Example sentences of "[adv] can [adv] [be] [vb pp] as " in BNC.

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1 In a sentence such as ( 30 ) , the event saw obviously can not be conceived as existing before the beginning of the crossing : ( 30 ) I saw him cross the street .
2 This pop will never trivialize itself , and so can never be lauded as cheap tack .
3 As the Swann Report says ( again with reference to Multicultural Education ) , ‘ It is important to recognise however that permeation alone can not be regarded as providing adequate provision for the kind of teaching which we have advocated … . without additional specialist course work , both compulsory and optional ’ ( DES , 1985 : 559 ) .
4 This may be a form of habituation , but it is very long-lasting and thus can reasonably be regarded as at least a form of non-associative learning .
5 Treaty and , in particular , articles 7 , 52 and 221 thereof can not be interpreted as depriving the member states of their competence under public international law with regard to the registration of ships .
6 Although the ground-angle is shallow , the upturned nose means the view forward can best be described as ‘ limited ’ .
7 Given this degree of ambiguity in the chronological indicators , it certainly can not be regarded as out of the question that Oswiu died and Ecgfrith became king in the early months of 671 .
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