Example sentences of "[pron] can [pron] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can create marvellous textures which can themselves be reworked . |
| 2 | When the flaking is done skilfully , only light hand pressure with a piece of wood is needed to detach long slivers of material which can themselves be used as knives . |
| 3 | This neat little gadget replaces the old cotton reel studded with nails and is a quick and easy way to produce knitted cords and braids , which can them be combined and used in many ways , such as trimmings , toys appliqué and jewellery . |
| 4 | It should provide teaching ( which can itself be analysed into a number of more specific methods , functions and contingencies ; see Squires 1988 ) . |
| 5 | The Chinese cosmology based on li and ch'i goes back only to the Neo-Confucian movement of the Sung dynasty ( AD 960–1279 ) , a conceptual revolution which can itself be understood in Kuhnian terms as a response to the breakdown of an older paradigm . |
| 6 | This can be done by timing the sequence with a stop watch ( which can itself be proved to have been checked for accuracy if required ) . |
| 7 | Using the menu system , which can itself be modified to give pop-up , pull-down , or first letter selection of options , the colour scheme can be selected from a choice of four . |