Example sentences of "[noun] can [be] [verb] [adv prt] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | These words can be summed up in an acronym DOSES . |
| 2 | Luckily for the curious , this historical sideline can be followed up in a number of publications , both about individuals and institutions . |
| 3 | Thus the learning context of any child must initially be the loving home where relationships can be tried out in all kinds of ways , mistakes made , lessons noted and adjustments effected . |
| 4 | The system also ‘ stores ’ details of the last 5,000 lightning strikes , and this data can be played back in accelerated fashion , enabling pilots to track the movement of thunderstorms . |
| 5 | After removing the glass , the sidelights can be taken out in a similar way . |
| 6 | Obviously this would only be of benefit if there were capital gains against which the loss can be set off in the current or future years . |
| 7 | Further , if unc where u , v are units and unc are positive primes then u = v , r = s and the pi and the qi can be paired off in such a manner that paired primes are equal . |
| 8 | Rangers ' pitch will now be lifted at the earliest opportunity and a new one laid in its place , so long as the work can be carried out in time for the new season . |
| 9 | One important global issue can be summed up in the now widely used expression ‘ limits to growth ’ . |
| 10 | Perhaps their attitude can be summed up in a nice little phrase from one of Dally 's patients : ‘ The pleasures of eating are fleeting , but the pleasures of fasting are lasting . ’ |
| 11 | They have been suggested by people 's changing needs and growing understanding of how the gospel can be worked out in human society . |
| 12 | The reason for that failure can be summed up in one word : ‘ Next ’ . |
| 13 | The party is now run under a kind of democracy of the dead , whereby huge nominal majorities can be run up in pre-ordained electoral charades , but the real contests and choices have been fixed in advance by an ever-narrowing circle of a favoured élite . |
| 14 | If the share proceeds are less than that , the difference can be made up in cash . |
| 15 | The process can be carried out in a micro-wave oven . |
| 16 | New ideas can be bounced around in the comparative safety of the governors ' meeting and reactions gauged . |
| 17 | The most attractive reason in the current economic climate can be summed up in just one word , margin . |
| 18 | With a little practice , the creeping grey speck of jelly which is an amoeba can be picked out in a drop of pond water . |
| 19 | However , it indicates how very complicated multiple conditions can be built up in the creation of user profiles for information retrieval systems . |
| 20 | Most of the village site has now been ploughed , and medieval potsherds can be picked up in abundance ; almost all the ridge and furrow has been levelled . |
| 21 | Though the backgrounds of the successful ironmongers were varied , nearly all their families can be traced back in the neighbourhood to the sixteenth century , either through a direct line or through marriage . |
| 22 | Now renamed Ecological Advisory Service , service has been recognised in the Birthday Honours List by the award of the M B E. His service can be summed up in his own words . |
| 23 | If wood is to be stained as well as filled , then it is possible with some makes to thin the filler with the wood dye , so that dyeing and filling can be carried out in one operation . |
| 24 | On the 25th March 1993 Mr Howard updated the DoE guideline to planners thus ‘ it would be against the national interest to refuse planning permission for the extension of economic indigenous coal where the development can be carried out in an environmentally acceptable way . |
| 25 | Any further comments can be filled out in the available space . |
| 26 | Road tests carried out twenty years ago show how passengers can be thrown around in a crash . |
| 27 | The redevelopment of the Shenley Hospital for new housing suggests that such redevelopment can be carried out in a sensitive and locally acceptable manner . |
| 28 | However , deterrence will exist only when young people can be locked up in secure accommodation : if they can not be locked up , all this will be a waste of time . |
| 29 | TSB Direct also claims loans can be turned round in five days from application . |
| 30 | This means that odour is at a minimum and brushes can be washed out in water . |