Example sentences of "[verb] [Wh adv] [pron] can [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we wish to store and manipulate normal form programs in computers it will be worthwhile investigating this and other topics to discover how they can be made more compact . |
| 2 | The substance of all that has so far been written in this chapter illustrates how there can be established a firm belief that God and man have developed from a common origin , the origin itself being irrelevant . |
| 3 | Moving from a low cost to a high price housing area will be of concern : employees will wish to know how they can be helped to meet increased payments . |
| 4 | The verbs seem and appear deliberately withhold applicability ( thus permitting but not demanding the inference that it is inappropriate ) , as does the verb act where it can be taken that the property does not apply . |
| 5 | Do n't know if I could do the electric one definitely Guess that 's about whether the I 'd like one of them , one of them and yeah but we do n't know when it can be delivered , so we ca n't do it that early you ca n't say yeah but but er we 'll let you know , well we can so it 's there that 's what we wish , they 'd the bills go and we 'll let you know when you can be the keys can be available for you to put it in . |
| 6 | This will highlight the respective advantages and disadvantages of the two approaches and show how they can be used to complement one another in the analysis and presentation of large complex datasets . |
| 7 | They only show how it can be studied in some cases . |
| 8 | They get washed whenever I can be bothered , or whenever my mother raids my bedroom . |
| 9 | In this paper expert systems technology is explained and shown how it can be applied to ‘ real ’ aircraft maintenance problems . |
| 10 | The Andover Branch have again shown how it can be done and wins the Anna Neagle Trophy with a contribution of £1,466.54 — or £10.40 per Branch member . |
| 11 | Similarly , with a clearly enunciated history curriculum other departments in the school can see how they can be served on occasion or a basis can be laid in history which they can reinforce . |
| 12 | Having emphasised the differences between these two approaches , statistical and conceptual , we shall now see how they can be used together . |
| 13 | It will therefore be wise to record details of job changes and about leavers No doubt there are gaps in my scenario , but the range of activity I have described provides ample scope for the beneficial use of computers , so let us see how they can be used In doing so I shall make particular reference to the value of microcomputers . |
| 14 | I mean , I do n't see how I can be involved here politically , it 's not my place . |
| 15 | ‘ It goes yellow if you keep it for too long and I do n't see how anyone can be expected to use fifty tablecloths even in a lifetime — not mucky-looking yellow ones . |
| 16 | Mr Baker 's party takes a different view ; they 've only to explain to the public how we 're going to succeed if we do n't invest in our own future , in our education and training and in good social services for our people , because I do n't see how it can be done . |
| 17 | Integrating flowers , fruit and vegetables in an attractive way sounds impossible , but Geoff Hamilton shows how it can be done in The Ornamental Kitchen Garden ( BBC Books , £15.95 ) . |
| 18 | Its designer shows how it can be fitted through a small kayak hatch in its assembled state . |
| 19 | I have spent so much time on the status consciousness explanation because it has been very influential , and because Nichols shows how it can be reinterpreted with more satisfactory results . |
| 20 | The dictionary shows how efficiency in the formulation of meaning can be achieved by synthesis , the grammar shows how it can be achieved by analysis . |
| 21 | If , having looked at the display , the performance of the system is not satisfactory , the display will suggest how it can be improved . |
| 22 | Ted , based at Research in Coventry in the UK , is involved in environmental work , studying emerging methods of pollution control and considering how they can be applied to Group businesses . |
| 23 | They all want to go to brothels in the evening and they think I know where they can be found . |
| 24 | Mr Hall says in a letter to her that he finds it difficult to understand how he can be associated with the previous Conservative MP Chris Butler 's lack of support for the unit . |
| 25 | A notion of power which goes beyond , say , class reductionism is obviously useful in attempting to grasp the history of the subordination of women , or the regulation of unorthodox sexualities , but if power is everywhere it is difficult to understand how it can be resisted or broken out of . |
| 26 | Look through the whole text , feel its atmosphere , decide how it can be shaped into a musical form , and then concentrate on the music , and especially on the melody . |
| 27 | Look at plants from all angles to determine how they can be used — maybe you could remove the petals and make a smaller flower with just a few of them ? |
| 28 | In effect what applied linguistics does is to enquire into cross-cultural accommodation : it transfers ideas and methods from different disciplinary cultures and seeks to demonstrate how they can be made coherent and effective in the different conditions of pedagogic practice . |
| 29 | She asks how it can be made easier for abusers , who suffer a compulsive behavioural disorder , to say ‘ doctor I 've got this problem and I need help ? ’ . |
| 30 | The Arab world has now broken up into three separate components and it is difficult to see how they can be reassembled . |