Example sentences of "[noun pl] 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | Sets of bars and rollers can be bought from hardware stores for the heaviest furniture and kitchen equipment . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | That vast tracts can be bought and sold as casually as a loaf of bread is immoral . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | Maincrop potatoes can be bought in larger quantities provided you store them carefully . |
| 8 | Certain cassette tapes can be bought which are supposed to enable you to experiment with regression yourself . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Plants can be bought in tens of thousands for 50 cents each in Bangkok , and sold for $10-$15 in the West . |
| 12 | Several have been window-shopping , mostly in recession-blighted regions where banks can be bought cheaply . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | And Mr Gowans went on to criticise the ease with which scanners can be bought to monitor police broadcasts . |
| 16 | The Russians provide good accommodation ( by their standards ) , a car , chauffeur , and access to special food stores where Western goods can be bought . |
| 17 | Two bedroomed flats can be bought by a variety of people . |
| 18 | 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 ) . |
| 19 | There is also a weekly local market where the most marvellous local cheeses and wines can be bought . |
| 20 | Chocolate moulds can be bought by mail order from : |
| 21 | Carpets can be bought now and fitted well before Christmas with no payment before the New Year . |
| 22 | Christmas cards and other gifts can be bought from organisations such as Oxfam , UNICEF and Christian Aid . |
| 23 | All of these items can be bought from department stores . |
| 24 | Sarah , someone who jealously guards her privacy , we bought some of her secrets too , and everyone 's personal details can be bought . |
| 25 | While the functions of the primary and secondary markets differ it is no accident that the financial institutions participating in them are often the same , because an efficient secondary market , in which existing securities can be bought or sold easily , contributes in several important ways to the strength of the primary market . |
| 26 | Taking orders in this way I do not have to lay out large sums on yarn ; the cones can be bought more or less as required . |
| 27 | Complete icing sets can be bought from many kitchenware and department stores , and usually consist of a piping bag and six of the most commonly used nozzles . |
| 28 | The more members there are , and the more that everyday essentials like veget-ables can be bought that way , the better the system becomes . |
| 29 | They 're tempted by a few hundred pounds to go to places such as Amsterdam where cheap and plentiful crugs can be bought and brought back to Britain . |
| 30 | Anxiety may be lessened by information about such things as a mobile shop where stationery and newspapers can be bought ; ward arrangements for collection and delivery of mail ; for making and receiving telephone calls , and for visiting . |