Example sentences of "[pron] can be [vb pp] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And now finally — as we always seem to be saying at the conclusion of our news bulletins — perhaps I can be allowed one or two serious observations . |
| 2 | She is especially renowned for creating a long silk jersey halter-neck evening dress , which can be worn five different ways and is easy to make because it only has one seam . |
| 3 | She is especially renowned for creating a long silk jersey halter-neck evening dress which can be worn five different ways and is easy to make because it only has one seam . |
| 4 | Take a ride on the Foxfield Steam Railway which can be joined 4 miles away . |
| 5 | Polyacetylene has created a lot of technological interest because it , like other semiconductors , can be doped to improve its conductivity , which can be increased ten million , million times . |
| 6 | Another cantata which can be dated 1649 by its reference to the execution of Charles I , La Fortuna ( ‘ Alla ruota , alla benda ’ ) , is much more varied and more typical in form : |
| 7 | There are numerous walks ; directly from Blacklands you can follow the East Malling stream which runs through its garden , through the East Malling village conservation area , and leads right to the source of the stream in the pretty hamlet of West Stree ; you can also join the Pilgrims Way , the medieval route from Winchester to Canterbury which can be reached 2 miles away . |
| 8 | Walkers can enjoy both the dales and the moors and the Pennine Way , which can be reached 15 miles away . |
| 9 | Both cards , when used with your Personal Number ( PIN ) , let you draw cash from any of our nationwide network of AutoBanks , which can be used 24 hours a day , 7 days a week ; and at all NatWest Servicetills . |
| 10 | Keith Long , of Kingston-upon-Thames , meanwhile , writes , in relation to our fictional new elector of 1997 , Billy Johnson : ‘ Er , excuse me … you can be born 41 minutes too late to vote . |
| 11 | In the Tambotata Reserve , Peru , there can be found 530 bird species compared to 850 in the USA and Canada combined . |
| 12 | Over and above the on-site team are service and branch managers who will visit premises on a weekly basis to ensure that they are being cleaned in accordance with the client 's needs , and they can be contacted twenty four hours a day , whether at home or work , by radio pagers . |
| 13 | For convenience they can be numbered 1 , 2 and 3 . |
| 14 | McGegan 's problem ( if it can be considered one ) is that his own orchestra , Philharmonia Baroque , is based in Los Angeles , and is therefore too expensive to bring annually to Göttingen . |
| 15 | This is not because it can be proved one way or the other that either or neither version is the type of play that Marlowe would have written . |
| 16 | It can be read millions of times over , but only written to once — when it is first assembled at the birth of the cell in which it resides . |
| 17 | He can be given one more magic item from Warhammer or Warhammer Magic at the standard points cost . |