Example sentences of "[noun pl] can [be] [verb] [adv prt] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The different interpretation of positional signals by arms and legs can be traced back to their different developmental history , each bud arising at a different level along the main body axis . |
| 2 | These post-coital hormonal contraceptives can be taken up to 72 hours after intercourse . |
| 3 | The benefits of these cost savings can be passed on to the franchisee . |
| 4 | Old bushes can be brought back to vigorous life by cutting them down to a foot from the ground at the end of winter . |
| 5 | Any set of functions can be overplotted on to the reference set , or an error function may be generated and plotted directly . |
| 6 | In Dr Clarke 's view , the origins can be traced back to 1924 , when Keynes published an article advocating ‘ a drastic remedy ’ for unemployment . |
| 7 | The founding father of modern Mithraic studies , Franz Cumont , showed that Roman Mithraism was a continuation of the Iranian religion of Zarathustra and that its origins can be traced back to the Hindus , for in the Vedic hymns we encounter the name Mitra . |
| 8 | Once all internal associations are achieved and the geometry fixed ( ie the assembly becomes a group of completed parts ) , the external associations can be re-assigned back to the assembly in order to reduce the complexity of the computational procedures . |
| 9 | People from European Community countries can be recruited on to British TC schemes but as yet the EC offers no equivalent . |
| 10 | People from European Community countries can be recruited on to British TC schemes but as yet the EC offers no equivalent . |
| 11 | Donations can be made out to SCF and sent to Mrs. Dakin , at 54 High View Road , Guildford , Surrey GU2 5RT — or they may be directed to the charity through the Herald editor , at one of the newspaper 's office . |
| 12 | If liked , white and yellow daisies can be piped on to the grass . |
| 13 | The predictions made by Johnson were tested by simulation studies , which showed that even for a 100 per cent packed file , if the discipline he recommended is adhered to , the average number of accesses can be kept down to 1.5 per retrieval , and for larger bucket sizes this is reduced to around 1.25 . |
| 14 | Jobs said at Comdex that NeXTStep was created in answer to the problem of ever-increasing amounts of code necessary for today 's increasingly complex applications — with NeXTStep 's object-oriented development tools , custom applications can be written up to 10 times faster than for MS-DOS or Windows , have greater quality and reliability , 83% fewer lines of code , at a 90% cost saving . |
| 15 | The blinds can be fitted on to a wooden batten with touch-and-close fastener for easy removal , and are operated by pulling up cords which pass through rings on the back of the blind , then through screw-eyes on the underside of the batten . |
| 16 | Belief in the power of such plants can be traced back to the time of the Druids ; it was certainly part of the belief system of the Celtic peoples , and although it may not be voiced so explicitly as it once was , yet the custom of planting and preserving this special tree is still continued by some people . |
| 17 | This is because employers may be more willing to concede worker demands and grant trade union recognition when any resultant higher labour costs can be passed on to their customers in the form of price increases . |
| 18 | In the early studies we chose to look at them twenty-four hours after training on the grounds that any structural change would take time to build up , ; more recently he has pushed the earliest time at which changes can be found back to as little as an hour after the bird pecks the bead . |
| 19 | In principle , the idea of holding Open Days is a good one , but these events need to be planned at least two years in advance , so that funding , manpower , and equipment resources can be built in to the estimates for all those Garden Departments which will be involved . |
| 20 | Less ambitiously , simple networks can be chalked on to the playground . |
| 21 | The individual piece-parts can be drawn on to separate layers of a working drawing in order that their movement can be visualized from any number of positions and orientations . |
| 22 | However , nearly all funboard technique problems can be traced back to deficiencies in the strong wind stance . |
| 23 | If this applies to circumstantial difficulties ( it can be quite surprising to observe the ways in which sexual problems can be displaced on to financial problems , for instance , or those of child control ) it applies doubly to relationship problems . |
| 24 | One of the hypotheses I was considering was that during REM sleep ( and therefore during REM sleep dreams ) the entire memory system is accessible — none of the inhibitions present during wakeful life are active , and new memories can be fitted in to the appropriate cognitive structures during REM sleep . |
| 25 | Cheques can be made out to Action Health 2000 and sent to the charity at The Gate House , 25 Gwydir Street , Cambridge CB1 2LG . |
| 26 | Alternatively cheques can be made out to Around the Isles Campaign and sent to 40 Laburnham Road , Maidenhead , Berks SL6 4DE . |
| 27 | To meet with the department to discuss how objectives can be passed on to pupils . |
| 28 | To meet with the department to discuss with them how objectives can be passed on to the pupils . |
| 29 | This possibility can only occur if the masses are generally speaking apolitical and acquiescent , or ready to defer to authority ; or if patron — client relations can be pyramided up to the national level so as to bind mass support very firmly and unconditionally to national elites ; or if mass parties with extensive organizational capabilities can be created and continuously sustained by major political leaderships . |
| 30 | Nickel cadmium batteries can be recharged up to 1000 times , at which point they will have cost less than one pence per cycle , including the electricity used . |