Example sentences of "[adv] can be [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 Even in such circumstances , none the less , much can be found out by the judicious interrogation of the sources and witnesses which are available , as the history of the Suez crisis shows .
2 Critical discourse might have been given more space , especially in the context of the brief discussion of " canon " , but it is well handled in the earlier volume by Durant and Fabb , so can be picked up again in a course which focuses more clearly on literary texts using that book .
3 A wall that 's one brick ( 215mm/8½in ) thick can be built up to 1350mm ( 4ft 6in ) high without piers .
4 If the samples are above certain limits , the district underground can be shut down .
5 The data from this is punched into the ORACLE database which physically resides at the lab ( a mile or so away ) , and hence can be pulled down the line to map , say aluminium levels and check water quality against EC regulations .
6 A roof constructed in the manner illustrated overleaf can be walked on if access is required .
7 Bach remedies are often given along with homoeopathic remedies and any other therapies such as acupuncture , magnetic field therapy , neural therapy and so on can be added in as indicated .
8 In a competition renowned for its ferocity , where even forwards can be burned out in their twenties , a 35-year-old winger is most unusual .
9 Hardy bog plants propagated earlier can be set out in their permanent positions at the poolside .
10 Free-scoring Ally McCoist has a modest international record — only 13 goals from 43 games — and no-one else can be relied on to fire the bullets .
11 Some women find , for instance , they can renew old friendships which did n't fit in with their former lives ; interests that may have been put aside many years ago to accommodate someone else can be taken out of mothballs .
12 But you can see that er for someone who has no , a wife who has no income and her husband 's paying twenty five percent or forty percent then by moving a , say er twenty thousand at erm well er whatever percentage to fill up these allowances er if you 're getting ten thousand or twenty thousand put , put it into the wife 's name that they give us the interest is then hers , if she has no other income it neatly can be swallowed up by the allowance .
13 What the TNCs spend locally can be broken down into three components , namely wages and salaries , utility and service costs , and material linkages .
14 Howard protested against the use of alcohol in prisons , whereas the substances of abuse today in most administrations are drugs which are taken in small quantities and therefore can be smuggled in .
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