Example sentences of "[noun sg] can [be] see [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 During the month of November , resident waterfowl can be seen searching the increasingly barren landscape for food .
2 All learning can be seen to affect the behaviour of an organism if by eliciting this behaviour it is rewarded .
3 Today the Fothergill Fountain can be seen regaling the first president 's achievements .
4 The writings of HM Inspectorate can be seen to reinforce the commitment to a national framework for the curriculum .
5 At the bottom of it the Cheney Longville road can be seen crossing the double track of the Shrewsbury and Hereford joint line , as it still does , by an overbridge .
6 In a situation where it is required to perform some task , the reaction time can be seen to include the following : ( a ) the time taken by the stimulus to activate the sense organ and for impulses to travel from it to the brain , ( b ) the central processes concerned with the identification of the signal and the response to it , and ( c ) the time required to energise the muscles and produce the correct response .
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