Example sentences of "[pron] can [be] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Learners acquire a particular language by receiving comprehensible input , that is to say by being exposed to messages expressed in language which is within the current acquired competence of the learners , together with language which is due to appear in the next stage of acquisition , and which can be eased into the mind by the help of context , knowledge of the world and so on . |
| 32 | At the root of my disgust is not rampant misanthropy , despite the ample evidence which can be adduced for the evils of humankind . |
| 33 | There can be little doubt that there is available to humankind meanings to the words ‘ god ’ and ‘ religion ’ which are based on reason and the intelligent interpretation of the limitless amount of information on the course of evolution and civilisation which can be gathered through the study of history and prehistory . |
| 34 | Their effects can not be isolated from the HLCA system ; in essence it has been the availability of substantial levels of grant plus the guarantee of HLCAs on the increased numbers of animals which can be kept on the agriculturally improved grassland , which together have constituted a substantial incentive for such capital improvements . |
| 35 | The cooperative binding of CRP and the wild-type enzyme at the lac UV5 promoter is accompanied by significant changes in the footprint with respect to the two binary complexes : 1 ) the DNAaseI footprints of RNA polymerase and CRP overlap ( Fig. 2 ; and [ 18 ] ) , moreover , at least on the upper strand , an extension of the footprint of the CRP site is observed up to position -84.5 ; 2 ) a more intense protection of the -40 , -70 and -80 regions to hydroxyl-radical cleavage is observed ( Fig. 3 ) ; 3 ) CRP and RNA polymerase induce a conformational change of the -50 region , which can be detected by the copper-phenanthroline reagent ( Fig. 5 ) or after UV irradiation ( Fig. 4 ; and [ 32 ] ) . |
| 36 | Groove and glue on a stout strip which can be gripped in the vice . |
| 37 | The notion of transparent reporting which can be understood by the untutored layman is a chimera . |
| 38 | They may be seen as lacking basic training which can be rectified by the intervention of psychiatrists , psychologists , social workers , probation workers or other similar welfare professionals . |
| 39 | The power of decision being committed by the statute exclusively to the housing authority , their exercise of the power can only be challenged before the courts on the strictly limited grounds ( i ) that their decision was vitiated by bias or procedural unfairness ; ( ii ) that they have reached a conclusion of fact which can be impugned on the principles set out in the speech of Lord Radcliffe in Edwards v. Bairstow [ 1956 ] A.C. 14 ; or ( iii ) that , in as far as they have exercised a discretion ( as they may require to do in considering questions of reasonableness under section 17(1) ( 2 ) and ( 4 ) ) , the exercise can be impugned on the principles set out in the judgment of Lord Greene M.R. in Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd. v. Wednesbury Corporation [ 1948 ] 1 K.B . |
| 40 | the high position : increase in ride height of 30 mm which can be selected by the driver to cope with abnormal conditions such as snow/flooding etc . |
| 41 | There is , however , another meaning which can be given to the term : the model as an ideal , an exemplary type or paradigm , as in model pupil , worker or wife . |
| 42 | It is true that we are more enlightened than we were ; there is a public which has learnt to smile at the reviewer who declares that a line ‘ will not scan ’ , or that it contains a ‘ trochee ’ where it should have had an ‘ iamb ’ , without considering whether it was ever intended to ‘ scan ’ , or whether there is anything in English verse which can be treated as the absolute equivalent of a Greek or Latin trochee . |
| 43 | ‘ Practically the only good thing which can be said about the patronage system , ’ said the Archdeacon , ‘ is that it prevents dioceses selling off or pulling down at least some few of their beautiful buildings . ’ |
| 44 | A series of strange events have happened in the building which can be traced to the ghost of an old railwayman , and more recently the spirit of an art student who unfortunately got hooked on hard drugs , which combined with drink killed him after he had attended the celebration party to launch the Horizon Recording Studio . |
| 45 | He first claims that accidents are unable to outweigh ‘ social needs ’ , which can be traced to the social relations of a society , themselves ultimately caused by its productive forces . |
| 46 | Perhaps we are seeing , as an evolution ( the origins of which can be traced to the nineteenth century ) , the emergence of a genuine hybrid tribunal , in which case to suggest that this body is a further example of the use of judges for extrajudicial activities is only one way to describe it . |
| 47 | The acquisition of many gnathostome characters occurred through several transformation series which can be traced across the phylogeny of agnathans . |
| 48 | This technique provides a constantly changing voltage which can be fed to the computer through a suitable analogue input . |
| 49 | So we 'll have a single S twelve query server , a relational database management system , which can be accessed from the applications on the database . |
| 50 | Each facility , or Option , which can be accessed by the LIFESPAN User Interface is identified by means of an Option Number . |
| 51 | Intended for middle managers with at least two years ' relevant experience it is based on distance learning course and assessment materials which can be integrated with the individual 's work-place activities , thereby minimising career disruptions and maximising the benefits to employee and employer alike . |
| 52 | It involves the development of a restricted number of units of study based on themes which can be examined across the curriculum . |
| 53 | It is envisaged that the outcome of the research will be a series of practical guidelines on marketing effectiveness which can be disseminated to the widest possible industrial , commercial and academic audience . |
| 54 | Some of the connections which can be observed through the textiles are reflected by other goods ; the braids from Chessell Down have been compared with those from Envermeu and Herpes-en-Charente in France , the latter producing additional Anglo-Saxon objects matched in Kent and the Isle of Wight . |
| 55 | They were moved by their own flesh and blood acting out the motions of birth and parentage with that mixture of awkwardness , ignorance , seriousness and imitation which can be observed in the necessary games of mothers and fathers . |
| 56 | Planted into well-scrubbed clay pots topped with gravel , miniature spring bulbs make unusual Christmas presents which can be transferred to the recipient 's garden after reflowering |
| 57 | Special provisions apply to the National Coal Board 's operations , which can be ignored for the moment . |
| 58 | All material received should be carefully labelled with the owner 's name and returned with a thank you ( which can be written by the children ) when the project ends . |
| 59 | ( 11.5 ) With this , the line element ( 11.4 ) can be written in the form ( 11.6 ) and the two main equations ( 6.22d , e ) can be written as the single complex equation ( 11.7 ) It may be seen that this is in fact Ernst 's equation , which can be written in the coordinate-invariant form ( 11.8 ) where is the square of the gradient of an arbitrary scalar field which , in this case , is a function of the two ( null ) coordinates only . |
| 60 | Essentially , of course , a freehold is seen as an appreciating asset the value of which can be realised for the benefit of the firm free from tax ( where the proceeds of sale are reinvested in other firm property ) . |