Example sentences of "[conj] can often be " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time it can reverse completely the power/information balance that can often be a problem in counselling . |
| 2 | I be they 've never played Turrican or Creatures otherwise they 'd be gobsmacked , especially the console owners who pay about £40 for games that can often be completed in a few hours ! |
| 3 | That such an organism existed , or exists , has been the subject of much speculation by palaeobiologists and geochemists interested in the origin of the so-called banded iron formations ( BIFs ) ; these are sedimentary ores typically composed of alternating layers of silica- and iron-rich minerals that can often be traced as discrete units over hundreds of kilometres . |
| 4 | It is widely listened to and remarkably cheap , with an impact that is greater than can often be obtained in newspapers . |
| 5 | Some of the most valuable ones do not themselves appear in other listings , and can often be found only through the institution that produced them ( the importance of organizations being a recurrent theme in subject bibliography ) . |
| 6 | It is noisy and can often be located by a loud drumming sound made by the bird hammering its bill on wood . |
| 7 | He has always appreciated the finer things in life and can often be seen lunching at London 's Savoy Grill . |
| 8 | He dwells in a high tower looking down on the metropolis and can often be seen flying high above it on his War Griffon Stormwing . |
| 9 | These are long-winded phrases and can often be replaced by a single word or left out without loss of meaning . |
| 10 | With bigger overheads , these have to charge economical fees and can often be undercut by the medium agencies in doing exactly the same programme of work . |
| 11 | ( Curling at the edges is not necessarily a fault , and can often be a sign that the rug has been very finely and tightly knotted , but unless the curling is rectified , usually be sewing leather strips along the edges , the rug may suffer uneven wear and tear . ) |
| 12 | Effluent in rural areas is usually discharged visibly into watercourses and can often be traced without much difficulty to its source . |
| 13 | We may conclude that although elicitation of syntactic data presents methodological problems , those problems are not insuperable and can often be solved by a little ingenuity . |
| 14 | Common and can often be successfully treated |
| 15 | Beware also of the apostrophe which leaps about and can often be found in " mea n't " ( sic ) meant ! |
| 16 | This correction is small and can often be neglected . |
| 17 | When used with the bare infinitive , it denotes a direct experiencing of , and so contemporaneity in time with , an occurrence and can often be replaced by see — although it denotes perception in a more abstract way than the latter — or by have in its experiential sense : ( 93 ) Rather surprised to find them break fence at this season . |
| 18 | Communication does not necessarily involve words but can often be non-verbal too . |
| 19 | It requires a lot of hard talking to go abroad to film these days : the main justification is for filming out of season — this is sometimes essential , but can often be avoided by good planning . |
| 20 | Young students , recently away from home , are seen as the most susceptible to the attractions of someone in power with an impressive mind , but can often be disappointed by the person who comes with it . |