Example sentences of "[det] [conj] can be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There may be some that can be combined to save money . |
| 2 | Cistus ( rock rose ) , scented-leaved pelargoniums ( geraniums ) and the curry plant ( Helichrysum angustifolium ) are a few that can be combined to provide the mixture of aromas reminiscent of holidays in southern Europe . |
| 3 | This fresco is mirrored by another that can be seen from Via Falcone at the back of the church . |
| 4 | Animal Behaviour : Ecology and Evolution by C. J. Barnard tries to do this and can be admired for its temerity and useful list of 344 references . |
| 5 | This data can quickly be transferred from one information system to another and can be combined and transformed in ways which might not otherwise be practicable ; furthermore , data held on computers is invisible and not directly intelligible so that people have more difficulty in knowing what is in the records or what is happening to them . |
| 6 | In Attwood v Lamont [ 1920 ] 3 KB 571 it was said by Lord Sterndale MR " … a contract can be severed if the severed parts are independent from one another and can be severed without the severance affecting the meaning of the part remaining " . |
| 7 | In this case the seller retains ownership , the " proprietary right " within s.5(1) , and so the goods belong to another and can be stolen . |
| 8 | What is more , there is very little that can be called oceanic crust or trench-filling sediment ( flysch , olistostromes , etc. ) within the Hercynian massifs of Europe . |
| 9 | Pyramids of paper have been piled up on the subject of faunal provinces in the fossil record , but very few of them stand up to critical examination and even the latest symposium on the subject has produced very little that can be regarded as concrete evidence . |
| 10 | Everything that can be done in preparation for the survey should therefore be done ; there is precious little that can be done afterwards without distorting the accuracy of the survey . |
| 11 | With a study designed the way this one was there is very little that can be done to decide whether this relatively uninteresting possibility is the major factor determining the results , the studies in the remainder of this thesis are , however , designed to address this problem . |
| 12 | There is , surprisingly perhaps , very little that can be added to Professor Hoskins ' account of industrial landscapes . |
| 13 | ‘ There 's so much that can be achieved , ’ he says . |
| 14 | Civil rights , as opposed to political rights , may be as much as can be hoped for . |
| 15 | The Royal Bank 's new American Express-backed orders , valued up to $1,000 , cost just £3 each and can be cashed by the recipient at any Amex travel office . |
| 16 | The Royal Bank 's new American Express-backed orders , valued up to $1,000 , cost just £3 each and can be cashed by the recipient at any Amex travel office . |
| 17 | The Royal Bank 's new American Express-backed orders , valued up to $1,000 , cost just £3 each and can be cashed by the recipient at any Amex travel office . |
| 18 | The guides cost 60p each and can be bought from most chandlers and marinas or direct from the publishers . |
| 19 | The inescapable and undeniable fact , among many that can be remembered , was his insistence and overriding concern for the highest standards of art and craft work at all levels in the West Riding . |
| 20 | if the questions are read out , the time for each response is the same for all and can be predetermined |
| 21 | So I have to make decisions as I go along as to which points need to be spelled out , which of them can be stated sparely , or which of them do not need to be mentioned at all but can be left to be inferred . |
| 22 | However , because of the low gravity of the Moon the compression inside it is also small , and the slight increase of density with depth is more than can be explained by the compression of a homogeneous material . |
| 23 | More than can be said for the lower one , he wrote . |
| 24 | 'You look fresh as a daisy which is more than can be said for the rest of us. ’ said John . |
| 25 | Which is more than can be said , perhaps , for some of the offerings labelled Panto that are currently mopping up a lot of customers . |
| 26 | Simon thought it sensible and practical ‘ which is more than can be said for most of their gimmicks , but ’ he warned her , ‘ if they like it they 'll take it over as their own . |
| 27 | ‘ When it comes to the purity of our water , we have virtually no traces of bacteria in the finished product , which is more than can be said for some other Common Market countries , ’ Dr Derek Miller , assistant director of the soon-to-be-privatised Water Research Centre told the newspaper . |
| 28 | During the night Ham was in fine form , which is more than can be said for the Redstone rocket . |
| 29 | And this is more than can be said for the majority of other books which have exploited the same theme : that of man battling away , amid ignorance and fear , against some novel , lethal , unknown microorganism . |
| 30 | Its one saving grace is that it is water-tight , which is more than can be said for the tonneau cover . |