Example sentences of "can be done [be] " in BNC.

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1 Various ways in which this can be done are set out in Appendix 5 .
2 The most that can be done is that B may allow C to use his name to claim the money .
3 Clearly , therefore , there is no way in which oxygen can be obtained without any water loss : the best that can be done is to minimize the loss .
4 That this can be done is borne out in practice , and it is sometimes noted that , in the course of treatment for some long-standing chronic condition , patients will re-experience old symptoms which they may have forgotten about .
5 The rejoinder must be : although we may generally have neither the time nor the inclination to look at literary language under the microscope in this way , the fact that it can be done is important , and the doing of it can not fail to sharpen observation , by making us aware of how larger effects are built up from smaller ones .
6 The work which can be done is any work a solicitor normally does other than representation in a court or tribunal .
7 When it is thought vital that members or creditors should receive notice , the Act requires them to be given notice by the company ; in relation to the general public the best that can be done is to require publication in newspapers .
8 The best that can be done is to convert the uncertainty , which is not quantifiable , into risk , which is .
9 The best that can be done is to convert the uncertainty , which is not quantifiable , into risk , which is .
10 All that can be done is to point to the factors that the courts commonly take into account when calculating the multiplier .
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