Example sentences of "and can be " in BNC.

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1 Sculptures in cities are a part of cultural history , and can be the symbols by which the cities are known or remembered .
2 But they are brought together , in successive books , by the force of this preoccupation , and the reader has to make what he can of the resemblance between two figures quite remote from one another in any coarser understanding of the matter , to do this while adjusting his sight to a vista of copycats , impostors and successive interpretations — a vista which is far from unfamiliar now and can be caught , for instance , in the productions and reproductions of contemporary literary theory .
3 The speech is short but very telling and can be effective in a solo audition , even though the actual scene does involve other characters .
4 Stage fright is something else — but it is usually self-induced and can be overcome , finally , with much rehearsal practice .
5 Writing your own pieces can be very exciting — if you have a talent for writing — and can be more suitable to show off your personal talents .
6 In the end a false and depressing view of what man is and can be .
7 The package IMS 90 , runs under any industry-standard operating system and can be used with EPoS devices .
8 It is packaged in 2kg tubs and can be spread straight from the fridge .
9 The serving machines are available in a selection of sizes and can be leased or purchased .
10 The boneless turkey crown is packaged in 4kg sections and can be machine sliced .
11 You are never far away from the decision-making in this kind of work , so you learn how to manage a whole range of areas and can be involved at a high level relatively quickly . ’
12 As song as you look after them , heavy soils will never let you down in a drought , will be naturally fertile and can be made to suit the widest range of plants .
13 The slugs obligingly congregate beneath the citrus dome and can be gathered for disposal .
14 Leaf miner grubs are usually found at the end of their meandering tunnels in leaves and can be squeezed between your thumbnails .
15 Check that the chemical will in fact control the pest and can be used on the affected plant .
16 Later , when the wind has picked up , the gliders weathercock round and can be free to tip over so that the into-wind wing is upwards .
17 A few seconds later the glider is unstalled and can be brought level and back to normal flight with the normal use of the controls .
18 Sniffing is also a cheap and easy substitute for alcohol and can be a pleasurable experience .
19 This risk to promotion chances is well understood and can be clearly illustrated .
20 Meanwhile , as Reiner ( 1985 ) suggests , the politicization of the police has proceeded at a pace , and can be illustrated by their growing willingness to respond to political dissent as a form of ‘ crime ’ or deviancy .
21 Also , bear in mind that traces of drugs remain in the system and can be detected for some time after you have stopped taking them .
22 Some of them are still exogenous and can be modified only by varying the stimulus , but some of them now seem to depend mainly on the way the subject is processing the stimulus .
23 Work such as that of Young et al ( 1988 ) has even shown us how something that was traditionally assumed to be as intangible and subjective as the nature of conscious awareness itself can be disrupted by physical damage to the brain and can be successfully studied by the observational techniques of cognitive psychology .
24 This wall mounted unit can also be mounted on a trolley ( above ) , and can be fitted with a remote switching unit .
25 A common modern technique is similar to guitar finger style using a CC-G-C or a similar fifth and octave tuning which gives greater versatility without re-tuning and can be further extended by the introduction of an extra fret between the 6th and 7th .
26 At £211.20 + VAT for the full kit of 17 tools , each tool averages £12.42 , and can be purchased individually .
27 If the dead person wanted to be buried outside the parish where they lived , the permission of the local clergy must be sought , and can be refused , unless there is space in an existing grave that the family intended for the dead person .
28 A Winter Warmthline — run by Age Concern , Help the Aged and Neighbourhood Energy Action provides information on heating and can be contacted on Freephone 0800 289404 .
29 The standard charge is set by the local council , and can be zero , one half , equal to , one and a half or twice the cost of the personal community charge in the area .
30 It is probably not realised how English this type of gesture has become and can be seen in many English ballets .
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