Example sentences of "[to-vb] [Wh adv] [pron] can be [verb] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The Arab world has now broken up into three separate components and it is difficult to see how they can be reassembled . |
| 8 | Thanks to its work with First Direct , Fuji Film and Pepe Jeans , HHCL is used to testing its medium to see how it can be deepened and directed towards ‘ advertising that respects the integrity and dignity of those to whom it communicates . |
| 9 | The Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food says it 's aware of the problem for Linseed farmers and will be conducting tests in September to see how it can be disposed of more effectively . |
| 10 | There are plenty on the sample but that is to show how they can be built up . |
| 11 | Having examined Christianity , he recognizes that if it is true ( as it claims to be and as the third level promises to show how it can be seen to be ) , it does provide the necessary answer . |
| 12 | In The Constitution of Liberty Hayek aims ‘ to picture an ideal , to show how it can be achieved , and to explain what its realization would mean in practice ’ . |