Example sentences of "[pron] can be [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we set out I wonder if I can be allowed more miracles and how the rest of my family and fellow pilgrims will be affected . |
| 2 | I think I can be excused this week cos thi , the wife 's away . |
| 3 | But now after the Fall , they are equivocal , ambivalent , with a potential which can be turned either way . |
| 4 | For in English-speaking African countries there can be found many strands and many contradictions . |
| 5 | They can be fitted either way round and are usually supplied with compression fittings . : |
| 6 | The nature of H.T. and Floribunda bushes suggests that they should be planted in isolation , or in long and narrow strips where they can be approached both sides . |
| 7 | Some explanation is perhaps needed for the fact that the same phrases also sound more normal in ( 18 ) than the corresponding phrases in ( 15 ) : ( 18 ) the heir is a lawful one her cousin is a distant one Possibly we should accept that , even when used in a context of heirs and cousins respectively , these two adjectives occupy an intermediate position in the sense that they can be construed either way without any significant difference in the non-linguistic phenomena that can be designated thereby . |
| 8 | And of course if you book over the phone , then it can be done that way . |
| 9 | However , it can be argued that prescribing of psychotropic drugs when marital and social difficulties are pre-eminent might encourage the patient to believe that such problems are due to ‘ illness ’ and therefore not surmountable by his own efforts . |
| 10 | But it can be said that enjoyment of pornography , at any level , only becomes deviant when it replaces normal sexual activity or when the latter becomes totally dependent upon pornography for initial excitation/maintenance of stimulus . |
| 11 | But in general it can be said that authority and direction within cultural production either derived directly from the integral social organization within which such duties were assigned , or , as in the case of classical Greek drama , were assigned within a civic organization and became , in effect , a process of tender and hire . |
| 12 | Therefore , it can be hypothesised that DNA aneuploidy might be an indicator for response to preoperative radio or chemotherapy . |
| 13 | It is fully double glazed , and ventilation plus an underfloor heating system means it can be used all year round . |
| 14 | As the material is recorded it can be used many times . |
| 15 | The problem of induction will be avoided if it can be established that science does not involve induction . |
| 16 | Over the years the Ladies ' Minutes , whilst complete , give no more than a glimpse of the main Club 's activity , but it can be deduced that clubhouse alterations were made in 1914 and again in 1920 at which period the course was also altered . |
| 17 | The basis of the control was that the courts have held that , when Parliament gives a public body statutory authority to act , it can be implied that Parliament intended it to act in a particular way ; in good faith , in a reasonable manner , in accordance with the requirements of natural justice . |
| 18 | He can be forgiven that lapse and should recover losses at the expense of the Gold Cup pretender . |
| 19 | He can be forgiven that lapse and should recover losses at the expense of the Gold Cup pretender . |
| 20 | Spontaneity is by no means sacrificed by ‘ inhibition ’ — the cat , spontaneous and graceful in action and yet perfectly in control of its responses , is a wonderful example of what can be achieved this way . |