Example sentences of "can [be] [verb] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The offending insects can be blown out each morning into a jar of water . |
| 2 | Even more important , a good pack can be constructed around first class players like Wainwright , Smith , Hogg and Macdonald . |
| 3 | While contact between Europe and West Africa can be traced back many hundreds of years , it was only during the middle of the nineteenth century that Europeans arrived in any numbers in East and Central Africa . |
| 4 | The role of auditors can be traced back many hundreds of years . |
| 5 | Its weaving tradition can be traced back several millennia , and there are a number of pile carpets dating from the 15th and early 16th centuries still in existence today . |
| 6 | You can access a pop-up calculator , a notepad facility that can be called up each time you execute the program and , from a reviewers point of view the most appealing , you can access the manual at any time during the running of the program . |
| 7 | Although this characteristic is to some extent a handicap in that they can not be used , for instance , with boiling water , there are very great manufacturing advantages since the stuff can be squirted out hot in the form of tubes and sections or else into an elaborately shaped mould where it can be hardened almost instantaneously by rapid chilling . |
| 8 | If you are considering purchasing a piece of equipment remember many aids can be tried out first at Disabled Living Centres and at ‘ Dialability ’ in Oxford . |
| 9 | Throughout November and December a few big cod can be taken over low water from the end of the sandbar on night tides . |
| 10 | A recommended course for beginners is the RYA Competent Crew Certificate , which can be taken over three sailing weekends ( £110 per weekend ) or a full five-day course ( £215 ) . |
| 11 | For example , a proprietor of a garage may be restricted as to the amount of work that can be taken on due to a lack of skilled motor mechanics ; however , the proprietor can overcome this constraint in the long term by training non-skilled labour to perform the task . |
| 12 | Creating new export possibilities by establishing an EPZ in which exporting-only enterprises can be set up free of most local laws has appealed to many developing countries from the 1970s onwards . |
| 13 | After 12 months you should have nice young plants nearly ready for moving on to permanent quarters or , if the cuttings are of the rugosa type and intended for rootstocks on to which you are going to bud other varieties , they can be planted out ready for working . |
| 14 | Due to the high costs of equipment for high-quality colour printing , the actual printing work should be contracted out , but the design work can be carried out in-house . |
| 15 | Alternatively , the tests can be carried out free on the NHS , and although the NHS clinics and hospitals are unlikely to be able to provide an answer within one month , Mr Goswamy believes that , with proper organisation , a three month programme should be possible on the NHS . |
| 16 | This can be carried out last thing at night , once the puppy has been outside to relieve itself . |
| 17 | Division by two can be carried out any number o times by using more bistables . |
| 18 | The test can be carried out any time of day — there is no need to use the first morning urine — and its results are not affected by medicines such as pain relievers , antibiotics or the contraceptive pill . |
| 19 | It then remains unchanged throughout the life of the memory , and the information can be read out any number of times . |
| 20 | Although each of its trading locations around the world maintains its own accounts records , these records can be consolidated in next to no time to obtain an accountant's-eye view of Sumitomo 's overall position , because physically they are all stored on a single computer . |
| 21 | This can be paid out weekly or monthly . |
| 22 | It is also equally extraordinary how mean some people can be to pass on such a pony to an unsuspecting family with small children ! |
| 23 | Slightly overfill so that the surface can be rubbed down smooth once the filler has set . |
| 24 | Flake or pellets can be ground down fine enough even for a dwarf cichlids using a coffee grinder . |
| 25 | Parts that are sent to a yacht in transit can be brought in free of duty . |