Example sentences of "can [be] [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | A shape can be flipped from left to right , mirror imaged vertically and / or horizontally and rotated through any angle as mentioned earlier . |
| 2 | The only note of criticism which can be sounded in relation to the admirable job of careful conversion which created much needed and characterful dwellings within the shell of a disused church at St James Court emerges from the preservation-conscious atmosphere of the present day . |
| 3 | Results can be analysed by reference to the total number of grains overlying the chromosomes in all the mitotic cells scored , the total number of grains overlying each individual chromosome and the significance of the latter in relation to the number expected to overlie that chromosome assuming that grains are randomly distributed per unit length of chromosome . |
| 4 | The strength of the presumption that statutes do not alter the common law can be analysed by reference to three models : a " private law " model where the presumption is strongest ; a " public law " model where it is weakest ; and a " hybrid " model to represent the middle way . |
| 5 | As the frequency of a periodic nonsinusoidal signal becomes lower and lower , it can be seen with reference to figure 11.2(b) that its harmonic spectral components become bunched closer and closer together . |
| 6 | The importance of temporary jobs as a way back into work for persons who have been unemployed can be seen by reference to both the LFS and PSI 's Unemployed Flow Survey . |
| 7 | This can be seen by reference to the labour market for secretarial/office skills in the South East and Greater London . |
| 8 | It is an assertion that certainly needs bringing into the debate about the Primal Event , and the usefulness of that speculative hypothesis can be seen in relation to the content of Christianity , at least . |
| 9 | So , whilst the Council at its present level of spending under its present control , which is not ours , will have to make savings in expenditure , it is our belief it can be done without detriment to services . |
| 10 | The saying of private prayers , and other forms of private religious behaviour , can be ascertained in answer to questions , but not validated against direct observations of behaviour … |
| 11 | The rationale for using assessment procedures to diagnose different kinds of language disorder rests principally on the assumption that different treatments can be evaluated with respect to different conditions ( Cantwell and Baker 1987 ) . |
| 12 | The pH is normally determined by direct potentiometric measurement by means of a glass electrode , which can be employed without alteration to the character of the specimen and can be used in turbid or coloured water . |
| 13 | As for the author 's intentions , what counts is only whether or not he has succeeded in writing poetry , and that too can be discerned by reference to the text alone . |
| 14 | Cancer , genetic defects and accelerated ageing can be caused by exposure to low level radiation . |
| 15 | Wylie ( 1985 ) describes ways in which the difficulties can be overcome in relation to a particular home . |
| 16 | Thus the no-arbitrage condition can be tested with respect to three alternative trading strategies : arbitrage , swaps and trade-the-cheapest . |
| 17 | The comparative static propositions listed above can be tested with respect to these particular optimal values . |
| 18 | However , what generally amounts to reasonableness can be examined by reference to three criteria although they inevitably overlap . |
| 19 | Three point geometric perspective can be constructed without resort to calculations . |
| 20 | One of the best known examples is the neurotransmitter dopamine whose production can be impaired in middle to old age , leading to Parkinson 's disease . |
| 21 | I shall examine this question in more detail in the chapters in Part 3 , but meanwhile we might consider briefly how different approaches to language pedagogy in general can be characterized in reference to this question . |
| 22 | Laws of logic , even , can be revised in response to empirical investigation . |
| 23 | What I can say to the hon. Gentleman is that the Government are willing to consider any claim where any evidence can be adduced of exposure to radiation . |
| 24 | Entries must be made on special forms which can be obtained on application to the Board . |
| 25 | For iron this reaction is written : Iron usually exists in the bivalent ferrous state ( Fe 2 + ; ) in most rock-forming minerals , but it can be converted by oxidation to the trivalent ferric form ( Fe 3 + ; ) with the effect that the neutral charge of the crystal structure is upset and can only be regained by the loss of other cations . |
| 26 | First , Bologna has argued that the remarkable political vitality of the International Workers of the World ( IWW ) can be traced in part to the character of the American proletariat which it organised , in the early years of the twentieth century , as a ‘ mobile proletariat … completely against identification with any task or skill ’ ( Bologna , 1976 , p. 72 ) . |
| 27 | The upsurge of interest in tachistoscopic laterality research which has taken place during the last two decades or so can be traced in part to the split-brain investigations and in part to an experiment conducted by Mishkin and Forgays ( 1952 ) . |
| 28 | The alcohol can be blended with petrol to a proportion of up to 20% alcohol and run in a conventional car engine without adjustment . |
| 29 | The analysis of labour markets is complicated further by the fact that they can be defined by reference to one or more of a number of characteristics . |
| 30 | This recommendation , which has not been implemented , appears to accept that legal need can be defined by reference to the existence of a legal problem on which an individual wishes to be advised , albeit that part of the half-hour would be used to examine the case and determine the ‘ need ’ for further advice . |