Example sentences of "can be [vb pp] [adv prt] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes the blockage may be visible from the top of the downpipe and can be hoicked out from the top with a length of stiff wire — try a straightened-out coat hanger . |
| 2 | The first is not a lot of use in an indirect system , since once the mains stopcock has been turned off , most of the water left in the rising main can be drained out from the kitchen tap . |
| 3 | The tin oxide , being relatively heavy , travels only a short distance when carried by a stream of water and can be channelled off from the waste . |
| 4 | After syndication , these warrants can be split off from the bond and traded separately . |
| 5 | You can shoot the material in any order , the edited movie can be built up from the best parts of the recording , and the overall shape of the movie can be finally determined when the material to be retained is known . |
| 6 | Valves are fitted in the hot and cold water supplies so that the water can be cut off from the whole system or from individual branches . |
| 7 | Such herbs can be grown in containers right from the start , or they can be dug up from the garden . |
| 8 | Alternatively the quantities can be taken off from the drawings or extracted from the builder 's estimate . |
| 9 | A break-point can be picked out from the graph of employees in employment ( Figure 2.1(a) ) : 1966 was the peak year for the total number of jobs in the economy . |
| 10 | The descent of property can sometimes be traced over several generations through the archives of the Court Baron , while individual names can be picked out from the lists of freeholders and customary tenants at the beginning of each meeting of the Court Leet . |
| 11 | The consequences of elite control can be read off from the record of policy formulation and implementation in liberal democracies . |
| 12 | Teleologies produce stable narratives in which the meaning of any conjuncture can be read off from the ‘ stage ’ it is supposed to represent in the dynamic unfolding of some ultimate and pre-defined goal . |
| 13 | The idea that control of monetary policy can be hived off from the rest of economic policy is false . |