Example sentences of "[det] can [adv] [be] [vb pp] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where land is being retained for particular development in the future — such as the metro system — this can not be regarded as available for grant-aided woodland planting . |
| 2 | But this can not be taken as carte blanche for assuming that long-term recorded crime trends correspond to victimization . |
| 3 | Since the gap between the two campaigns was twenty-two years this can not be described as ‘ volatility ’ in antislavery support but it does indicate a complicated picture of simultaneous large expansion and significant ( though quantitatively less ) erosion , using the yardstick of petitioning . |
| 4 | Instead , they are asking for no compulsory redundancies , and are arguing with BR management about whether this can fairly be interpreted as asking for jobs for a lifetime . |
| 5 | If competition generated raw aggression resulting in defeat or death this can hardly be seen as assisting fitness maximisation . |
| 6 | Two main types exist ; thermal and electrostatic although there are other categories such as the laser — although this can hardly be classified as low-cost ! |
| 7 | This can perhaps be interpreted as either a sign of policy changes feeding through into the yield curve or as a change in exchange rate expectations . |
| 8 | Indeed , some can only be appreciated as metaphors with hindsight , as it were ; it is only when the figurative meaning is pointed out that the path from the literal to metaphorical meaning becomes traceable . |
| 9 | Elderflowers — These can either be collected as flowers from the hedgerow in the summer ( a couple of leaves crushed and rubbed on the skin helps to keep mosquitoes away from humans ) or use half a teaspoon of dried flowers which can be bought as tea . |
| 10 | These can roughly be classified as coming from work , hobbies and pastimes . |
| 11 | Many can also be grown as tall specimens , winding stems around a stout pole or tripod to create a pillar of blossom . |
| 12 | The former can easily be caricatured as humourless puritans who object to games which involve guessing the number of beans in a jar at the church fete . |
| 13 | The dons resented their punishment as much as the doctors — but neither can fairly be described as radical on that account . |
| 14 | There are even human communities around the world which exist without such tools as writing , while constructing artefacts , commonly of wood , that can not be described as permanent ( in terms of thousands or millions of years ) . |
| 15 | That can definitely be counted as one of the worst moves you ever made . ’ |
| 16 | You just need something to start you off that can then be modified as you go along . |