Example sentences of "[noun sg] can [be] [vb pp] [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 It 's paragraph seventeen , eighteen and the additional item added by Miss about a report to the April meeting on what action can be taken to implement the District Auditor 's recommendations , and from what we 've heard I think that report will also contain reference to today 's , the correct response to today 's Government four papers erm , on the policy with regard to the Rio summit .
2 If this is not possible , action can be taken to reduce the accounting profit in the Netherlands , and thus the amount of the dividend required under the CFC legislation .
3 That on one side can be used to record the names of the individuals responsible for taking any actions that have been decided on .
4 a paying in defendant can be ordered to pay the cost of not only the plaintiff but also the costs of co-defendants and the plaintiffs costs of proceeding against the co-defendants .
5 However , they also suggest that while this study can be used to support the view that university residence tends to reduce the probability of non-completion , the possibility that the residence factor may be acting as a proxy for other university characteristics , can not be dismissed ) .
6 ( c ) Attendance of witnesses A witness can be compelled to attend the hearing and produce specified documents by issue of a witness summons .
7 If the witness can be persuaded to repeat the admission outside the court it may be admissible in criminal proceedings .
8 But , again , such devices as the second murder can be used to give the reader a necessary shock .
9 The derivation of the no-arbitrage condition can be generalized to include the case where initial margin payments are required .
10 In liver disease , laminin concentration has been related to the degree of portal hypertension and some authors have suggested that laminin concentration can be used to evaluate the portal venous pressure .
11 A figure published by Platt 's for aggregate OPEC output for February was also 22.9 million b/d , but care is obviously needed before any attempt can be made to relate the two .
12 ( 6.6 ) : This equation can be integrated to give the time , t , taken to reach the stepping rate , as the motor accelerates from rest : In general this integral must be performed graphically , as both IV ) and TLV ) are non-analytic functions .
13 Given that the market price of the option is known , the equation can be solved to give the implied estimate of this variance .
14 The WLF equation can be used to describe the temperature dependence of dynamic mechanical , and dielectric relaxation behaviour of polymers near the glass transition where the response is no longer described by an Arrhenius relation .
15 The ideal gas equation can be used to calculate the relative molecular mass , , of a gas directly .
16 Thus , from equation ( 2 ) we obtain This equation can be used to calculate the molar mass ( MA ) of liquid A. EXAMPLE A sample of phenylamine ( aniline ) , C6H5NH2 , was steam distilled at 98.6°C and one atmosphere pressure .
17 The va n't Hoff equation can be used to determine the relative molecular mass from experimentally determined values of osmotic pressure .
18 The search can be extended to check the selected part against other assemblies .
19 An electric hand or rotary beater can be used to whisk the icing mixture .
20 A great deal can be accomplished given the correct educational programme .
21 Fido can be trained to give the alert if someone is at the door , if the telephone is ringing or a visitor is coming up the path .
22 A formal aquascape can be tailored to compliment the decor of the room , following the same colour scheme and style .
23 The mouse pointer can be used to place the text cursor anywhere on the document and also to activate menus and commands .
24 Analogical inheritance can be used to guide the augmentation of a semantic net .
25 In one sense welfare pluralism can be used to convey the fact that social and health care may be obtained from four different sectors — the statutory , the voluntary , the commercial and the informal .
26 Within the safety of the relationship , the counsellee can be helped to examine the emotional origins , meanings and purposes of their behaviour .
27 Vinegar can be used to remove the scent , and again , products are available from pet shops which fulfil a similar function , in contrast to those which attract the dog .
28 The attribute relevance can be used to record the desirability of taking a particular route .
29 The interatomic spacing can be calculated form the critical angle and the dimensions of the cone ; these cones ' dimensions can be computed from classical mechanics or they can be determined experimentally .
30 If the child normally manages only half a fish finger and a teaspoon of potato for lunch then this is all that should be placed on the plate so that the child can be encouraged to clear the plate .
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