Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] or can be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Network statistics and error levels can be reported or can be configured to disable a port automatically , isolating problems before they affect the rest of the network . |
| 2 | ‘ And should any other prince or captain , Christian or infidel , of whatever law or sect or condition he may be , pretend to any right to these lands and seas , I am ready and prepared to deny him and to defend them in the names of the Kings of Castile present and future , whose is this empire and the dominion of these Indies , islands and mainland , northern and southern , with their seas , in the arctic pole as in the antarctic , on both sides of the equinoctial line , within and without the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn — so that each thing and part of it belong and appertain most completely to Their Highnesses and to their successors , as I declare more at length by writ setting forth all that may be said or can be said and alleged in behalf of their royal patrimony , now and for all time so long as the world shall last until the final universal judgement of all mortals . ' |
| 3 | So they 've actually got to be making something that 's that can be sold or can be sold in the near future if they . |
| 4 | I think that , that there 's a o , clearly a very different history behind erm the use of women as sex objects and the use of men as sex objects , and a fundamental difference is that erm the , the background to erm using women as sexual objects in pornography or in prostitution is that is sexual violence , the wo the women can be raped or can be beaten i i in a sexual way and and that simply is not the case with men who are used as sexual objects . |
| 5 | out , and work for is used or can be used |
| 6 | In that case he said : As I understand it , the essence of this branch of law , whatever the origin of it may be , is that a person who has obtained information in confidence is not allowed to use it as a springboard for activities detrimental to the person who made the confidential communication , and springboard it remains even when all the features have been published or can be ascertained by actual inspection by any members of the public . |
| 7 | Any criteria can be used in this situation , provided , of course , that the data on which decision are made have been captured or can be sourced . |