Example sentences of "[verb] can be [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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1 | These figures are collected continuously , and at any particular moment details of what is happening can be worked out . |
2 | Barth travels far and wide through the Bible , from Genesis to Revelation , and digests , criticises , and re-states a vast amount of material from the previous history of Christian thought , and from contemporary discussion — much of this in lengthy pages of tiny print , which readers are sometimes relieved to discover can be passed over without loss of the main drift ( though it should be said that some of the finest passages are to be found in the small print ) . |
3 | What the planner needs to know can be set out in the form of a cycle of information and analysis — a cycle , because marketing and advertising are a continuous process , and knowledge gained from one advertising campaign can be used to develop its continuation . |
4 | The portions of the application that do have to be emulated can be loaded in via floppy disk . |
5 | The portions of the application that do have to be emulated can be loaded in via floppy disk . |
6 | Pruning and picking can be carried out easily . |
7 | Easy to spawn in a planted tank , and fry can be brought on with adults . |
8 | A member with a holding of a similar size will be quite unable to present a credible challenge to the board because in any contested vote the bulk of shareholders who bother to participate can be relied on to support the incumbent management team . |
9 | Liquids lie on protected carpets rather than soak in , so spills can be blotted up quite easily . |
10 | Whether your aims are physique development or figure improvement , the vast majority of the exercises you will need to do can be carried out with these very basic pieces of equipment . |
11 | Situations and characters to be portrayed can be set out for the learner on a worksheet . |
12 | Some idea of the complexity involved can be gained by considering that there is an infinite sequence of X-like points accumulating on the point X in Fig. 6.2 . |
13 | Normally the growing child overcomes these neuroses spontaneously ; those which are not overcome can be cleared up later in psychoanalysis . |
14 | The horseshoe ridge that Ben Lawers dominates can be knocked off in a single day if you have legs of iron , but for a more leisurely exploration of the hills , Glen Lyon is where to pick off Meall a' Choire Leith , Meall Garbh , and the more distant Meall Greigh that turns the horseshoe into an S-shape . |
15 | The data and data structures that have been identified can be mapped on to conventional computer files or clerical files and not necessarily databases . |
16 | A are we going to decide what we think can be missed out ? |
17 | If a number of people are present , invitations to summarize can be shared around rather than becoming the prerogative of one person . |
18 | It is patently obvious how a fear which is openly expressed can be passed on . |
19 | That a subject is capable of noticing whatever is to be perceived can be broken down into two individually necessary and jointly sufficiently conditions : |
20 | Any that is exposed can be taken out and sold for scrap . |
21 | It is ideal if concreting can be carried out during one day as there is then less likelihood of a leak appearing . |
22 | Actually all the doubts just mentioned can be cleared up by the use of one word , though it is a word never used in The Lord of the Rings . |
23 | ALTHOUGH it is bound to be a finite group , each of those I 've mentioned can be broken down into sub |
24 | At Duxford airfield , the operations table from which aspects of the Battle of Britain were controlled can be seen along with the original control tower , hangar and runway . |
25 | One part , the part that writes , that creates something new , requires a protected private space , a ‘ dark backward abysm ’ out of which daydreams can be called up in security . |