Example sentences of "can [be] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the ends waxed to reduce water loss , and packed in damp newspaper , budwood can just about survive for 10 days , until back at the nursery the buds skill and experience , this operation can be exasperatingly with skill and experience , this operation can be exasperatingly unsuccessful . |
| 2 | Previously you could ask someone to type up first draft , second draft , maybe a third draft , but how far can you drive your secretary , and now they can be wholly in charge of this — they can change the layout of it as much as the words within it ; they can ask colleagues to come in and comment and even add a little bit . |
| 3 | Previously you could ask someone to type up first draft , second draft , maybe a third draft , but how far can you drive your secretary — and now they can be wholly in charge of this . |
| 4 | Ties can be literally of make or break importance , and many a fine tree is scarred for life and ruined by carelessness and neglect , purely as a result of not doing this part of the job properly . |
| 5 | Catch crops , which are grown as a bonus between the main courses of a rotation , can be very worth while provided they do not interfere with the cultivation and growing of main crops , cause undue proliferation of weeds , or form a ‘ disease link ’ between susceptible main crops . |
| 6 | Where a minority lacks a territory — for example , the Jews for much of their history , black people in the United States , the Indian Dalit Panthers ( an organization of untouchable caste members ) — then the practical struggle can be only for equality of treatment , not national independence . |
| 7 | The opportunities for road racing in Britain are so frequent that you can be constantly in danger of taking on too many . |
| 8 | But , you can be there of course , ca n't |