Example sentences of "can [be] [verb] [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The success experienced by learners using word-processing enhances their self-confidence and very often motivates them to tackle the difficult task of handwriting ; it can be seen to extend both the volume and content of their written work . |
| 2 | Susanna Rance finds out why serious-minded La Paz dwellers can be seen walking down the streets intently fondling toy cars , play-money and doll 's house pieces . |
| 3 | What can be done to reduce significantly the volume of killing , maiming , and economic deprivation caused by corporate crime ? |
| 4 | Documents containing both text and simple graphics can be created using much the same equipment except that a graphics screen will now be essential in order to see the charts and graphs . |
| 5 | It is in this sense that higher education can be said to institutionalize not the structures of knowledge , but the experience of uncertainty . |
| 6 | Any Macintosh can be designated to back up the network . |
| 7 | For example , two colossal standing figures that are among the museum 's Nubian treasures will remain in the Egyptian galleries until a system can be devised to shore up the structure . |
| 8 | We can thus describe any lifeform based on the carbon-water-oxygen triangle as ‘ life as we know it ’ ; the expression can be taken to embrace also the anaerobic bacteria . |
| 9 | The computer can be programmed to display immediately the number of nuclei that are abnormally stained . |
| 10 | In the tropics where there are only wet and dry seasons and food is available almost all year round , birds do not need to perform extensive migrations , and the breeding season can be prolonged to the point where some birds can be found nesting almost the whole year round . |
| 11 | The creation of C&P , thinks Margetts , has led to a much wider appreciation of how its scientific and technological resources can be harnessed to develop both the overall business and its individual parts , each of which has an R&T representative on its business executive team . |
| 12 | The action research of the Brunel school can be used to draw out the key advantages of the controlled authority . |
| 13 | Possibly such mechanisms can be used to explain where the pollinators come from in species-poor forests such as the Shorea albida forest in Sarawak when the dominants flower . |
| 14 | Together , dearest Emma , we can rise Above the petty heckling of our foes T is all hot air , and hot air can be used To hoist aloft the balloon in which we soar ! |
| 15 | The Labovian model can be used to explore further the similarities and differences between the idealised and original versions . |
| 16 | Discussion of the number of guesses recorded can be used to point out the different kinds of letter order in words . |
| 17 | This year , with the Democrats poised to win the state , the national leadership is looking to see whether the same tactics can be used to turn back the tide on the Republicans nationwide . |
| 18 | It seems to me that very few staff are addressing themselves to the kinds of things ( e.g. resources , teaching style , subject content , and attitudes and the hidden curriculum ) that can be used to bring out the best of the pupils ' cultures and backgrounds . |
| 19 | This cash can be used to pay off the loan . |
| 20 | This can be used to pay back the capital you borrow now . |
| 21 | Filters can be designed to extract either the background pattern or the pattern of local variation . |
| 22 | Relatives of people living in care homes can be expected to make up the difference between the amount of benefit and the charges actually levied by by the home . |
| 23 | The answer is that no-one can control or even forecast accurately the maximum flow of water that can be expected to surge down the Tay valley and through Perth . |