Example sentences of "it can [be] [verb] as the " in BNC.
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1 | Indeed as I have suggested in Chapter 1 , it can be seen as the business of applied linguistics to do just this . |
2 | Alternatively it can be seen as the maximum amount the firm can pay for the opportunity of making the investment , without being worse off financially . |
3 | Alternatively it can be seen as the maximum amount the firm can pay for the opportunity of making the investment , without being worse off financially . |
4 | You may be able to claim constructive dismissal even if the incident which directly leads to your departure is minor , if it can be regarded as the last straw . |
5 | In the present study , the thesis has been treated as a quasi-formal entity , which possesses enough attributes of the formal to enable comparisons to be drawn with fully formal conventional publications , such as journal articles , but which also possesses some elements of informal , personal communication , in that it can be regarded as the fulfilment of a one-to-one contract between the researcher and the university . |
6 | Mechanistically it can be regarded as the movement of a kink in the chain along its length ( see figure 12.5 ) until this reaches the end of the chain and leaves it . |
7 | It can be regarded as the culmination of a great German tradition of piano concertos , which had started with Mozart . |
8 | In spite of the number of old wives tales about lucerne , it can be fed as the only hay to a horse , and in fact it is often preferable to do so . |
9 | It is a simple matter , which we leave to the reader , to show that if A is real , symmetric and positive definite , then it can be written as the product BTB where B is real and triangular . |
10 | If this notion of looking ahead in order to see behind is understood temporally , it can be recognized as the constitutive structure of narrative itself , which Genette describes as a series of ‘ déterminations rétrogrades ’ in that the action of a story is a function of its outcome ( 1969:94 ) . |
11 | It can be described as the psychology of absolute consciousness , seeing consciousness not only as an awareness an individual has of him or her ‘ self , but an eternal all-pervasive principle — the highest reality , with all things being manifestations of it . |
12 | Apart from the question of the number of dimensions that space-time appears to have , string theory still has several other problems that must be solved before it can be acclaimed as the ultimate unified theory of physics . |
13 | It can involve a simple space plan of the existing building to provide a more flexible and efficient layout or alternatively , it can be used as the basis to calculate the required floor area for a new building . |