Example sentences of "can [be] [verb] [adv prt] and the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once the basic gesture is jotted down , further refinements can be made ; the arms and legs can be fleshed out and the sex differences made evident . |
| 2 | Once the basic gesture is jotted down , further refinements can be made ; the arms and legs can be fleshed out and the sex differences made evident . |
| 3 | But with England 's great goalkeeper still betraying no signs of his 40 years , except a finely honed judgement that causes the target to shrink before advancing strikers , hopes are high that Poland can be shut out and the points secured that will see England safely through to Italy . |
| 4 | If there is a significant urethritis , this can be adduced by first sample can be spun down and the solid matter can be stained and microscopically examined . |
| 5 | If the first face is not satisfactory at this stage ( wedged or with air bubbles ) , then one of the glass slides can be cut off and the section re-lapped and re-mounted . |
| 6 | As polythene liners have little elasticity , they are installed without water being added , but plenty of movement should be allowed for , so that , when the water is gradually introduced , the wrinkles can be smoothed out and the liner moulded to the contours of the hole . |
| 7 | The alarm may go off at the wrong times and this can be very irritating but the fault can be capitalized on and the child encouraged to get up and go to the lavatory anyway . |
| 8 | Much will depend on the speed with which the practical aspects can be carried through and the extent to which new members can be attracted from the building societies . |
| 9 | With this kind of exercise the most appropriate media can be picked out and the PR effort concentrated where it is both most needed and most appreciated . |
| 10 | Dominating this is a faithful Cessna F.150F which can be sat in and the controls worked . |
| 11 | This takes time to begin with — lots of lovely sitting around going through the magazines again but , when needed , the index which is stored in a file can be looked up and the right magazine located in a few minutes . |