Example sentences of "they can be [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He can be hugely intelligent when he thinks they can be of assistance to him , but most of the time he knows they 're a poorish and raffish lot , living off their own enthusiasms and frustrations . |
| 2 | Following the visit of our hon. Friend the Member for Enfield , North ( Mr. Eggar ) to Basildon last Friday , will my right hon. and learned Friend endorse our hon. Friend 's statement that the independence that we are offering colleges of further education and sixth-form colleges such as Basildon 's will enable them to be more effective , efficient and flexible than they can be at present ? |
| 3 | To be effective it is important that practitioners are ‘ free of prejudice concerning illegitimacy , heredity and adoption before they can be at ease with adoptive parents ’ ( Brebner et al , 1985 ) . |
| 4 | Erm give me thirty seconds worth of famous dogs they can be in cartoons , they can be in history , they can be in films , they can be anywhere and we 'll do it in half an hours time . |
| 5 | No no er erm well er there is Prunus that 's a plum I mean a cherry that grows up and various ones like that the only trouble is with these type of things they can be more of a nuisance than the trees that you do have now because those trees growing up those spindly ones as you put it erm some gardeners call them or whatever name they use I but the trouble is bits die in the centre of those and they tend to drop down and they can be in time more far more of a nuisance than the trees they 've got now which seems to me quite suitable . |
| 6 | Erm give me thirty seconds worth of famous dogs they can be in cartoons , they can be in history , they can be in films , they can be anywhere and we 'll do it in half an hours time . |
| 7 | Erm give me thirty seconds worth of famous dogs they can be in cartoons , they can be in history , they can be in films , they can be anywhere and we 'll do it in half an hours time . |