Example sentences of "[adj] can be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The way this government control has come to be accepted as normal and proper can be seen by the irritated reactions of ministers and whips on the odd occasions when something goes wrong . |
| 2 | Biblically , much of what is knowable can be checked , verified , substantiated and confirmed . |
| 3 | While nothing definitive can be concluded from such meagre data , the fact that such examples do seem to suggest different impressions than the to infinitive to speakers of various dialects indicates that they deserve closer attention , especially in the light of a further examination of the passive voice . |
| 4 | Pumpkin seeds — I usually used dried , selecting six of the greenest , but fresh can be used . |
| 5 | Again , environments that make exercising entertaining can be employed , perhaps including some competitive element such as a game or simply a timed response system . |
| 6 | The metric can be taken in the form of the line element ( 6.20 ) with . |
| 7 | Also implied in the drawing is the notion that even the adequate can be improved upon . |
| 8 | Hence bivalves as old as Palaeozoic can be identified with some confidence as ancient burrowers . |
| 9 | Nothing more sad and painful can be experienced or witnessed . |
| 10 | Electrical installations that get wet can be dried out with a hand held hair dryer or fan heater although if any damage is suspected the installation concerned should be checked by a competent electrician before use . |
| 11 | That the two objectives are interdependent can be demonstrated by examining the first objective . |
| 12 | That they were popular can be shown by the water marks on the prints , some of which were reprinted repeatedly for 20 years . |
| 13 | The clocked S-R bistable can be built using the Plugblock layout shown in Fig. 9 . |
| 14 | In the case of the Southern North Sea Basin the Carboniferous can be considered as part of the basement layer . |
| 15 | The transition from returner to returned can be helped by the understanding of colleagues and tutors , but inevitably your success in meeting any new demands made upon you will depend on your own reserves of willpower , assertiveness , give and take , and common sense . |
| 16 | And so , by means of analogies and comparisons , the foreign can be understood in the context of the homely and the familiar . |
| 17 | Even hair which is naturally curly can be transformed because rollers can help to make the existing curls more crisp and structured . |
| 18 | Instead it involves such things as finding new uses for old products or showing how solutions considered impracticable can be made to work . |
| 19 | Then , by watching and joining in with the children 's play , the balance of new and old can be altered as their interests change , without having everything in the water at once . |
| 20 | The importance of temporary jobs as a way back into work for persons who have been unemployed can be seen by reference to both the LFS and PSI 's Unemployed Flow Survey . |
| 21 | Fabrics produced from this fibre are fine , strong and hard-wearing can be washed frequently without the shape and size altering , and can be drip dried . |
| 22 | The state has to be assured that the person being disposed of is the person others say he is , that the manner of his dying can be explained and is legally acceptable . |
| 23 | First , chattels personal can be owned , while real property is held mediately or immediately of the Queen . |
| 24 | Yet there are those in the medical profession who do not have to witness this undignified event and who continue to believe that the impossible can be achieved in every case . |
| 25 | What in the case of Alfred of Wessex is explicit can be inferred for Charles too : the inculcation of wisdom among the nobility was designed to strengthen their commitment to the king . |
| 26 | There are four related conceptual differences between epistemic and perspectival appearances : ( 1 ) Epistemic appearances are subjective , whereas perspectival appearances are objective ; ( 2 ) It makes no sense to say that X appears to be φ to Y but Y does not know it , whereas it does make sense to say that X presents such-and-such a perspectival appearance to the point of view Y occupies but Y does not know it ; ( 3 ) X can appear to be φ to Y only if Y possesses the concept φ : nothing similar can be said about perspectival appearances ; ( 4 ) Epistemic appearances are related to their objects by being true or false of them , whereas perspectival appearances are related to their objects mathematically . |
| 27 | A claim for group relief will be accepted outside the statutory two-year time limit where one of the following can be demonstrated : the Inland Revenue contributed materially to the failure to submit a timely claim ; for reasons beyond his or her control , a person vitally concerned in the making of a claim was not available at a crucial time ; for reasons beyond the claimant company 's or its agent 's control , the need for the claim could not have been perceived before the time limit expires , and the claim was made as soon as reasonably possible in all the circumstances . |
| 28 | A clause similar to the following can be included to achieve this : ( a ) The parties agree to procure that the amount(s) of any payment(s) ( net of corporation tax to the extent that this is not franked by the payment of advance corporation tax payable on the distribution to be made pursuant to this clause ( a ) ) received by the Company pursuant to any claim(s) made under the keyman insurance effected by the Company pursuant to clause … shall as soon as practicable following receipt of such amount(s) by the Company be distributed to the Investor by way of dividend net of any advance corporation tax payable . |
| 29 | This elective can be used to ensure that those data with a value below that specified by elective 4 are mapped . |
| 30 | This means that any of those experiments in plant association which prove to be unsuccessful can be scrapped without too many regrets . |