Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] can be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Single-note harmonics only can be played by the right hand . |
| 2 | ( Remember that personal names , privileges , addresses etc. can be changed , but LIFESPAN user names and their position in the hierarchy can never be changed . ) |
| 3 | The infusion alone can be taken internally ( sweetened with honey ) and is good for the complexion , poor circulation and for ulcers . |
| 4 | They glow in the dark so can be used as a practical yet fashionable way of making drivers aware of children in the dark . |
| 5 | The Blackshard here can be destroyed in the same way as before ( see New Magic ) , with the same effects . |
| 6 | Modernism then can be defined as the absence of externally imposed order on aesthetic practices . |
| 7 | Like all the other uses of see + to infinitive denoting inference , the sentence above can be paraphrased by means of a that- clause : ( 53 ) It might be soon , for I can see that Mrs Bonner is breaking visibly . |
| 8 | It is hoped that the run down can be achieved by voluntary severance and redeployment . |
| 9 | Gauthier has revived the Hobbesian argument that political authority and indeed morality generally can be founded on rational self-interest . |
| 10 | Often a random pattern is adopted and on observation the cleaner often can be seen to cover some parts of an area many times yet miss others . |
| 11 | The effects here can be analysed in three stages . |
| 12 | A few miles from where the tiny ships first ‘ debouched from the Strait ’ is a spot which marks one of the suture-lines of the planet , one of those rare sites where can be seen the brushstrokes of creation . |
| 13 | Models too can be constructed to give a view of both the interior and exterior of a structure . |
| 14 | Action : 100 packages only can be updated and approved in a single run of Update Baseline — update the package structure in portions |
| 15 | The leaves and soil around plants outside can be treated with one of the above chemicals or with Gamma BHC Dust . |
| 16 | In being ambitious in specific spheres men in the external world have only limited pleasures whereas if one embraces the whole of nature more can be enjoyed . |
| 17 | Cuttings that should come to everybody 's attention quickly can be pinned to the library noticeboard or contained in a monthly newsletter . |
| 18 | Office organisations also can be considered as systems . |
| 19 | Given that so much of the enthusiasm for ‘ law and order ’ in Britain has been marshalled by the Conservative Party during the late 1970s , a simple impression of how different things were ( or were not ) twenty years ago can be gleaned from the business of Conservative Party conferences in the two periods . |
| 20 | So , er er aggression again can be seen as a demand placed on the ego by the id , or for erm release as it were , when an ego erm goes and does something that , that releases the aggression . |
| 21 | The claim that no spelling unit smaller than the word but bigger than the grapheme is used when we read non-words aloud can be tested with non-words like gean , geak , and gead . |
| 22 | IF a country 's international standing really can be measured by its performances in the sporting arena , Britain is in an even worse mess than the bad tempered Commons row between John Major and his former Chancellor suggests . |
| 23 | Your ticket to a great night out can be obtained from the Birmingham Convention and Visitor Bureau Ticket Shop and Tourist Information Centre located in City Arcade in the centre of Birmingham , or from our new Ticket Shop in Birmingham 's Central Library in Chamberlain Square . |
| 24 | Thus it is assumed that the attitude-holder might possess certain beliefs , whose content implicitly can be taken as a criticism of counter-stances , but these stances may not yet have been historically realized in argument . |
| 25 | Hence most provenance studies are of ceramic and stone materials , where the composition and microstructure of the basic raw materials is relatively unaffected by the manufacturing process , although we will see that metals too can be provenanced in some circumstances . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , in areas where a carbonate platform is developed , as in N.E. England and the southern North Sea , a similar model to that applied to Z2 and Z3 Carbonates presumably can be used , and it should be possible to make tentative predictions of porosity distribution from isopach maps ( Fig. 4a ) . |
| 27 | This is a means whereby analogue signals like guitar , vocals etc. can be converted to digital and inputted to computer storage , to be sequenced and looped or whatever digital hocus pocus takes your fancy . |
| 28 | Maybe the use of certain instruments or lotions , machinery etc. can be discussed giving the new member a wider knowledge ? |
| 29 | If you want to protect areas of your picture from accidental damage a window facility is provided and only the area inside can be edited while the window is active . |
| 30 | EXAMPLE Calculate the standard molar enthalpy of formation of carbon monoxide from the following informtion : SOLUTION We can apply Hess 's law in the form of equation ( 12 ) to the second reaction , and obtain Thus by rearranging the equation above we obtain The information in the example above can be summarised in the form of an enthalpy diagram ( see figure 5.10 ) . |