Example sentences of "[noun pl] can [adv] [be] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Writers and speakers can not be held responsible unless they authorise , or at least foresee , the publication which causes complaint . |
| 2 | The introduction of a job-sharing scheme can be useful in two differing circumstances : first , where there are insufficient full-time posts to meet the number of applicants and , second , when the posts can not be filled due to insufficient numbers . |
| 3 | EPS ( Encapsulated PostScript ) files containing TIFF bit-images can now be displayed on-screen and printed on non-PostScript printers . |
| 4 | They argue that even if male clerical workers can not be considered proletarian because of their upward mobility , this is not true of female clerks . |
| 5 | Standard thin sections required for teaching collections or archive purposes can now be given self-adhesive labels on which can be written all the details of the sample . |
| 6 | Whether lexically unrelated idioms can ever be considered exact translation equivalents , however , is debatable . ) |
| 7 | But he said : ‘ Managers ca n't be held responsible for what players do on the pitch . |
| 8 | Panels can also be supplied unglazed , or in a wide range of plain , patterned , leaded , or thermo-ceramic coloured decorative glass . |
| 9 | And on the other side , subordinate groups have no other recourse than armed revolt if they are deprived of other means of exercising political rights ; or they may find themselves in a situation where their formal rights can only be made effective in practice by the use or threat of violence . |
| 10 | Thus policy based on statistical forecasts can easily be rendered counterproductive . |
| 11 | Leaving aside publications in parts , which are a special problem , books which should contain advertisements can not be reckoned complete without them , so that , if they have been removed or discarded in a rebinding , the value suffers considerably , even though the text is perfect . |
| 12 | ‘ That means the mussels can theoretically be eaten raw , ’ said Mr Horne . |
| 13 | Scholars can now be considered fortunate if they manage to find " one unworked field " , Three years later , McKerrow describes this great period as constituting a " revolution in literary history " in the course of which everything previously taken as axiomatic has been questioned or disproved . |
| 14 | With a little ingenuity , passages which at first sight would appear to require much use of the pedals can often be made playable with very little chromatic alteration , or perhaps none at all , by using enharmonic equivalents of certain notes . |
| 15 | It will be clear from the discussion in the previous two sections on prey size and availability that the species content of prey assemblages can not be considered diagnostic of any particular predator . |
| 16 | Backwards pruning decision points can often be determined off-line by analysing and structuring the problem in a certain way . |
| 17 | Their class origins , too , were rapidly fictionalised , but the notion of a sudden demotic invasion of polite letters can only be called extravagant . |
| 18 | As Lee ( 1984 , p. 5 ) suggests , ‘ on the face of it , the [ FMI ] should mean that ministers can not be held responsible for actions taken by their officials under the new delegated responsibilities ’ . |
| 19 | Refreshment services can normally be made available close to your meeting . |
| 20 | Questions concerning productivity and technical change , the efficiency of investment , likely future trends in employment and output , the consequences of the energy crises and the effect of tax and financial incentives can not be given meaningful answers until reliable estimates of micro level technological parameters have been obtained . |
| 21 | Fourier transform integrals of many other waveforms can also be rendered convergent by this means although it must be appreciated that the technique is not universally successful . |
| 22 | Earthworms can also be stored alive in damp leaf mould placed in an icecream tub which has had small holes punched in the lid . |
| 23 | With reference to the networks under study , the samples can not be considered random as such , because it is not true that all users in the township during the prevalence period had an equal chance of being selected . |
| 24 | Cells can therefore be stained prior to filming , for example in in situ hybridization experiments . |
| 25 | Since many of the extremely ancient rocks in which trilobites can be found are folded or otherwise distorted their remains can often be found twisted or fractured . |
| 26 | The Salvationists associated together ‘ for a purpose which can not be said to be otherwise than lawful and laudable , or at all events can not be called unlawful ’ . |