Example sentences of "can [be] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | But no civilised state can be bound by the whims of the people . |
2 | During digestion , enzymes then break these nutrients down so that they can be absorbed through the walls of the digestive tract and enter the bloodstream . |
3 | The content of each lesson is agreed beforehand in consultation with teachers so it can be tailored to the priorities and individual needs of the school or class . |
4 | Maths tuition can be tailored to the needs of people budgeting for the family groceries , learning to measure and switching over to metrication or simply those wanting to be able to help their children with maths homework . |
5 | It can be smoked on the premises in cigarettes or by means of a water pipe or it can be peddled on the streets at a price of about £25 for a quarter of a gram . |
6 | By carefully sequencing the programme , the structure and function can be related to the signs and symptoms . |
7 | In the grasshopper Gomphocerippus rufus elements of the male courtship pattern can be related to the activities of single motor units and sound production may be described quantitatively by reference to the efferent discharge to known groups of muscles ( Elsner , 1968 ) . |
8 | Following the dissolution of the monasteries in the period 1530 1540 , another wholesale redistribution of land took place and much of the post-medieval landscape , although by no means all , can be related to the estates created at that time . |
9 | As a result of this work , it is hoped that the determinants of interwar unemployment will be better understood and that these findings can be related to the results of research on the postwar economy . |
10 | These experimental measures of intensity can be related to the wavefunctions for the upper and lower states using an integral known as the transition moment , Dif , which is of the form where ψi and ψf are the wavefunctions for the initial and the final states and M is the dipole moment operator , which can be obtained from symmetry tables . |
11 | where agreement can not be reached on the substantive rule but can be reached on the conflicts rule ; |
12 | Of course I can be mistaken about the meanings of the words I use , but this will not show that I have any mistaken beliefs about my present sensory states . |
13 | However , in exceptional circumstances , where there is evidence of seriously threatening and violent behaviour on the part of an individual client towards a worker , an interdict can be sought in the courts specifically prohibiting that individual from molesting a particular employee , or visiting , for example a work location where previous visits have indicated a likelihood of danger to staff . |
14 | Such an order can be sought from a magistrates ' court on evidence that a representative sample is unsafe and the authority does not need to secure a conviction in this respect . |
15 | Leave must be obtained from the chairman of the tribunal which decided the case , but if it is refused , then leave can be sought from the Commissioners . |
16 | Perhaps the most potent weapons used in Bosnia are mortars ; they can be fired from the grounds of hospitals or schools and quickly moved about . |
17 | One version , described by Forrester ( 1971 , p. 20 ) as ‘ a complete diagram of the world model , interrelating the five variables — population , natural resources , capital investment , capital investment in agriculture fraction , and pollution ’ can be represented in a systems diagram with 43 separate elements and various links ( Figure 6.7 ) . |
18 | All six companies use unedited quantitative information ; for example , the annual accounts which can be analysed by the planners themselves in order to form their own opinions . |
19 | Also about this time Leopold compiled a list entitled ‘ Verzeichniss alles desjenigen was dieser 12jährige Knab seit seinem 7tem Jahre componiert , und in originali kann aufgezeiget werden ’ — [ List of everything that this 12-year old boy has composed since his 7th year , and can be exhibited in the originals ] ( 11 ) , and this may be a draft or copy of a document which accompanied the petition to Emperor Joseph II . |
20 | An example of the practical working of the economic balance of power can be seen on the estates of the bishopric of Worcester , where the peasants were able to nullify their lord 's attempts at coercion by simply refusing to pay the sums demanded . |
21 | Coracle Fishing can be seen on the rivers Teifi and Towy |
22 | The Barnardiston vaults at Kedington , Suffolk , have a number of anthropoid coffins with appliqué shield depositum plates ; two incised shields cut from anthropoid coffins of 1671 and 1676 , together with most of the lid of Dame Ann Combe 's 1658 lead shell with incised lettering — and four very high-quality cast armorials from the same coffin — can be seen on the walls in St Mary 's Church , Hemel Hempstead , Hertfordshire . |
23 | Similarly , concentric lines radiating from the central pip on the base of a Roman silver dish reveal that it was finished on a lathe ( fig. 5.9 ) , and the impressions left by the craftsman 's hammer can be seen on the sides of a brass Islamic jug . |
24 | Only gentle low relief pre-Cretaceous block-faulting can be seen on the flanks of the London-Brabant Massif . |
25 | Displays of Horse Drawn Drays and Harness can be seen at the stables as well as daily demonstrations of grooming , driving harnessing . |
26 | Graduated separatism , the acceptable face of separatism , can be seen as the ripples which pass outwards from this . |
27 | In much of this material there was little attempt to relate such antipathy and prejudice to a consistent and coherent theory of behaviour , but the assumption and arguments on which it was based can be seen as the origins of a racial nationalist ideology which was to be more rigorously formulated at a later date . |
28 | Assessment and case management can be seen as the cornerstones of a policy which is directed to achieve a degree of ‘ downward substitution ’ at the margin between settings . |
29 | In many ways , the hygienists can be seen as the heirs of the Evangelicals ; here again , this trend of social attitudes towards infant care must be set in its broader context . |
30 | In fact they can be seen as the difficulties that are faced with young people generally : how far should they be allowed ( encouraged ? ) to take risks and learn for themselves and how far should they be guided by those who ‘ know best ’ ? |