Example sentences of "can [be] [vb pp] [prep] the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such instruments as the Abney level and aneroid barometer ( Peel , 1949 ; Sparks , 1953 ) can be adapted to the determination of elevations , while the extent of the terraces can be mapped on the 1 : 25 000 or 1 : 10 560 maps by reference to the field boundaries . |
| 2 | In both of these there can be seen by the 1880s and 1890s an anxious defensiveness , a feeling that the nation 's value and importance must be asserted in the face of more successful rivals . |
| 3 | Dyson then went about the task of enlisting support for the organisation , a process which was successful , as can be seen from the thirty-three signatories ( including Lord Attlee , the Bishops of Birmingham and Exeter , Isaiah Berlin , Julian Huxley , Bertrand Russell ) to the letter that appeared in The Times in March 1958 . |
| 4 | As can be seen from the seven key works on show at the Tate Gallery ( above , The First Marriage , 1962 ) , his figures have an inner , as well as an outer , cleanliness . |
| 5 | The house next door , Number 3 , was let out as three flats , as can be seen from the three bell-pulls and the much worn doorstep . |
| 6 | There is clearly variation in expression of the APC gene within families as can be seen from the three families we have presented in detail . |
| 7 | These more powerful models can be created from the 820 by relatively simple field upgrades and this potential , combined with the fibre optic channels , clearly provides plenty of scope for further expansion , an important factor considering the likely impact of Project Columbus . |
| 8 | The same fragility can be heard in the six songs that complete this issue , and she seems too light a voice for either the humouristic pomp of the Ballade des gros Dindons , or the lovely lyricism of Chanson pour Jeanne and L'île heureuse . |
| 9 | To decide whether 0.237 of working class children attending selective secondary schools is high or low , it can be compared with the 0.397 of intermediate class children and 0.719 of service class children who attend those schools . |
| 10 | The Beeching proposals for the railways ( figure 6.2 ) can be compared with the 1982–83 rail network ( figure 6.3 ) although , as with bus services , the network itself may not be as crucial as the frequency and cost of train journeys . |
| 11 | ( 10 ) The estimate in ( 9 ) can be compared with the 614000 children aged 1–15 classified as unoccupied in the childhood supplement occupational mortality . |
| 12 | Lists of registered childminders can be obtained from the under-fives adviser employed by the social services department . |
| 13 | Mergers that create dominant positions can be referred to the MMC , but there is no presumption against mergers ( if anything , the reverse ) and general public-interest criteria are applied in their evaluation . |
| 14 | In principle , mergers can be referred to the MMC if they will create a firm with a 25 per cent market share or if they involve assets of over 30 million . |
| 15 | The same can be said for the ME-10's overdrive ; again this sound is a matter of taste , although not really mine . |
| 16 | Which is more than can be said for the thousands of turkeys destined for the Christmas dinner table . |
| 17 | A widespread reaction , however , can be dated from the 1880s . |
| 18 | This situation can be contrasted with the 1950s and 1960s when , under the boom conditions of Keynesian economic management and social-democratic political consensus , local government was largely free of detailed financial or administrative control . |
| 19 | These can be stored in the 100 program onboard memory , but by using an additional ROM card the amount of programs available can be expanded to 200 . |
| 20 | Brief observations that can be made about the four sub-unit management positions are as follows : |
| 21 | Whilst a petition , based upon failure to comply with a statutory demand , may be presented before the expiry of the three week period stipulated in the demand if there is a serious possibility that the debtor 's property will be diminished in value ( s 270 ) , no bankruptcy order can be made until the three week period has elapsed ( s 271(2) ) . |
| 22 | As a result of the loss carry back , this ACT will be surplus and , provided a claim can be made within the two year limit , the ACT can be carried back from that later period . |
| 23 | Add to that whatever can be salvaged of the 18 state monopoly combines that were based in east Berlin , and you have a concentration of industry without equal in Europe . |
| 24 | For example , the human eye has over 130 million rods and cones , and the retina codes and combines the data so that it can be fed into the 1 million fibres entering the optic nerve . |
| 25 | Other people are hoping that the standards that can be set for the 7 , 11 and 14 tests must necessarily be so low that they need hardly be attended to . |
| 26 | These types of villages can be located on the two axes of temporal and social change ( figure 4.4 ) . |
| 27 | Of all the classical deities it is surprising to find that Hercules was the most popular in Britain , if this can be gauged by the 17 dedications listed in the RIB Index , although most of these are military . |
| 28 | Hezarfen , in his listing of the Seyhulislams , as distinct from his discussion of the history of the office where he takes a slightly different view , departs significantly in only one respect from Katib Celebi ( at least in so far as can be judged from the one manuscript ) , namely in his treatment of Abdulkerim and Molla Arab . |
| 29 | The complex dielectric permittivity ε * can be measured from the change in amplitude and , if the phase lag between the applied voltage and the outcoming current is determined ( see figure 13.16 ) , then ε * can be resolved into the two components ε′ , the storage ( dielectric constant ) and ε′′ , the loss ( dielectric loss ) . |
| 30 | The furniture can be sorted into the two sections . |