Example sentences of "can be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , their use to the d-i-yer can be worth the £50–£100 investment . |
| 2 | Under such circumstances a ticket can be worth less to its owner than to somebody else ; if so , a sale will benefit both parties . |
| 3 | And once in your hand , a patent can be worth its weight in diamonds — so treat it with care and remember the case of Walter Hunt . |
| 4 | Today , the rarest US election buttons can be worth more than £7,500 . |
| 5 | Lorries go from £50 to £1,000 and rare pre-war Dinkys can be worth even more . |
| 6 | It 's surprising just how much that interest can be worth to you over the full period of your course . |
| 7 | By contrast , a small saving in purchasing costs can be worth considerably more in terms of equivalent sales value . |
| 8 | Although the formula means that the higher the validity the greater the return , it also means that selection tests can be worth using even when their validity is low , so long as their cost is also low . |
| 9 | But if a passage you have written seems confused , yet you think it says basically what you want it to say , it can be worth moving elements by changing around active and passive constructions ( or experimenting with cleft and pseudo-cleft constructions , which are described above , Chapter 3 , p. 64 ) . |
| 10 | The Deer can be worth anything from £200 for a hind , to £500 for a mature stag . |
| 11 | Occasionally , it can be worth while to vary the style . |
| 12 | I am asked if I can be on standby if transport is needed ? |
| 13 | The Social Services department has a variety of equipment which can be on free loan to you if you are assessed to need it . |
| 14 | I knew that my presence annoyed him , and if I 'd stop to nurse hurt feelings , I 'd travel home each night on the el , lonely and defeated , in the way one can be on a train . |
| 15 | Entries , which must not exceed 2,000 words , can be on any subject , fact or fiction and there is a separate section for poetry . |
| 16 | Entries can be on a postcard laid out in the manner of the entry coupon . |
| 17 | Entries can be on a postcard laid out in the manner of the coupon . |
| 18 | ‘ With the bikes we can be on the road in 15 minutes . |
| 19 | If there are new housing developments in the neighbourhood contact the builder to see if copies can be on display in show homes . |
| 20 | This , a particularly wide and extraordinarily far-reaching implication , obviously lurks within the interstices of the decision in Corbett Ormrod J. was no doubt acutely aware of what a decision in favour of Miss Ashley could be construed as meaning , even if in fact it were limited , it can be on the arguments advanced above , to its particular and very u usual facts . |
| 21 | The systematic model of teaching illustrates how influential correctly used objectives can be on the whole teaching process from planning to assessment , and demonstrates the need for extreme care in choosing them . |
| 22 | If , as is the case in most households , only one room can be spared for her , it will be greatly to everyone 's advantage if it is big enough to take her bed , wardrobe and dressing-table , and other necessary items of furniture plus two comfortable armchairs and a television set and radio , so that she can be on her own when she likes , with her favourite programmes ( which may not always be yours ) and able to entertain a friend in the privacy of her own small domain when she wants to , with familiar things around her which help her to preserve her identity and links with the past . |
| 23 | So that the nanny can be on call night and day , the bedroom in the flat connects with the main part of the house and is next to the nursery . |
| 24 | Equitable Life Assurance Society in Guernsey ( 0481 716021 ) has designed International Investment Plan written under Guernsey life law and which can be on joint lives ; while International Personal Pension Plan written under Guernsey pensions legislation can only be written on a single life . |
| 25 | So not only can a back bencher shout the odds for the fur trade , the police , the bookies or whoever in exchange for money but worse , the chairman of the Home Affairs Committee can be on the payroll of a private security firm without anyone thinking there might be the tiniest conflict . |
| 26 | Some LEAs are in the process of major reorganization themselves , so that heads can be on the receiving end of a stream of directives and initiatives that contradict and countermand each other quicker than they can be assimilated . |
| 27 | And it has installed control software to ensure that engineers can be on site in four hours if necessary . |
| 28 | Study can be on a full-time or part-time basis , from one to three years . |
| 29 | The gallery 's present director , Nicholas Serota , is facing up to the fact that today , excluding the Turners , only one-fifth of the collections can be on display at any time . |
| 30 | 10 minutes by car you can be on Woolacombe 's fabulous 3 mile beach . |