallory-Weiss tear , instrument trauma , anti-coagulant treatment , and haematologic malignancies . |
| 54 | It is hoped that , by 1993 , European symbols will be marked on consumer goods demonstrating if they are reusable or can be recycled . |
| 55 | Tertiary qualities are those arrangements which change , or can be changed by , the corpuscular arrangements of other things . |
| 56 | It 's excellent for the size of car , conveniently shaped and the back seat splits or can be removed entirely . |
| 57 | Some of the ‘ trapped ’ learn that a trap is not so bad after all ; some traps can prove quite comfortable or can be modified to suit the individual . |
| 58 | The question as to what is , or can be considered to be , productive and unproductive labour , and productive and unproductive consumption , has been the subject of hot debate , going back to Adam Smith and beyond . |
| 59 | The sale of the shares is subject to the caveat emptor ( buyer beware ) principle ; unless the offeror can obtain express warranties and indemnities , or can be considered sufficiently proximate to the target 's directors and their advisers to found liability for negligent misstatement ( see para 20.1 below ) , there will be no redress if the target has unforeseen liabilities which make it less valuable than the offeror was led to believe . |
| 60 | Some spotlights have a magnetic backplate so that they can be attached to any surface and pointed in any direction or can be set to swivel around inside a container . |