Example sentences of "they can be " in BNC.

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1 The versatile artist raises the question of relationship between the arts , and how far they can be considered to have the same or similar aims .
2 It is characteristic of the novel that climate and vegetation should count for no less than its comedy of manners , in which the Jewish businessman Harry de Tunja plays an enjoyable part , and that neither of these two elements , so far as they can be distinguished from the rest of the novel , should count for less than the opinions which they help to convey .
3 But they can be good at conveying what it was like for them to be there , and to be writing it down .
4 All is not dark in these accounts , and indeed they can be said to gleam with a quality of reflected light .
5 They can be said to determine and to indetermine , both to record , and to distort and desert , the facts of his life .
6 Fees set by each drama school do differ slightly , though they can be considered basically similar .
7 Clearly , they can be seen to have a particular self-concept , a sense of what Weber termed social honour ( Wallis , Bruce , and Taylor 1986 ) .
8 Electric pumps , either of the simple free flow type or the metered pump which delivers exact half pints , are a perfectly acceptable method of serving cask beer but they can be confused with the pressurised founts used to dispense keg beers .
9 It also requires the experience gained from having operated the facilities to understand where the pitfalls are and how they can be avoided .
10 Some of these programs belong to the Shareware scheme which means that they can be used and evaluated for a few weeks , and you pay the registration fee only if you continue to use them .
11 He rates their subtlety , but points out that they can be mixed only with warm sauces or , he warns , they start to lose their delicacy .
12 In fact , gardens that are long and narrow are among the more simple to design because they can be broken down very easily into separate garden areas or ‘ rooms ’ , each of them having a different function or theme .
13 In lighter winds they can be picketed out , facing into wind with the wings level .
14 Repairs take time and money to carry out , and if they can be avoided gliding will be less expensive in the future .
15 In addition , they can be made to break off under a large side load and in so doing , perhaps prevent further damage being done to the fuselage .
16 They can be the quiet , but unthinking types who are simply unaware of their lack of knowledge .
17 However , they can be demonstrated and tried at height to get the idea and to see the problems which can arise if they are not neatly executed .
18 They are a sign of poor planning and of not thinking sufficiently far ahead , but they can be useful as an option , just as sideslipping is an extra skill which can prevent a serious overshoot and a broken glider .
19 But if they are not spotted early in their training , they can be a real menace to themselves and to their instructors .
20 So when you fit them , make sure they can be reached easily .
21 Insteps frequently smash into elbows and need bandaging , but they can be protected by shin or instep pads .
22 They must lie low here , amongst their own folk , where they know the ground , where they can be fed .
23 What I shall do now is try to back up this last statement by sketching some of the characteristics of childish thought , showing how they can be explained in constructivist terms .
24 They can be reliably dug out again only by averaging over many presentations so that the random background fluctuations cancel each other out , leaving just the potential shifts that are linked in time to the triggering event .
25 At best , the CTP is a vacuous summary of these observations , a framework within which they can be gathered together .
26 If anyone has any unrequired books — the Ranfurly Library Service particularly needs carpentry books — they can be contacted at 2 Coldharbour Place , 39/41 Coldharbour Lane , Camberwell , London SE5 9NR , ( 071 ) 733 3577 .
27 Originally designed for use with the popular five speed Taiwanese lathes , which are imported by a variety of companies , they can be used with other lathes to increase the capacity for bowl turning .
28 They can be cut in two separate operations or , if three alternating veneers are taped together , the top one bearing the pattern , both halves of the design can be cut in one operation .
29 Though they can be used with a mallet , the Cogelow tools invite slicing and paring , and are especially useful for ornamental work
30 The four legs and four rails that will make up the seat-jointing section are cut oversize so that they can be cut in half .
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