Example sentences of "but it can be [verb] " in BNC.

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31 It 's possible to use a normal setup , with amplifier , Power Tool and speaker cabinet , introduce an external preamp into the sound at the same time and DI the sound from the Power Tool direct into a mixer ( that 's possibly a bit over the top , but it can be done ) .
32 I know this sounds too good to be true but it can be done .
33 Practise applying your make-up so that it looks as though you 're not wearing any at all — it 's a real art , but it can be done !
34 The 140 mile main route takes 12 days to complete but it can be done in sections .
35 Not all British private-eye stories match up to their American counterparts , but it can be done .
36 Returning to education at any time is not easy with small children , little money and few available childcare facilities , but it can be done .
37 It 's calculated risk , but it can be done . ’
38 But it can be done . ’
39 It will not be easy to turn this country 's economy round , but it can be done .
40 But it can be done .
41 " A man who wants to talk at large about smoke may have to pick his words very carefully if he wants to exclude the suggestion that there is also a fire : but it can be done . "
42 They come up to meetings which erm , this goes on to say determine not to miss a single spiritual meal both private study , meeting attendance are urgent for all , there 's nothing new here brothers it 's all things that we 've heard before and this is why sometimes we can sort of nod off because we , we sort of think well I 've heard all this before , follow theocratic ways , procedures and policies not always easy to do , but it can be done , recognizing the organization that Jehovah is using keep awake by finding your place in God 's arrangement that is n't that little corner up there , by the way , we 're not talking about that one , but finding our place where we can work for Jehovah wholeheartedly do not quibble about assignments and arrangements I think we 're all guilty of that at some time are n't we ?
43 It is valuable as a means of helping the plaintiff to restore his reputation ( at least when it is reported ) but it can be exploited to present a false picture under the pressure to avoid trial .
44 It 'll always be a sterling fund , but it can be moved into other currencies , or into gilts , as your fund obviously is .
45 Each eye has only a narrow field of view , but it can be swivelled independently to scan over a hemisphere .
46 The Lu-Fan operates quietly over a period of four minutes , switching off automatically , but it can be restarted immediately if required .
47 Also , an important book may be missed since it may deal with several topics but it can be shelved only in one position in the library .
48 As it stands , this maximin problem is not an LP but it can be made into one by observing that it is equivalent to maximising subject to min and the constraints .
49 But it can be made to bulge and glitter with a maestro behind the iris .
50 As it stands , this operation requires three addresses , but it can be made into a two-address operation by making the source and the destination strings the same ; thus the vith entry in the table replaces the ith character in the source string .
51 I shall not pursue the point here , but it can be developed into one of the explanations for why particular arms races stabilize and do not go on for ever — do not lead to predators pursuing their prey at Mach 2 and so on .
52 On its own this principle provides information only about relative output , but it can be extended when used in conjunction with the estimation of the size of a coinage based on counting its dies ( see p. 45 ) .
53 The example sketched out above concerns those relatively high up in the hierarchy , but it can be extended to cover other employees of the body-maker .
54 It was adopted and successfully applied to clone PCR-fragments into the polylinker of the phage M13mp18 , but it can be extended to phagemids .
55 The cost of a relationship can never be totally abolished , but it can be minimised by extending the common interests .
56 But it can be eased .
57 All six bits are used to represent most symbols in the character set , but it can be seen from Figure 2.19 that the digits 0 to 9 are represented by the four numeric digits , with the zone bits set to " 00 " .
58 But it can be seen that , while occupational and income motives are dominant in the Welsh borderland , employment reasons are less important in the Herefordshire survey .
59 Mention has already been made of the significance of national trends in age structure , but it can be seen that these effects can be substantially reinforced at the regional and local level through migration .
60 His Omphalos ( 1858 ) was written in the year before the Origin of Species , so it is not a reply to it ; but it can be seen as a reply in anticipation .
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