Example sentences of "can [be] [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 They can be heavily attacked by turnip flea beetle when in the two-leaf stage if the seeds are not dressed , but will usually outgrow the damage .
2 Not only are they breathtakingly beautiful during the day , but they can be easily lit at night .
3 The Amiga is already supported by a large body of games software which can be easily transferred to CD-ROM for sale to CDTV owners .
4 Without genuine faith , experience can be easily counterfeited by emotionalism .
5 The alkaloid , thebaine , can be easily converted into codeine by demethylation .
6 The problem list is most useful when it can be easily displayed at team meetings .
7 The probe can be easily implanted in muscle , liver , kidneys etc and even intravenously , without affecting blood pressure .
8 However , overlapping leaves , stone walls , stacked bottles , growing wheat and scudding clouds are all merely repeating shapes , which once recognised can be easily transformed into paint marks on canvas .
9 A bonus is they can be easily removed for cleaning .
10 Compression or union capillary fittings should be used for the final connections to the cylinder so that it can be easily removed for maintenance .
11 When known to be present , iron and manganese can be easily removed from water , and there are several processes that are used for this purpose .
12 The problems of such an approach can be easily identified in relation to Stubbs ' description above of the varied functions of literacy .
13 Certainly information can be easily conveyed in BSL and it functions to a marked degree as an effective socialisation agent in deaf children whose parents are fluent in the language .
14 A desk with an adjustable sloping top is useful as it provides storage space too , but probably the most practical aid , especially as the pupil progresses into secondary school , is a light , portable reading stand that can be easily taken from room to room as required .
15 Provided sufficient funds are available or can be easily recovered in order to meet unexpected claims , this pool of funds can be invested in earning assets by the companies to provide a further source of income .
16 Mice can be easily transported by road , rail or air .
17 Up to 80 per cent of your credit sales can be immediately turned into cash by the simple process of factoring .
18 On the other hand , adults can be curiously lacking in perception .
19 They can be successfully applied with dip pens , with technical pens and Rotring Artpens , which can be loaded with any colour , performing with just as much fluidity as traditional inks .
20 For instance , large segments of DNA can be successfully cloned in place of the early region 1 genes of replication deficient adenovirus .
21 This can be clearly seen in Fig. 2 d obtained by a direct transform of LEED I-V spectra in which a non-normal incident beam was directed along the axis between the O atom and one of Ni atoms in the first layer .
22 Pension funds can be conveniently divided into state schemes and private schemes .
23 To overcome this problem corals can be hydrothermally converted to calcium phosphate , producing an implant material with a chemical composition closer to natural bone while retaining the open porosity of the original coral .
24 Hexagonal layers of spheres can be closely stacked on top of each other in two ways : hexagonal close packing ( hcp ) or face-centre cubic packing ( fcp ) .
25 Such is the importance of these events that none of the radical changes in Japan over the last 150 years can be properly understood without reference to them .
26 As between themselves the authority of individual partners to bind the firm can be properly circumscribed by agreement in effective variation of the basic principle set out in this section .
27 COHSE says trusts and units are joining a ‘ lemming-like rush ’ to abandon their current systems in favour of job evaluation , despite scant proof that the system works effectively or can be properly adapted to nursing .
28 Where there is a gender cue , role mapping can be indirectly affected via name mapping ( she is Diane , so the seer was the person questioned ) , but when there is no such cue role mapping must be brought about in some other way .
29 We have seen how the three strategies of recognition involve the lexicon in different ways , and differences in the processing of words can be best explained by reference to this notion .
30 ‘ Trickle-down economics ’ is the Reagan-era notion that economic prosperity can be best assured through tax cuts for the rich .
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