Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] can be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a start , making love does not have to consist of vaginal penetration ; and time spent reassuring , cuddling , caressing , fantasising and laughing together can be enjoyed for its own sake , or to reduce the tension so that you can relax sufficiently to enjoy intercourse . |
| 2 | The decision to terminate a project can only be made rationally if the consequences of doing so can be compared with the consequences of carrying on . |
| 3 | The decision to terminate a project can only be made rationally if the consequences of doing so can be compared with the consequences of carrying on . |
| 4 | The ‘ measurement ’ itself is done in such a way that the numbers of people doing well can be controlled . |
| 5 | Obviously the unit they are hiding in can be affected , but the Fanatics are too crazed to realise what is going on . |
| 6 | Although the right hon. Gentleman has said again — several times today — that he will pay MGN pensioners their guaranteed minimum pension , will he accept that it is a mere pittance , and that if Barlow Clowes group shareholders who knowingly took the risk of speculating offshore can be compensated by the Government , the pensioners in MGN and other pension funds are no less deserving ? |
| 7 | Some of the main issues arising here can be illustrated further from the course taken by the historical study of Jesus through the century , and from the rise towards its close of quite new approaches to the study of the history of religions in general . |
| 8 | Mimicking across can be done in two stages : first mimicking each word , then mimicking all three words across . |
| 9 | In Landeur v Comins & Co ( a firm ) ( 1991 ) The Times , 7 August , the Court of Appeal observed that in cases of contumacious conduct , such as deliberate suppression of a document , striking out can be justified even if a fair trial of the action is still possible . |