Example sentences of "[det] can [be] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In part three ( chapters twelve to fifteen ) our objective is to examine what is involved in helping a person in doubt , and to see how this can be made practical and specific without being mechanical and stereotyped .
2 ( If you find it difficult to diet without enjoying a moderate amount of alcohol , refer to Chapter 11 for advice and guidance on how this can be made possible . )
3 The Stacker device driver is pretty big — 40Kb — and unless this can be loaded high , it 's going to take a big chunk of Conventional memory .
4 To this can be added simple verbal interjections such as , ‘ Yes , I see ’ , ‘ I understand ’ .
5 Having persuaded Eudoxus that Ireland must be reformed , Irenius answers his question as to how this can be accomplished other than by laws and ordinances .
6 They can be crushed to make matzo meal , although this can be bought ready-made in supermarkets or good delicatessens .
7 While most bags have stuff sacks very few can be considered waterproof , so always pack your sleeping bag in its stuff sack inside a separate plastic bag .
8 These can be studied free of interference from positively charged counter-ions — something chemists normally find extremely hard to achieve .
9 These can be obtained free from Marketing and Resources and are well worth it for the ideas and information contained in it .
10 The funeral director will usually offer to pay costs to the hospital , crematorium , or burial ground , and minister of religion , but these can be handled direct .
11 These can be done free standing , with ankle weights or strapped to a pulley machine .
12 To these can be added rough figures from Staincline wapentake in Yorkshire , where status had to be inferred as it was not recorded .
13 You will need a screened cable about one metre ( one yard ) in length and with the correct plug terminations ; these can be bought ready made-up at hi-fi stores .
14 It 's helpful in the context of the dollar preference shares we want to issue because one of the factors of this very small , and as you say cheap er , historic issue of preference shares is that , er no preference shares other than those can be repaid prior to that and the dollar shares we wish to issue which are permanent shares , can be er , can be erm repaid at our option and we do want to keep that flexibility in the context of either if interest rates get very high or if the tax treaty between the U S and the U K changes to make them more onerous on the company and in those circumstances we would be inhibited by the existence of this small historic issue of preference shares and therefore it is on balance , although you 're quite right there , a cheap er , source of capital in themselves it is helpful to the company in the wider sense I believe if they are repaid .
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