Example sentences of "can [be] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 By the time some pupils reach secondary school they can be up to a year behind classmates who have had the proper amount of teaching , Government insiders claim .
2 Present day rent free periods can be up to a year or even longer , and the tenant will not wish to make the first payment of rent on the date of the lease where the Rent Commencement Date is 12 months hence .
3 Time they get to about sixteen or seventeen you know they can be up in the top players .
4 It is obviously better if trees can be out of the ground for as short a time as possible and it is much less expensive to buy bare root transplants .
5 Discrimination can be institutionalized and done procedurally as a matter of course behind the scenes or it can be out in the open with insults to your face , but the result is the same .
6 Feverfew , nasturtiums and chamomile will also seed themselves between the cracks but at this point one can be back to the weeding situation and the paving loses its character of precision and smoothness .
7 If we travel hard and fast , we can be back in the city before nightfall . ’
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