Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] can [be] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly the purchaser will resist this , however a compromise solution can be to release the report without the executive summary as it is often the practice of the purchaser 's accountants to request confirmation of factual accuracy . |
| 2 | Caerleon , the legionary fortress of Isca , boasts the atmospheric remains of a Roman amphitheatre and baths complex , whilst in the beautiful Wye Valley can be found the substantial ruins of Tintern Abbey and Chepstow Castle . |
| 3 | Just across the Dean Bridge beside the imposing facade of Stewarts Melville college can be found the gracious Victorian setting of the Queensway Hotel . |
| 4 | Nowhere to the west of the Wallace Line can be found the giant Cassowary , Birds of Paradise or marsupials of Australasia , and nowhere to the east of it are found the tigers , elephants , primates and early man which crossed the land-bridge once connecting Java , Sumatra and Borneo to mainland Asia . |
| 5 | In the church vestry can be found the unsmiling and stalwart statue of Queen Elizabeth 1 . |
| 6 | Amongst the disincentives to compiling and maintaining a special classification scheme can be numbered the following : |
| 7 | Enthusiasm can spur one on to cram the border full of as many herbs as possible , but some of them are likely to die as a result , and others will be tall and weedy ; it is far better to plant with spaces between them to start with , allowing them room to grow to their full size so that their growth habit and leaf value can be made the most of in the context of the overall design . |