Example sentences of "he can be [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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1 | It well may be that erm you know with the help that er he can be referred to , they help him keep out of trouble again , for a lot longer . |
2 | His shiksas and replicas , hostilities and escapes , have taken part in a great game of long duration , and he can be said to be reviewing the state of play . |
3 | But the owner 's possession , and with it his actual power to exercise his rights , is for the time being gone ; he must recover the watch — as he may even lawfully do by his own act — before he can be said to be again in possession of it . |
4 | Richard Titmuss was the outstanding exponent of the liberal socialist standpoint on the study of social policy ; indeed , he can be said to be virtually the founder of the systematic study of social policy . |
5 | As we noted , anaphora concerns the use of ( usually ) a pronoun to refer to the same referent as some prior term , as in : ( 90 ) Harry 's a sweetheart ; he 's so considerate where Harry and he can be said to be co-referential , i.e. pick out the same referent . |
6 | If he comes through unscathed , he can be added to the squad . |
7 | But that depends on whether he can be added to the UN 's approved list of wounded . |
8 | In a break with tradition , he can be expected to be a Trade Secretary who gets things done . |
9 | We need to see if he can be admitted to hospital . |