Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [pron] can [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is an important skill because even experienced pilots do occasionally make approaches which are far too high and which can be redeemed if they can side-slip quickly and accurately . |
| 2 | If we accept that public opinion broadly comes in two varieties : the popular and what can be regarded as the informed , each of the two strands is clearly visible whenever Parliament addresses the topic of criminal justice . |
| 3 | All that is rather peculiar but it can be digested and lived with . |
| 4 | You may snort and think that this is very far-fetched but you can be assured that the majority of lecturers who appear before you not only know their subjects but are enthusiastic about them and about transmitting their knowledge to you . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , Marsden says the target is to raise ICI Fertilizers ' performance ‘ to the level where we are earning average C&P return on capital — that is possible and it can be done by the early 1990s . ’ |
| 6 | The problem is that annuity rates fall as interest rates fall , so is it a good time to buy an annuity when interest rates are low and what can be done about it ? |
| 7 | At this stage the fry are totally helpless and they can be seen as a solid mass , quivering like a lump of jelly , and difficult to distinguish as fish at all . |
| 8 | No insects and no fish have so far been found to use sonar , but two quite different groups of fish , one in South America and one in Africa , have developed a somewhat similar navigation system , which appears to be just about as sophisticated and which can be seen as a related , but different , solution to the same problem . |
| 9 | The incentive/disincentive effects of taxation can be direct and indirect and they can be seen in either broad or narrow terms . |
| 10 | Some creasing is inevitable but it can be minimized by judicious stretching of the liner as the pool fills . |
| 11 | The ground will be bursting at the seams and buzzing and we can be encouraged by the fact that have tended to produce our best form against the big sides . |
| 12 | Look out for models that are freestanding when folded and which can be collapsed using one hand only , leaving you with a spare arm to hold the baby . |
| 13 | Here , despite all of the external constraints the Course has managed to maintain the principle that every student should be allowed to take any module for which he or she is ( qualified and which can be timetabled . |
| 14 | All that is a bit abstract but it can be earthed by an example . |
| 15 | Thermoplastic : a synthetic rubber related to resin-rubber but which can be fused by heat and therefore processed into soles by injection moulding . |
| 16 | Alternatively the chemical may react with the dirt so that it becomes water soluble and it can be rinsed away . |
| 17 | The symbolic roles of precious substances in human affairs are many and various and they can be viewed from several directions . |
| 18 | For one thing , absurd as the respect paid Lenin may seem in the West , his works in fact constitute a much looser strait-jacket than did Stalin 's Short Course : composed in the heat of political struggle and fierce polemics , Lenin 's works are far from unambiguous and he can be quoted in support of conflicting interpretations of many secondary issues . |
| 19 | The purpose of the white ear spots is uncertain but they can be seen very clearly here ( right ) . |
| 20 | How far this development in Pissarro 's art depended upon the example of Monet is uncertain but it can be remembered that , after initial scepticism , he commented favourably upon the ‘ Haystacks ’ series and found himself in Rouen in the spring of 1896 , several months after Monet 's canvases of the Cathedral had been exhibited at Durand-Ruel 's gallery . |
| 21 | I know this sounds too good to be true but it can be done . |