Example sentences of "can [be] [verb] [adv prt] on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems sensible to take advantage of the good days in order to make allowance for any excess eating on the difficult days , and dieting calorie intake can be averaged out on a weekly basis . |
| 2 | If preferred , calories can be averaged out on a weekly rather than a daily basis . |
| 3 | Whilst these can be printed out on a page printer they are only really of any use if they are created on a Linotronic 300 as films rather than as bromide . |
| 4 | To achieve this , ruled paper can be run off on a photocopier on a high contrast setting . |
| 5 | It will be a relief to get the wrangling over with , so that Maastricht 's big promises and improbable programme for monetary union can be tried out on an enlarged Community . |
| 6 | After some initial hesitation , the Church Commissioners agreed and now the remaining repairs , principally to the stonework , can be carried out on a rolling programme over several years . |
| 7 | As well as simple copying , assemble editing can be carried out on a stop-start basis under manual control of the machines provided that the VCR has the backspace edit facility . |
| 8 | Insemination can be carried out on a natural heat ; all you need to do is to give your nearest inseminator advance notice and select the semen you require . |
| 9 | What is needed is a transformation — usually called an algorithm — that can be carried out on a key to yield a storage address . |
| 10 | A vertical window covering which can be rolled up on a spring-roller attachment , or drawn up by cords threaded through rings . |
| 11 | The world can be divided up on a purely climatic basis by using any climatic parameters one likes , so that the number of possible methods of division is very large , but , as most of these are meaningless geographically , it is possible to say that pure climatic regions do not exist , at least from a geographer 's point of view . |
| 12 | An intensity of energy is always present in his performances : it can be potent and concentrated ( as in late Brahms ) , or it can be layed out on a more expansive scale , as in Rachmaninov or here in the ‘ Emperor ’ . |