Example sentences of "[noun sg] can [be] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A speed can be locked in by selecting a dial letter and pressing the Power-on button . |
| 2 | On arriving , one will see there are two possible ways through the mountains , the easier being that to the south where a main feeder of the loch can be followed up to the watershed . |
| 3 | A break-point can be picked out from the graph of employees in employment ( Figure 2.1(a) ) : 1966 was the peak year for the total number of jobs in the economy . |
| 4 | The following day the whole fence can be raked down from both sides to make it shed rain better , and the rakings piled on top . |
| 5 | Anything that you design within the programme can be saved on to disk for future use . |
| 6 | Such reasoning can be traced down to the present day , although there are variations on the theme . |
| 7 | Luckily for the curious , this historical sideline can be followed up in a number of publications , both about individuals and institutions . |
| 8 | Money collected as a result can be paid in at branches of the Halifax Building Society and will be given to the Barnardos charity . |
| 9 | You can shoot the material in any order , the edited movie can be built up from the best parts of the recording , and the overall shape of the movie can be finally determined when the material to be retained is known . |
| 10 | Courier bags up to 32 kilos in weight can be accepted up to 45 minutes before flight departure to over 60 destinations . |
| 11 | No one pretends that the calculation of the multiplier is a scientific operation and no hard-and-fast rule can be laid down for calculating it . |
| 12 | Excess fabric can be tied back with a ribbon . |
| 13 | The same effect can be brought about by drugs such as amphetamines , cannabis , and even coffee . |
| 14 | The sound of their horns clashing during the rut can be heard up to 8 km away . |
| 15 | Research can be carried out at all sorts of levels ; we could restrict ourselves simply to reading everything we can find and produce a piece of work which was wholly based on documentary sources and which did not involve us in attending any baptisms or asking anyone involved any questions . |
| 16 | Obviously this would only be of benefit if there were capital gains against which the loss can be set off in the current or future years . |
| 17 | Also , when you deprive your body of food , it prefers to derive the energy it needs from your muscle tissue as well as your fat stores — therefore any weight loss can be put down to loss of lean muscle , not just flab ! |
| 18 | For example , maintenance payments and child and one parent benefit can be added on to any earnings from employment to increase lone parents ' incomes . |
| 19 | The diaphragm and spermicide can be put in at any convenient time up to three hours before making love so it need n't interfere at all with intercourse . |
| 20 | Its origin can be traced back to the Sumerians and Babylonians . |
| 21 | No further work can be carried out to the package until the QA approver has either granted or denied approval to that package . |
| 22 | As I have already mentioned , nearly all of the work can be carried out by hand ; useful hand-tools include a coping saw , spokeshave ( for curved work ) scraper and sliding bevel , callipers to work out the thickness of curved sections , and a pair of sash cramps . |
| 23 | Rangers ' pitch will now be lifted at the earliest opportunity and a new one laid in its place , so long as the work can be carried out in time for the new season . |
| 24 | Disconnect the large multi plug on the wiring loom on the bulkhead Pull the wire off the injector pump shut off solenoid as a safety measure and touch the starter solenoid wire ( white with a red tracer ) to a live feed ( brown ) on the engine side of the multi plug ( check it is out of first gear first ) An opened split pin is ideal for the job With practice the engine can be flicked over to the required position |
| 25 | A bad mood can be brought on by what he sees as ‘ stupid ’ behaviour by other motorists . |
| 26 | The professionals use clapper-boards for this , but sheets of paper with the numbers written in felt-tip pen can be held up to the camera , and they serve just as well . |
| 27 | As a result of the loss carry back , this ACT will be surplus and , provided a claim can be made within the two year limit , the ACT can be carried back from that later period . |
| 28 | One important global issue can be summed up in the now widely used expression ‘ limits to growth ’ . |
| 29 | And in the event of a failure the vehicle can be taken out of service , which should increase the reliability of the system . |
| 30 | The uncomfortable aspects of the metaphor can be screened out of memory because the wish is to create a ‘ new ’ family within the enterprise and so rectifying past , actual experiences in families , or simply perpetuate memories of good families . |