Example sentences of "[noun] can be [verb] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A suggestive thing about it is that action can be measured in units of Planck 's constant h . |
| 2 | In addition , ‘ lark ’ and ‘ owl ’ characteristics can be created by circumstances . |
| 3 | A thin metal ‘ telescope ’ , lubricated on the outside , is inserted into the urethra and by means of a light-source at its tip , the inside of the urethra can be examined for cysts , warts , herpetic ulcers , or infected urethral glands . |
| 4 | Measurements of cell proliferation can be used as biomarkers of preneoplastic change . |
| 5 | This assumption means that peoples can be analysed in ways comparable to those used with individuals , for the gulf between individual and group psychology is bridged by the survival of memory traces : ‘ … men have always known ( in this special way ) that they once possessed a primal father and killed him ’ . |
| 6 | The identity of a horse can be preserved through changes of matter ; it does not depend on the identity of a continued material substance , but on ‘ the unity of one continued life ’ . |
| 7 | Early carrots can be sown under cloches and frames . |
| 8 | Panel lists can be found at Citizens Advice Bureaux , at Magistrates Courts and also in the Solicitors regional Directory . |
| 9 | Although homoeopathic remedies can be purchased in shops without prescription , this book is not intended to be a ‘ D.I.Y . |
| 10 | Sticks or twigs can be used for poles , and ‘ chains ’ or necklaces suspended from ‘ pole ’ to ‘ pole ’ . |
| 11 | We suggest that such a characterisation can be developed in terms of a topic framework . |
| 12 | It is this consideration which leads directly to the way that social representation theorists conceive of the process of anchoring , and the need to widen this conception , so that everyday thinking can be understood in terms of opposing psychological processes . |
| 13 | A similar experiment showed that Phoma spores can be transferred from tubers to soil on potato graders , and from there to other tubers during grading . |
| 14 | You will , I am sure , appreciate that now that the contract for the Ski Centre is subject to Competitive Tender , only commercially sound concessions can be offered to groups such as the Scottish Universities . |
| 15 | This itself may lead to fewer people being employed , unless the programme can be accompanied by industries gaining an increased market share of both home and export markets . |
| 16 | Earlier we saw that the images of the mind can be collected into schemata . |
| 17 | Patterns of Ministry to my mind can be interpreted as patterns of sharing and partnership is active and not fussy . |
| 18 | Seeming contradictions can be explained in situations where conservation policies may be drawn up in some areas ( perhaps financed by foreign aid , and attached to prestigious foreign fellowships and enhanced salaries for senior officials ) — but in a neighbouring area a carte-blanche logging contract is offered to a transnational company . |
| 19 | The form of signals can be understood in terms of the medium in which they are transmitted , their ancestry , and the process called ritualization by which they evolve from their ancestral form into signals . |
| 20 | A set of pictures can be hung from ribbons or cords — for example , a set of two or three miniature ovals can be hung down a length of ribbon , with a velvet or silk bow positioned at the top of the strip . |
| 21 | A number of semi-regular variables can be followed with binoculars ; R Lyræ and W Cygni , for example . |
| 22 | Even the principle that struts should be shorter and stouter than ties can be applied to lines . |
| 23 | Individual heating appliances such as gas convectors can be controlled by thermostats and time switches just as effectively as a central heating system , and will obviously cost less to install . |
| 24 | More informal guidance can be found in books with a personal approach , in which class the Companion Guide to Rome by Georgina Masson is exemplary ( first published in 1965 ) . |
| 25 | Further discussion of these various methods can be found in Sparks and West ( 1971 ) . |
| 26 | Pump housings can be covered with slabs that double as stepping stones , or stands for Bonsai , while the decking over a gravity-fed filter chamber can be painted in the traditional red and black of a tea-house balcony or simple bridge . |
| 27 | The following equation can be derived from equations ( 9 ) and ( 7 ) in the same way that equation ( 8 ) was derived from equations ( 6 ) and ( 7 ) : Osmosis is the passage of a solvent through a membrane from a dilute solution or the solvent itself into a concentrated solution . |
| 28 | All local four-vectors at the same event in space–time can be expressed in terms of the same set of basis vectors . |
| 29 | In terms of habitats frequented by birds ( apart from the urban areas ) the coastlands can be divided into cliffs , estuaries , river mouths and tidal flats , shingle and dune areas , and coastal levels . |
| 30 | Light can be described in terms both of waves and of particles . |