Example sentences of "[noun sg] can [be] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The variation of pull.out torque with speed can be approximated by the straight lines shown dotted in Fig. 6.8 , i.e. TV ) is approximated by the functions : The step length is 15 degrees = 0.262 radians = 2n/np . |
| 2 | In both countries the movement away from the pure gospel of self-help to a demand for state action can be dated from the late 1840s . |
| 3 | This means that , if the conditions are all true in some state , then the operator called action can be applied to the state , and what is more , this operator may help the search . |
| 4 | To stimulate the development and the application within the agency of techniques of environmental modelling and forecasting in order that adequate preventative action can be taken at the appropriate time ; |
| 5 | This action can be taken at the same time as your writ is issued and prior to judgement being given . |
| 6 | A supervision order allows for close observation but requires evidence of deterioration before action can be taken in the form of recall to hospital to restart treatment . |
| 7 | If the unreasonableness produces voidness that means that so far as the law is concerned the clause has never existed : it may well then be possible to claim in tort for the restitution of money or goods although no specific action can be brought on the basis of the contractual force of the clause . |
| 8 | Let your child wash the medicine down with a mouthful of his or her favourite drink , so that an association can be made between the taste of medicine and something more pleasant . ’ |
| 9 | A normal , loose-fitting skirt can be split up the side and fitting with a Velcro fastening . |
| 10 | The internal cause of the rhythm can be established in the normal manner — by making the intake of food and water , the posture , and environment of the volunteers constant through the 24 hours ( see Fig. 1.3 ) The rhythm that persists in these circumstances indicates that the effect of the body clock and the difference from the normal rhythm is due to external causes . |
| 11 | The scarcity of infill in the basins on the far side can be explained in the lava model if the Moon has a global crust and if it is thicker on the far side : the thicker the crust the less available would lava have been from beneath it . |
| 12 | This Velcro makes a flat fixing — the soft loop side can be sewn to the fabric and the firm hook side has a self adhesive backing which can be stuck on to a wooden , plastic or metal surface . |
| 13 | The horse can be worked on the lunge with the same principles in mind i.e. rhythm and balance . |
| 14 | The supply of labour can be defined as the quantity of labour services ( measured in person-hours ) offered for hire by individuals over a given time period . |
| 15 | This card can be used in the same way as any other credit card . |
| 16 | It is impossible for any of us to monitor carefully every single thing we say — how boring and stilted our speech would be if we did — but it is as well to remember that young children take the spoken word very literally , and a great deal of harm can be caused by the use of thoughtless and insensitive phrases . |
| 17 | An analogy can be made with the push-down stack of plates in a cafeteria or ( as in the KDF9 manual ) with the magazine of a Sten gun . |
| 18 | An analogy can be drawn with the notion of mutations in genetics . |
| 19 | An analogy can be drawn with the judiciary , which is often involved in ‘ interpreting ’ Acts of Parliament in terms of Parliament 's intention . |
| 20 | But susceptibility can be influenced by the severity of infection ; a younger branch supporting a small number of hyperparasites can outlive a heavily infected older branch . |
| 21 | Amis also likes to write , as Larkin liked to write , about the fear of death , and it may be that this fear can be detected in the failure to notice here that both sorts of people are subject to it , as to other unavoidable misfortunes , and that both sorts die . |
| 22 | Attention decrement can be compared to the order effect in cases where subjects ‘ hold on ’ to initial words and do n't pay attention to later words — ; ‘ tended to remember first 3 adjectives better than last 3 ’ . |
| 23 | The contradictory demands of justifying and criticizing national prejudice can be seen in the everyday discourse of racism . |
| 24 | Other instances of racial prejudice can be found in the fact that the church used by the black community is used by the white men as a gambling den in the week although using a white church for such purposes would not be allowed , if even thought of . |
| 25 | A helpful picture dictionary can be found at the back of the book . |
| 26 | And Greenness can be seen as the political wing of the New Age . |
| 27 | Cottages on Bunkers Hill face directly onto the green , and evidence of a pinfold or pound can be seen by the school wall . |
| 28 | The intact segregation between green and red shapes is also consistent with a previous report that colour perception can be preserved in the contralateral field for some neglect patients . |
| 29 | Both the DMM Mamba and the HB Hooker are available open-ended so that a standard karabiner can be attached at the other end . |
| 30 | When the sample size is large , say 100 , the standard error of the mean can be taken as the standard error of the estimate . |