Example sentences of "can [be] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their bodies can be mapped out like butchers ’ charts … |
| 2 | Even foods such as cellulose which forms the cell walls of plants can be broken down by carp , because of the bacteria which live in the gut . |
| 3 | A wall that 's one brick ( 215mm/8½in ) thick can be built up to 1350mm ( 4ft 6in ) high without piers . |
| 4 | The board can be made up in 25mm ( 1in ) thick softwood to a length fractionally longer than the curtain track , to allow access to fix the track and hang the curtains ( fig. 39 ) . |
| 5 | But then again , we can say that we 've had a quiet week Saturday and Sunday , or from Friday till through till Monday morning , it can be packed out with people just visiting the blues . |
| 6 | Parallel trade is now so well established that Health Department payments to pharmacists can be clawed back for sales of discounted drugs . |
| 7 | They can be fined up to £2,000 if they fail to comply with this legislation . ’ |
| 8 | Those who do n't take heed should remember that they can be fined up to £400 for ignoring a hosepipe or sprinkler ban , and up to £2,000 for ignoring a drought order . |
| 9 | Under the Merchant Shipping Act of 1894 , anyone found damaging a navigation aid or tying up to one can be fined up to £500 , but according to Mr Cooper a fine would be the least of the expense . |
| 10 | As we suggested above , long-firm frauds can be carried out by people who have no social or business contact with the criminal fraternity . |
| 11 | A Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6LS drops £500 to £11,100 , a Rover 820SI £738 to £17,712 and , for those who can still afford it , a Lotus Esprit can be snapped up for £45,878 , a cut of £1,912 . |
| 12 | The system operates rather like an ‘ electronic reference book ’ , whose data-filled pages can be read through by means of a hand-held signalling device pointed at , or linked to , a specially adapted television receiver . |