Example sentences of "it can [be] [verb] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In retrospect it can be seen to mark the beginning of the end of the Pahlavi dynasty , which the Shah 's father had founded just fifty years before . |
| 2 | The retina is unusual in that it can be moved to scan the scene . |
| 3 | I find this a difficult case to understand but I do not think that it can be said to support the Woolwich principle . |
| 4 | In terms of the political system , it can be said to provide the means by which a government is chosen but , despite the results of the 1983 general election , the extent to which it will continue to be capable of providing a government ( at least in the way it has previously done ) remains under question . |
| 5 | If it can be said to play the role of watchmaker in nature , it is the blind watchmaker . |
| 6 | It can be customised to fit the individual customer 's specific company or employee holiday and sickness entitlements , and a suitable reporting system installed . |
| 7 | It also means that it can be subbed to fit the available space without any rewriting . |
| 8 | The certificate is a practical award that assess the candidate 's actual performance and it can be tailored to meet the needs of each candidate . |
| 9 | Given , however , that the jurisdiction exists as a matter of settled law , the remaining question is whether , and if so on what grounds , it can be invoked to authorise the treatment which W. is unwilling to undergo . |
| 10 | PostScript normally eliminates whatever lies under another object but , by using the overprint option , it can be forced to leave the background intact so that the topmost colour combines with that underneath to produce a different effect . |
| 11 | It can be used to dramatise the competition between proximity and similarity . |
| 12 | Parsytec reckons it is ideal for bank , insurance , legal , database and government operations where it can be used to automate the keying in of information for processing , archival and retrieval . |
| 13 | Of course , once an effective administrative mechanism is established , the next consideration is how it can be used to simplify the overall administrative task and make visible what is going on . |
| 14 | It can be used to replace the words in the dictionaries by the appropriate indices . |
| 15 | It can be used to give the difference between 2 numbers without regard to the sign of the answer . |
| 16 | It is connected to the record machine but it can be used to display the pictures from both machines in turn : when the record-machine is in either record or stop mode , playback from the source-machine is displayed ; when the record-machine is in playback mode , however , it has priority for the screen and its pictures are displayed . |
| 17 | It can be used to follow the progress of linear condensation reactions when an end group , such as a carboxyl , is present which can be titrated . |
| 18 | Mel Thompson ( chapter 9 ) goes some way towards rescuing the term , arguing that whilst the trumpeting of particular forms of entrepreneurial success is dangerous because it can be used to locate the blame for economic distress on the victims of economic disruptions , it is equally worthwhile not disparaging a broad set of practices that qualify under a more conventional definition of this term . |
| 19 | It can be used to provide the hot water supply for a washing machine , which is not the case for a single point heater . |
| 20 | It can be derived using the assumptions given above . |
| 21 | Some officers familiar with the medium range Trigat project are sceptical that it can be modified to defeat the new armour . |
| 22 | The computer is very fast ; it can be set to scan the text of journal articles and print out the titles of all which use significant key words more than a stated number of times , and it can be set to tell us how many times Shakespeare used a particular expression , and in each case it can give the results quite astonishingly quickly . |
| 23 | The better view ( both for the logic of the law and for press freedom ) is that the expression of opinion may still be defended as " fair comment " if it can be shown to satisfy the test of whether a hypothetical fair-minded man could honestly express the opinion on the proven facts . |