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

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1 Yet more sweet scent came wafting from the generous drifts of white alyssum that softened the open areas of stone chippings in Cheshire Pink shade — a surface that makes a practical alternative to the conventional lawn and can be defined and contained by brick edging .
2 For instance , he can choose to work with the 4WD and diff-locks in the usual way — both functions have their own button and can be engaged and disengaged under full load .
3 Much of the interior remains and can be visited and explored .
4 It has rows of vertical shirring and can be raised and lowered by cords threaded through rings concealed at the back of the blind .
5 The software comes on one disk and can be loaded and run from the floppy disk drive .
6 We want to be known as people who pay their bills on time and can be trusted and depended on for help if needed .
7 This data can quickly be transferred from one information system to another and can be combined and transformed in ways which might not otherwise be practicable ; furthermore , data held on computers is invisible and not directly intelligible so that people have more difficulty in knowing what is in the records or what is happening to them .
8 The food is ingested and the bacteria may lie dormant in the bird , where it contaminates the eggs produced and can be excreted and spread around the flock .
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