Example sentences of "[adj] they can [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now nobody is quite sure they can be saved , not while such a huge organisation answers to this board of education . |
| 2 | So when you fit them , make sure they can be reached easily . |
| 3 | He 's confident they can be brought back . |
| 4 | It is very unlikely they can be sustained , ’ said John Shepperd , economist with merchant bank SG Warburg . |
| 5 | When the caterpillars are small they can be transferred from the old leaves to the new ones with a paint-brush . |
| 6 | Keeping the index record size down is helpful because if the inverted indexes are small they can be held in main storage , and so cut search times down to a minimum . |
| 7 | While not insurmountable they can be overcome only by those with experience and intimate knowledge of police work . |
| 8 | Such people should be diagnosed by experts and given appropriate treatment which will prevent them from re-offending ; if necessary they can be detained to incapacitate them in the meantime . |
| 9 | Furthermore , if necessary they can be left unattended . |