Example sentences of "can [be] [verb] [adv prt] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shafts can be tied on in the case of very young children , especially during active play . |
| 2 | New ideas can be bounced around in the comparative safety of the governors ' meeting and reactions gauged . |
| 3 | This means that for the first one the doubt is ‘ simple ’ and can be cleared up in a straightforward way , but for the second it is ‘ compound ’ and needs much greater care . |
| 4 | TSB Direct also claims loans can be turned round in five days from application . |
| 5 | Investors in soon-to-mature MTNs could be first in line for payment if the deal with GE Capital can be pushed through in time . |
| 6 | If you are interested in helping to guide the society through committee-work or know someone else who is ‘ good ’ on committees , please let the Office have that nomination ( with the nominee 's permission , of course ! ) by 19 February 1988 , so that if more than three candidates come forward , ballot forms can be sent out in good time . |
| 7 | The variety is enormous but many can be ruled out in not satisfying all the requirements . |
| 8 | The structure of the economy and society can be broken down in a variety of ways for a variety of purposes . |
| 9 | The system also ‘ stores ’ details of the last 5,000 lightning strikes , and this data can be played back in accelerated fashion , enabling pilots to track the movement of thunderstorms . |
| 10 | That is something that can be argued over in specific instances . |
| 11 | The sovereignty of Parliament has been the linchpin of our unwritten and flexible constitution ; it can be traced back in our political practice and constitutional theory for almost three centuries ; and yet the constitutional authorities have come to see it as the fundamental constitutional problem needing challenge and change . |
| 12 | Though the backgrounds of the successful ironmongers were varied , nearly all their families can be traced back in the neighbourhood to the sixteenth century , either through a direct line or through marriage . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In principle , any discipline can be called on in this way , as an intellectual resource which has the power of showing hidden ways of perceiving the object in question . |
| 15 | However , deterrence will exist only when young people can be locked up in secure accommodation : if they can not be locked up , all this will be a waste of time . |
| 16 | Luckily for the curious , this historical sideline can be followed up in a number of publications , both about individuals and institutions . |
| 17 | Any further comments can be filled out in the available space . |
| 18 | The party is now run under a kind of democracy of the dead , whereby huge nominal majorities can be run up in pre-ordained electoral charades , but the real contests and choices have been fixed in advance by an ever-narrowing circle of a favoured élite . |
| 19 | If the inflow falls short of mortgage lending plans a generous cushion of liquid assets can be run down in order to preserve a steady outflow of mortgage lending . |
| 20 | They can be written about in such a way that someone else is able to empathize with them . |
| 21 | Political power can be built up in this way , with the result that many Latin American leaders owe their position to a network of clientelist relationships . |
| 22 | By the use of one-way valves , air pressure can be built up in each chamber in turn by moving the piston back and forth . |
| 23 | However , it indicates how very complicated multiple conditions can be built up in the creation of user profiles for information retrieval systems . |
| 24 | There are eight studios in major cities and two that can be dragged around in caravans . |
| 25 | The board can be made up in 25mm ( 1in ) thick softwood to a length fractionally longer than the curtain track , to allow access to fix the track and hang the curtains ( fig. 39 ) . |
| 26 | Staff at Corin Medical in Cirencester are producing the different pieces of the artificial hip joint which like lego can be made up in 120 combinations . |
| 27 | If the share proceeds are less than that , the difference can be made up in cash . |
| 28 | I believe that a formidable case can be made out in support of Lord Simon 's conviction that ‘ the concept of ‘ crime of basic intent ’ is a useful tool of analysis ’ . |
| 29 | The more versatile chickpea can be spiced up in salads or puréed with garlic for deep frying or serving in dips . |
| 30 | Thus the learning context of any child must initially be the loving home where relationships can be tried out in all kinds of ways , mistakes made , lessons noted and adjustments effected . |