Example sentences of "can [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are few naturally occurring organisms which have the ability to fix nitrogen from the atmosphere and those that can are prokaryotes ( organisms with no membrane separating the DNA-containing organelles from the rest of the cell ) . |
| 2 | Our culture often regards machines as a male preserve , and girls may need opportunities and encouragement to show that they can be expert in such areas . |
| 3 | Faulty plugs on electrical appliances can be killers — yet most manufacturers , it seems , would rather put their customers at risk from electrocution and fire hazards than pay out less than the pound a time it would cost to supply all their electrical goods with ready-fitted plugs . |
| 4 | Hangovers can be killers , said L-Cpl Lawrence Dickson , four days before Christmas . |
| 5 | The latter can be cone very neatly by drilling a small hole then enlarging it with one of the conical sheet metal drills . |
| 6 | Sadly nothing can be cone without ideas , and ideas need people to produce them , so I extend an appeal to all the people who may read this and pray that God might give each of us the sight to see where we are needed .. |
| 7 | Corinne Gotch , Booksellers Association marketing executive and NBS committee member , commented : ‘ Fewer booksellers are taking part , and so clearly the sale needs to be re-examined from both a bookselling and publishing point of view to see what can be cone to encourage greater participation . ’ |
| 8 | But life with Thomas is n't just a merry-go-round it can be swings and roundabouts . |
| 9 | There can either be an individual winner or there can be teams . |
| 10 | These can be document files containing letters produced with a word processor , database files containing addresses produced with a database , or picture files of artwork for a magazine produced with your favourite drawing package . |
| 11 | ( 6 ) There can be advantages because the scheme binds all the shareholders of the class which has approved it . |
| 12 | She explains : ‘ In practical ways , the deaf-blind can be fare more competent than people think . |
| 13 | These can be forms of avoidance that make it impossible for the couple to look at their marital problems . |
| 14 | And so far there can be doubt who is winning . |
| 15 | Those two aspects mean that a small number of people can be members and they are held in some esteem . |
| 16 | Sponsored silence — it can be bliss ! |
| 17 | Yeah Chorlton can be Chorlton 's on the border of erm oh god |
| 18 | It can be money well spent making the place smarter and safer . |
| 19 | More important , natural selection provides a model of how there can be change towards a kind of fit or harmony , towards structured complexity , which is neither planned nor the result of goal-directed activity . |
| 20 | As well as personal barriers there can be church barriers , such as liturgical practices that militate against any spontaneity in worship . |
| 21 | In others , however , there can be tensions over the relative desirability of volunteers and professionals . |
| 22 | ‘ I hope I can get to 432 soon so that the batting and bowling records can be India 's exclusively for a while before AB gets past Sunny . ’ |
| 23 | The medical aspects can be dementia , sudden blindness , loss of mobility , thrush , shingles , Kaposi 's sarcoma ( a type of cancer ) , weight loss , or any combination of these . |
| 24 | These can be petrol stations with gas facilities added or gas only operations . |
| 25 | There can be gold in those genes . |
| 26 | To create the output , which can be text or graphical , the pen carrier is rotated until the correct colour is in position and then the pen is pressed against the paper . |
| 27 | These files can be text , data , images or programs . |
| 28 | There can be evaluation of validity , positive or negative , without the proper interpretation of ideas . |
| 29 | Unlike MacLink , it can be user programmed for peculiar data formats which can be useful for connecting to systems like the Amstrad PCW . |
| 30 | Combine the processes , or perm the same tresses more than once , and the result can be hair that 's dry , brittle and plagued by split ends . |