Example sentences of "can [be] [verb] down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any bar or disco which exceeds its permitted decibel limit can be shut down on the spot for the night by police . |
| 2 | Very often an organisational problem can be tracked down to a mismatch between an established structure and new processes formed in response to new events and pressures . |
| 3 | The problem of poor image quality can be tracked down to the scanning stage . |
| 4 | Powerful amplifiers can be turned down for a small hall , but a weak amplifier has no potential for increased volume before it starts distorting the sound . |
| 5 | However , in all cases the instructions can be broken down into a sequence of primitive operations on the various parts of the processor , such as the accumulators , the adder and the program counter ; notice that some of these parts are not directly accessible to the programmer . |
| 6 | For example , the fetching and execution of a " store accumulator " instruction can be broken down into a sequence of more primitive operations as shown in Figure 3.19 . |
| 7 | All extended proportional series can be broken down into a number of linear series of cells , as in figs. 5.6 and 5.7 , and this is the form in which we shall study them . |
| 8 | The first group firmly believes that any document can be broken down into a series of discrete specifications which can then be used to automate the production process be embedding encapsulated versions , often called tags , within the source material . |
| 9 | Just as a graph can be plotted by defining the co-ordinates through which the line must pass so any shape can be broken down into a series of co-ordinates . |
| 10 | Hierarchy presupposes an already determined outcome or purpose ; the underlying idea of hierarchy is that such an outcome can be broken down into a set of sub-processes . |
| 11 | Using the technique of functional decomposition , a very complex problem can be broken down into a number of fairly complex parts and then further to less complex parts until , at the bottom level , all the parts are fairly trivial and therefore easy to understand . |
| 12 | These factors can be broken down into a number of sets for the purposes of different sections of the UCTA , and probably form the most useful framework under which to analyse its effect . |
| 13 | Words themselves can be broken down into the minimal grammatical units known as MORPHEMES ( stems and affixes ) . |
| 14 | LIFESPAN RDBI data transfers can be broken down into the following phases : |
| 15 | The structure of the economy and society can be broken down in a variety of ways for a variety of purposes . |
| 16 | Nature has , of course , tremendous resilience in coping with abuse ; even great quantities of waste can be broken down by the bacteria in the water . |
| 17 | Such reasoning can be traced down to the present day , although there are variations on the theme . |
| 18 | It may be reached on foot by using a track leaving the Ullapool road four miles out of Kylesku : this climbs over a high saddle before reaching the stream which can be followed down to the lip of the fall . |
| 19 | The stream can be followed down towards the railway viaduct , the drab surroundings being suddenly and unexpectedly relieved when the stream , innocuous thus far , plunges over the edge of a limestone gorge . |
| 20 | An auger works in much the same way , but instead of being pushed into the soil , it has a corkscrew end which can be twisted down into the earth . |
| 21 | In improvising , a player can often create spontaneously something much superior to what can be written down with the crude approximation of notation . |
| 22 | They can be blotted down for an even more subtle finish , if you prefer , then topped with a dewy lipgloss . |
| 23 | ( In this way , the washing up for this modest roast dinner can be kept down to the absolute minimum . ) |
| 24 | On the latter subject , the author points to the inconsistent decisions on whether the effect of unambiguous operative provisions can be cut down by the long title and he seems to incline to the view that they can be so affected ; this , perhaps , does not give sufficient weight to what was said about the effect of the preamble in Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover . |
| 25 | ‘ People are staying indoors but these doors can be smashed down with a hammer . |
| 26 | If you 're desperate to get rid of it , use a general-purpose saw to cut it in small sections ( very hard and dirty work ! ) so that it can be passed down through the loft hatch ; otherwise leave it in an unused corner of the loft . |
| 27 | Consider how much training needs to be done by the supplier or other external source and how much can be passed down within the firm . |
| 28 | Other , more local , axes in , for example , Northumberland , have also been suggested , and can be brought down to a very local level . |