Example sentences of "can be [vb pp] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | But now the question is whether anything can be asked of fiction at all . |
| 2 | Questions can be asked of a child of the type : |
| 3 | Certain key questions can be asked of evidence as guides to reliability . |
| 4 | Little if anything beyond these qualities can be asked of any teacher or manager . |
| 5 | Otherwise , what can be seen of Patrington today is of the 18th century or later . |
| 6 | Ditches and lanes frequently divide up the platforms , so that a rough plan can be seen of the former crofts lying along the lanes . |
| 7 | It consisted of a line of timber post-built ‘ halls ’ and numerous sunken-floored buildings ; there is no formal plan and little can be seen of streets or boundaries . |
| 8 | Reports have shown that even with simple technology surgeons can be warned of breaches in the barrier , with low false positive and false negative rates . |
| 9 | With the CCTV and radio paging systems being interfaced , the night porter can be warned of an alarm situation even while he is away from his desk . |
| 10 | I have therefore asked Establishment if the room on the fourth floor can be cleared of stores and made available for our clerical staff , and if , as you requested , desks and other facilities for our own use can be got up into the smaller room at the top of the spiral staircase … |
| 11 | Now that can be achieved of course may be quicker . |
| 12 | 309 , where Lord Greene M.R. used more than once words to this effect : ‘ the only ways in which ’ a tenant ‘ can be deprived of the protection of the Acts are ( a ) by giving up possession , in which case no order for recovery of possession against him is required ; ( b ) having an order for recovery of possession made against him . ’ |
| 13 | Getting them out into the open means that they can be robbed of their numbing effect , and turned instead into potent sources of energy . |
| 14 | By combining such indicators , a quantitative picture can be presented of what has happened in British central government administration over the period both corporately and in individual departments ; and the question of whether changes in one dimension are related to changes in others can be examined . |
| 15 | Although some cultural differences , such as meaning attributed to basic patterns of syntax in otherwise similar communication patterns are difficult to spot , a long list can be compiled of easily identified cultural seperations . |
| 16 | Whilst the policy of this requirement — classifying attacks on persons engaged in law enforcement as especially serious — is perfectly understandable , one result of the wording of section 18 of the 1861 Act is that D can be convicted of this offence ( with a maximum penalty of life imprisonment ) if he simply pushes a police-officer in order to prevent an arrest , and the officer loses balance , falls awkwardly , and suffers serious injury . |
| 17 | A legal problem has arisen here in respect of defendants who ‘ could not care less ’ whether the woman was not consenting : we have seen that such men can be convicted of rape in cases where they achieve penetration , but there is a problem in convicting them of attempted rape where they fail to achieve penetration but clearly intended to do so . |
| 18 | Writing of Andrewes ' public life he concludes , ‘ It is a cause of thanksgiving that Andrewes can be convicted of weakness rather than malice , but it is sad that either alternative should have to be attributed to such a man . ’ |
| 19 | Difficulties of the kinds provided for by those subsections will not arise , because the overlapping of the two offences under the Bill will have the result that the accused can be convicted of whichever offence is charged . |
| 20 | ( I am not entirely clear about the wording of the sentence which I have emphasised , but I think the sense is that the accused can be convicted of obtaining by deception , whether the offence has taken the form of larceny by a trick or obtaining by false pretences . ) |
| 21 | In 1980 , the Israeli Supreme Court held that a Jewish husband resident in Israel can be convicted of raping his wife and that the English common law rule should no longer apply . |
| 22 | A person who attacks someone and who wishes to do grievous bodily harm but unfortunately kills his victim can be convicted of murder after due process . |
| 23 | People who get in a car when it is stolen are associated with that act and can be convicted of exactly the same offence . |
| 24 | The woman we have just described is 30 lb ( 13.6 kg ) overweight and she should be delighted if she can be rid of this in around a year . |
| 25 | As soon as the situation 's normal , you can be rid of me . ’ |
| 26 | They can be tested of course . |
| 27 | From the exchange of letters with eight very diverse correspondents over nearly fifty years , some insight can be gained of Philip Miller , although personal references are only occasionally made . |
| 28 | Through such models , some understanding can be gained of the way in which many settlements formerly operated in their local landscape . |
| 29 | However , a good impression can be gained of the original chamber as windows have been inserted under the vault above the Renaissance entablature and provide a well lighted interior . |
| 30 | It is in Ravenna that the most accurate impression can be gained of how such interiors looked in the Byzantine era . |