Example sentences of "can [be] [verb] [adv] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can be concluded therefore that the action project appears to make a difference in terms of the length of time people are sustained at home , but only to a certain type of dementia sufferer , and the numbers affected are likely to be small unless a wide geographical area is covered . |
| 2 | Once the basic gesture is jotted down , further refinements can be made ; the arms and legs can be fleshed out and the sex differences made evident . |
| 3 | Once the basic gesture is jotted down , further refinements can be made ; the arms and legs can be fleshed out and the sex differences made evident . |
| 4 | Modern counter-insurgency practice concentrates on ways by which the water can be poisoned so that the fish shrivel and die . |
| 5 | But with England 's great goalkeeper still betraying no signs of his 40 years , except a finely honed judgement that causes the target to shrink before advancing strikers , hopes are high that Poland can be shut out and the points secured that will see England safely through to Italy . |
| 6 | The missiles can be fired only if the operator types into his computer control a six-digit code , called a ‘ permissive action link ’ . |
| 7 | Data-gathering provides an early-warning system so that the situation can be analysed soon after the trend has begun to take shape and corrective measures can be applied promptly . |
| 8 | The Large Cloud is so bright that it can be seen even when the Moon is obtrusive , and against a dark sky the Small Cloud too is conspicuous . |
| 9 | It can be done also while the train is moving , which is why we want to know if there was anyone in the dome car who was unknown to you all . |
| 10 | This can be done only if the whole body is seen to be involved in some way or other . |
| 11 | Presumably it can be done only where the essential core of each subject is no greater than half the total ; or where the subjects overlap in some way ; or where students are prepared to do more than 100 per cent of the work . |
| 12 | The expectation is so subtle that it can be transmitted even when the experimenter conveys his instructions by means of a tape recording . |
| 13 | Derecognition , a word that is new to me and perhaps also to the English language , can be achieved only if the amount of benefit and risk retained by the seller ( not always the originator as seems to have been assumed ) is insignificant or immaterial ( on a case by case basis ) . |
| 14 | A pleasant cottage-garden effect can be obtained by random planting without regard to colour , or plants can be placed so that the colours of the flowers blend and combine . |
| 15 | The idea is simple : communities with high unemployment and economic depression can be turned around if the companies that operate in those communities can be persuaded to become involved in them , invest in them , and train and recruit people from within them . |
| 16 | In principle these two methods can be treated together and the relevant expressions are derived from the Clausius-Clapeyron equation describing the temperature dependence of the vapour pressure of a liquid where ΔH 1 is the latent heat of vapourization . |
| 17 | However , the appointment of a receiver must not be equated with that of a liquidator : ( i ) where a receiver is appointed the company need not go into liquidation and if it does the same person who acted as receiver will normally not be appointed liquidator ; ( ii ) liquidation is a class action designed to protect the interests of the unsecured creditors whereas , as we shall see , receivership is designed to protect the interests of the security holders who appointed the receiver and it is for this reason that a receiver can be appointed even where the company is in liquidation ; ( iii ) liquidation terminates the trading power of the company whereas this is not the case with receivership ; ( iv ) a liquidator has power to disclaim onerous property , something not possible in the case of receivership ; ( v ) a liquidator in a compulsory winding up is an officer of the court whereas this is not the case with a receiver unless appointed by the court ; ( vi ) lastly , it is easier to obtain recognition of liquidation as opposed to receivership in proceedings in foreign courts . |
| 18 | But the other reason is that the price of foreign exchange can be raised only if the supply of domestic currency is reduced in relation to the available supply of foreign exchange . |
| 19 | An estoppel can be raised only if the representation misled the innocent purchaser . |
| 20 | It is a method of fulfilling a deep desire of the public to be deceived by the politician into thinking that public expenditure can be increased faster than the national income is increased without their noticing any diminution of their own rate of increase in purchasing power and standard of living . |
| 21 | He intends running it with myriad Sparc chips , everything from a low-end Tsunami to a high-end Viking or HyperSparc but until those pieces of silicon become available he 'll use a 40MHz MBus-based Cypress chip that can be swapped out when the time comes . |
| 22 | This can be tightened daily as the load settles , and will protect the stack against wind . |
| 23 | The value in ( c ) can be ruled out since the standard state of water at 298 K is not steam , H2O(g) . |
| 24 | If there is a significant urethritis , this can be adduced by first sample can be spun down and the solid matter can be stained and microscopically examined . |
| 25 | If damages would have been available against ‘ the State ’ if the directive had been implemented , then damages can be obtained even though the directive has not been implemented . |
| 26 | It can be argued therefore that the restraints of Functionalism , if prepared with the genius of a Stravinsky , a Mondrian , a Nervi , a Lloyd Wright or a Corbusier permit magnificent freedom within each disciplined field . |
| 27 | Recent legislation , on employment protection by making provision for disclosure of information and advance consultation on redundancy , and on health and safety by bringing the subject into the sphere of joint regulation , is advanced as the basis for this declaration : ‘ It can be argued indeed that the basis for a legislative framework designed to encourage industrial democracy at shop floor level already exists ’ . |
| 28 | First of all , there are ways that missing husbands can be traced so that the divorce petition can be sent to them . |
| 29 | First of all , there are ways that missing husbands can be traced so that the divorce petition can be sent to them . |
| 30 | I hope two two eight can be referred so that the content and discussion and the Report it asks for can be part of these discussions . |