Example sentences of "they can [adv] [be] [vb pp] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pitch , of course , gets progressively softer as it is heated , and similarly , since the rocks of the mantle are also at high temperatures — the temperature in the earth increases downwards at a rate of about 30 degrees C per kilometre — they can also be thought of as being rather ‘ soft ’ . |
| 2 | In the new circumstances , ministers may feel justified in taking a little longer to reach their conclusions so that they can not be accused of hasty actions which they might later regret . |
| 3 | What is indubitable is that they are used of effects , that they can not be used of unnecessitated events , and hence that effects as we understand them are not unnecessitated events . |
| 4 | Although sums of money are represented as decimal numbers , they can easily be thought of as pounds and pence , or pence alone : the idea of decimals can therefore be avoided . |
| 5 | So the birds have evolved the habit of flying a couple of hundred kilometres across to Shetland , where they can normally be assured of finding small fish around shorelines which never freeze over . |
| 6 | It is common in El Salvador for political campaigners to hold meetings outside markets , where they can always be assured of a large audience . |