Example sentences of "it can [be] [vb pp] as " in BNC.

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31 Should this particular complication occur after creation of a successful shunt , it can be improved as described for patient 6 .
32 The actual time of the start is difficult to arrive at , and is not important , but whatever the historical facts may be , it can be taken as fairly certain that the misuse of religion had become well established at the time of the advent of Jesus Christ .
33 Further , the lack of visible staff-room integration serves to reinforce alienistic attitudes because it can be taken as evidence that these attitudes have a firm base in reality .
34 The Created God must be such that it can be envisaged as a focal point on which thoughts can be concentrated when a problem or need requires it .
35 Some writing which is called art criticism will be helpful , some will not ; other writing will also be valuable , although whether it can be described as art criticism may be disputable .
36 It can be described as just one of these things .
37 Or it can be described as we might describe other fictional forms , such as an opera , a play , a film , or even a mime , where there is no linguistic dimension at all : X contains several Neanderthal characters .
38 It can be adapted as circumstances change .
39 In general , then , we need to try to explain the earliest arrangement of the basic administrative land units in our study area and see if it can be identified as being of pre-Roman , Roman , or later date .
40 Firstly , it can be knitted as in the graph , in muted shades of green and brown on a cream background ( Sample 1 ) .
41 It can be planted as with most others of its genus in a good rich mixture .
42 Although the overall prevalence of moderate to severe dementia for those aged 65 and over in Britain can not be stated with accuracy ( because the several studies conducted in this country took place in different locations , at different times , with different types of sample , and using different measures and methods of assessment of dementia ; see for example Akhtar AM et al , 1973 ; Clarke et al , 1984 and ; 1986 ; Bergmann , 1971 ; Bond & Carstairs , 1982 ; Gruer , 1975 ; Gurland et al , 1983 ; Kay et al , 1964 & 1970 ; Maule et al , 1984 ; Williamson et al , l964 ) , it can be estimated as somewhere between one per cent and seven per cent of those aged 65 and over .
43 ‘ If it can be read as prose , then it is prose .
44 erm he would get , he would get a lot of support because it is , it can be read as r as being restorationist but
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