Example sentences of "can be [verb] [to-vb] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any event , the global figures above are less significant than variations which can be shown to relate to specific categories of children , kinds of learning and classroom contexts . |
| 2 | As locals and lower income groups can be forced to move to other areas or to nearby key settlements where housing is available , the social composition of the community may change . |
| 3 | the word ‘ accent ’ is used elsewhere to refer to different varieties of pronunciation ( e.g. ‘ a foreign accent ’ ) ; it is confusing to use it for a quite different purpose — to a lesser extent we also have this problem with ‘ stress ’ , which can be used to refer to psychological tension . |
| 4 | Those languages which have number and gender distinctions in their pronoun system are less constrained in using this cohesive device , since different pronouns can be used to refer to different entities within a text with less possibility of confusion . |
| 5 | If a conversation gets started which taps into a flow of ideas from the past , sometimes this can be used to relate to current needs . |