Example sentences of "[noun] can be bought " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many manufacturers have come to grief on the belief that technical solutions can be bought pre-packaged . |
| 2 | For instance , if 5% Treasury stock can be bought on the market at f50 , the buyer receives f5 a year from the government . |
| 3 | Entering the monastery , the ticket office is on the left and is one of the few places in Prague where good guide books can be bought . |
| 4 | Sets of bars and rollers can be bought from hardware stores for the heaviest furniture and kitchen equipment . |
| 5 | Equi-Strath can be bought by mail order from Cedar health Limited , through selected saddlers , or direct from the Equi-Strath exhibition unit on tour at many County Shows , Breed Society and Club Events . |
| 6 | Round tables and drop-leafs can be bought to act as library tables and sofa tables as described above , or there are large adjustable coffee and cocktail tables which can be raised to dining or lowered to coffee table height as desired . |
| 7 | Marzipan can be bought or home-made ( see page 14 ) . |
| 8 | That vast tracts can be bought and sold as casually as a loaf of bread is immoral . |
| 9 | Eligible bank bills are accepted payable by one of the banks on the Bank of England list whose paper is rediscountable at the Bank of England ( that is , such bills can be bought by the Bank in its money market operations ) . |
| 10 | Maincrop potatoes can be bought in larger quantities provided you store them carefully . |
| 11 | That elected governments find it necessary to bow to the wishes of big privately owned companies , that the organs which so largely shape public opinion can be bought and sold by millionaires and treated by them simply as pieces of private property ( which is ' of course , what they are ) , demonstrates how difficult it is for an active and effective democracy to coexist with monopoly capitalism . |
| 12 | Certain cassette tapes can be bought which are supposed to enable you to experiment with regression yourself . |
| 13 | Ready stiffened and spongeable fabrics especially made for roller blinds can be bought by the metre , and have the additional advantage of being available in widths up to 175cm ( 69in ) , making joins unnecessary except on the widest of windows . |
| 14 | Almost every shape of sofa can now conceal a full-size mattress , and many ordinary beds can be bought with space-saving drawers underneath and be disguised with fitted covers and back cushions . |
| 15 | But if , indeed , higher returns on retirement can be bought at the expense of derisory returns on death , how is it that terminal bonuses play such an important part in the ultimate returns . |
| 16 | Plants can be bought in tens of thousands for 50 cents each in Bangkok , and sold for $10-$15 in the West . |
| 17 | Every Polish town now has its street market , where everything from imported toothpaste to once-unavailable Polish ham can be bought . |
| 18 | Several have been window-shopping , mostly in recession-blighted regions where banks can be bought cheaply . |
| 19 | Blood , for instance , decides in the case of certain army posts , whose incumbents hold them by virtue of family connections , nepotism or favouritism ; but gold gets its due through the circumstance that all army commissions can be bought and sold for coin of the realm ’ ( Marx 1953 ) . |
| 20 | Volumes of Roberts ' prints of Lebanon and Palestine can be bought in stores all over Beirut . |
| 21 | Although Club members will receive this luscious lipstick free of charge with their magazine , Endless Kiss lipsticks can be bought from Avon for £2.99 . |
| 22 | And Mr Gowans went on to criticise the ease with which scanners can be bought to monitor police broadcasts . |
| 23 | The Russians provide good accommodation ( by their standards ) , a car , chauffeur , and access to special food stores where Western goods can be bought . |
| 24 | Two bedroomed flats can be bought by a variety of people . |
| 25 | There is also information on where the local topos/guides can be bought ( that is assuming they are still in stock by the time you get there ) . |
| 26 | There is also a weekly local market where the most marvellous local cheeses and wines can be bought . |
| 27 | Chocolate moulds can be bought by mail order from : |
| 28 | Carpets can be bought now and fitted well before Christmas with no payment before the New Year . |
| 29 | Christmas cards and other gifts can be bought from organisations such as Oxfam , UNICEF and Christian Aid . |
| 30 | All of these items can be bought from department stores . |