Example sentences of "can [be] [verb] [adv prt] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Weedy pools may give way to areas of broken rock , with boulders and small stones which can be turned over to reveal a hypolithic fauna of considerable interest . |
| 2 | Their huge pinnae , which can be swivelled round to scan the air , gather the echoes of the sound into the earholes . |
| 3 | Many disciplines can be called up to impart a critical perspective , and questions and strategies can be mounted which have use across a wide variety of courses of study . |
| 4 | The classic bob can be swept back to ring the changes . |
| 5 | The different sectors are like jigsaw pieces and can be moved around to fit the particular city being dealt with . |
| 6 | In my view , however , therein lies its strength ; it is a programme that can be relied on to give an unvarnished account of the proceedings of the House and its committees ; it has been called a mini-Hansard . |
| 7 | His mere re-election can be relied on to revive the market and solve those problems — without costing the public purse one penny . |
| 8 | So the teacher finally asks Peggy , who can be relied on to know the correct answer : |
| 9 | They know she can be relied on to make the big day for her clients sparkle with the perfect glittering accessory . |
| 10 | It can be used in either mono or stereo ; a guitar can be plugged in to access the onboard tuner and allow you to play along with a drum pattern ; it 's MIDI compatible , and with a Yamaha FC4 or FC5 footswitch you can start and stop the machine , tell it to drop in a fill pattern , or tell it to advance to the next pattern or song . |
| 11 | It can be used in either mono or stereo ; a guitar can be plugged in to access the onboard tuner and allow you to play along with a drum pattern ; it 's MIDI compatible , and with a Yamaha FC4 or FC5 footswitch you can start and stop the machine , tell it to drop in a fill pattern , or tell it to advance to the next pattern or song . |
| 12 | This is not all ; for if any unwanted change in the output occurs and this change can be fed back to modify the duty cycle ratio in the proper sense , the output can be stabilized at some desired value , any deviation from that value being automatically corrected . |
| 13 | Where there is an existing unused boss socket , this can be drilled out using a hole saw |
| 14 | In both cases return to Brunnen direct by boat from the Rutli landing stage ( a special ticket can be taken out to allow an outward journey to Treib and return from Rutli ) . |
| 15 | The Mersey Tunnel Authority will close the flyovers for two months in the autumn so that detailed traffic surveys can be carried out to measure the effect on traffic movement in central Birkenhead and the impact on the operation of the tunnels . |
| 16 | The Mersey Tunnel Authority will close the flyovers for two months in the autumn so that detailed traffic surveys can be carried out to measure the effect on traffic movement in central Birkenhead and the impact on the operation of the tunnels . |
| 17 | The floaty , translucent , viscose jacket costs £195 ; the gathered skirt , with its lycra waistband which can be rolled up to form a strapless dress , is £169 , and the long overtop costs £105 . |
| 18 | Tell-tale themes — which emerge in repeated use of phrases such as , in the case of a motivated talent for management , ‘ I took care of … organised … got people together ’ — can be added up to reveal the interviewee 's motivational pattern . |
| 19 | AUSTRALIAN aboriginals have been known to slit the penis through to the urethra so that it can be flattened out to resemble the forked penis of the kangaroo . |
| 20 | The discount on the share can be worked out using the formula : — |