Example sentences of "can be [verb] into [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Silk is also used as a foundation material ; it is extremely strong , keeps its shape , and can be spun into very fine strands , but because of its cost it is only used when exceptionally fine knotting is required . |
| 2 | Because social changes which can be fitted into comparatively lengthy processes are yoked together with some structures in a single category , much of the history of conjonctures consists in relating one to another . |
| 3 | The syntactic structure also defines intermediate complexes , such as ‘ the cat ’ and ‘ on the mat ’ , which , when appropriately combined , yield the global meaning of the sentence , but which themselves can be decomposed into more elementary parts . |
| 4 | But field staff may have their suspicions and these can be translated into more frequent monitoring of the suspects in the hope of ‘ catching them at it ’ . |
| 5 | At the other end of the scale , the most rambling and unplanned holiday and family videos can be edited into quite watchable movies provided that they contain material which can be re-ordered into some semblance of continuity . |
| 6 | Then in the machine shop we mill and grind them and bore holes in them so that they can be assembled into more complex products , like engines . |