Example sentences of "can [be] [verb] [prep] a single " in BNC.
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| 1 | He believed that all living forms can be related into a single developmental sequence . |
| 2 | This results in better detection limits in the AI to K region , and a wide range of elements ( AI to U ) can be analysed with a single source . |
| 3 | Because of the fact that permanent reduction of acid secretion can be achieved by a single course of H pylori eradication treatment , there seems little justification to continue to treat duodenal ulcer patients with repeated courses of expensive acid suppressive treatment . |
| 4 | Nearly all the Moulds , Molds , Mouldes and other variants of the name which appear in Shropshire parish registers can be placed on a single family tree . |
| 5 | The fungi can be treated as a single , collective entity ( see Profiles ) . |
| 6 | Given the limited number of transistors that can be integrated into a single chip computer , the RISC high-level language is implemented mainly using software , with hardware support for only the most time consuming events such as the passing of parameters in procedure calls . |
| 7 | It is very common to find that the combination of the adverbal adjective and its preceding verb can be matched by a single verb , without any change at all in the overall syntactic pattern or in the meaning : 14 ( a ) you should make the string longer you should lengthen the string ( b ) his sister wanted to set the owl free his sister wanted to release the owl or his sister wanted to free the owl ( c ) Liz had knocked her fiancè unconscious Liz had stunned her fiancè ( The same remark can be made of what are plainly close relatives of this construction , namely separable verbs where the second part is an adverb , or " particle " , as with put up ( = accommodate ) , or pull off ( = achieve . ) |
| 8 | Completed data files can be sent to a single bulk storage system or to the node containing the printer or plotter . |
| 9 | Zoomed-in partitions can be displayed on a single screen |
| 10 | In cases where there is more information than can be displayed on a single screen , scrolling facilities are provided for the relevant section of the table . |
| 11 | Another way in which the cat 's sound system appears much more complex than that of other species is in the degree of variation that can be applied to a single type of call . |
| 12 | The boolean functions which can be applied to a single bit position can then be extended to what are called logical operations on the whole word . |
| 13 | Several young plants can be formed from a single stem by making a series of wounds at a convenient distance apart and burying each in a prepared hollow in the ground . |
| 14 | For instance , one of the signs that extremely and fast are united in a grammatical construction is the fact that the sequence extremely fast can be replaced by a single element , say , old , which has the same relationship to cars as does extremely fast ; furthermore , this substitution causes no grammatical change in the rest of the sentence . |
| 15 | The introduction of Local Area Networks ( LANs ) and large workstations has led to the development of Open Systems Integration ( OSI ) in which different machines can be operated within a single network running whatever operating system is appropriate for specific applications on individual workstations . |
| 16 | The recognition of cursive script is much more difficult because several characters can be written with a single stroke . |
| 17 | Many valuable training experiences can be arranged within a single school or agency , or by a group of teachers from different schools meeting regularly to carry out an agreed task . |
| 18 | The problem with all these formulations is that they are reductionist : that is , they claim that complex and multi-faceted phenomena can be explained by a single , simple cause . |
| 19 | For example , gravity can be opposed by a single , vertical prop but the slightest eccentricity will cause it to gyrate and buckle . |
| 20 | A small field effect transistor , thermistor for temperature measurement and a reference cell are mounted in the tip of the probe and accurate measurements can be made on a single drop of sample . |
| 21 | Or the whole unit can be checked at a single tour , with a limit of 2,000 stock codes on the Psion . |
| 22 | Nature , produced by Robin Hellier , has a lot of pace as did Horizon 's The Geneva event ( BBC2 , 24 January ) What the latter did not have was much patience with the aspirant but relatively unlearned student of what is going on in the world of high energy physics The main Geneva event — the identification of the W subatomic particle which , with the Z , will enable the theory that the four fundamental forces of nature can be unified within a single framework to be sustained — has yet to be announced , though it is believed imminent Horizon had been patiently filming for four years . |
| 23 | There are conceptual and methodological problems to overcome , and the need to resist the tendency to believe that QOL can be assessed with a single quickly applied composite measure . |
| 24 | Ideas that can be developed beyond a single campaign into a campaign that will run for years are really worth their weight in gold . |
| 25 | Applications can be developed on a single machine and then run in parallel later . |
| 26 | For example , it is often said that testing assumes that intelligence can be quantified by a single number , as in a much-praised recent book , The Mismeasure of Man , by a palaeontologist , Stephen Jay Gould . |
| 27 | For the future , and with Banishing gripes much in mind , I feel we should be looking for improvements in moling/boring techniques to a degree that , in suitable areas , over 100 metres of main can be laid from a single launch site . |
| 28 | The resource loading can be shown for a single assignment or the entire plan , with actuals , plans and overloads by time period . |
| 29 | Most hedges can be planted in a single straight row , but for a denser , wider hedge plant in two staggered rows . |
| 30 | The nature of the involvement was by no means uniform , but some idea of it can be judged from a single case . |