Example sentences of "it can [be] [verb] and [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It was a horrific crime and I hope the two thugs who did it can be apprehended and sent away for a long time . ’
2 I have tried to convince you that problem solving is important and that it can be taught and learned by means of guided problem solving .
3 The Andover Branch have again shown how it can be done and wins the Anna Neagle Trophy with a contribution of £1,466.54 — or £10.40 per Branch member .
4 Even now , it can be hit and miss .
5 His relational model is a theory of what data is and how it can be stored and retrieved .
6 Release information in limited quantities so that it can be absorbed and understood .
7 But if man is vulnerable to impulses which send him spiralling down into darkness , that very vulnerability is the means by which he can existentially know the strength whereby it can be healed and stabilised .
8 All that is rather peculiar but it can be digested and lived with .
9 He calls action oriented to success ‘ strategic ’ when it can be understood and evaluated in terms of its effectiveness in influencing the decisions of other social actors ( typically in the worlds of politics or business ) .
10 It is important to be aware of the various hazards of retirement so it can be understood and interpreted in terms of the individual 's own feelings and priorities in life .
11 Laid mesh side up it gives a good base for carpets and tiles , and smooth side up it can be painted and stencilled to match design schemes .
12 We need to get it onto management information databases [ MIS ] , where it can be accessed and used by the EIS system when required .
13 Thinking is a skill and like any other it can be developed and improved through practice .
14 After first construction and adjustment it can be erected and dismantled quickly : provided anchorages and connections are well made , it is trouble-free .
15 I would like to see existing provision improved by upgrading the Pencaitland railway path so that it can be cycled and walked in all weathers .
16 Metal is one of the most versatile materials known ; it can be melted and poured into a mould of almost any shape , hammered into thin sheets , drawn into fine wires and extruded as rods and pipes .
17 Thanks to its work with First Direct , Fuji Film and Pepe Jeans , HHCL is used to testing its medium to see how it can be deepened and directed towards ‘ advertising that respects the integrity and dignity of those to whom it communicates .
18 Other restraints must also be removed , they say , so that when a suitable kidney is available it can be removed and transferred to the needy patient without delay .
19 If the objective is to maintain the company 's reputation , then some attempt must be made to define ‘ reputation ’ in useful terms such that it can be measured and evaluated .
20 Faber is introducing a new vertical blind called Uprite which has aluminium slats and will give unequalled service as it can be washed and re-hung immediately .
21 It can be folded and compressed into a relatively small bag or box and tucked away in an odd corner till next required .
22 It can be rinsed and re-used two or three times .
23 An ever increasing flow of economic data has been matched only by the multifarious ways in which it can be interpreted and applied in relation to economic policy .
24 The famous Chapter 5 of the first book , which deals with the transformation of labour from a stage where it is a ‘ part of life ’ to a stage under capitalism when it takes on the imaginary form of a thing separate from the labourer , when it can be bought and sold , is worked out in Formen , in the discussion of tribal , oriental , and ancient societies which it contains .
25 contains an administrative block of data known as a ‘ module header ’ , formatted so that it can be read and analysed by LIFESPAN .
26 Contains an administrative block of data known as a ‘ module header ’ , formatted so that it can be read and analysed by LIFESPAN .
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