Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [be] [verb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The sooner they get him , the sooner she can be laid to rest . ’ |
| 2 | Once the casualty is out of the car , paramedics from the county 's ambulance trust take over , sustaining the patient before she can be driven to hospital . |
| 3 | They are substitutes in the sense that they are highly liquid : they can be converted to money quickly , cheaply and with high , but varying , degrees of capital certainty . |
| 4 | Ted , based at Research in Coventry in the UK , is involved in environmental work , studying emerging methods of pollution control and considering how they can be applied to Group businesses . |
| 5 | These three fires are each at different times and well dated by samian burnt in situ and they can be attributed to accident . |
| 6 | Prison officers are now salaried and take time off in lieu rather than accumulate high earnings on overtime ; they can purchase their own houses , and they can be promoted to governor grades rather than remaining a secondary uniformed branch . |
| 7 | Taking in too much protein will result in you putting on weight , as it can be converted to fat . |
| 8 | Inflation analysis divides many macroeconomists , but for the moment the question is how it can be introduced to analysis . |
| 9 | It can be adapted to clothing and Clarks intends to sell its expertise to the rag trade . |
| 10 | We need to see if he can be admitted to hospital . |