Example sentences of "can be [vb pp] [prep] a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such an order can be sought from a magistrates ' court on evidence that a representative sample is unsafe and the authority does not need to secure a conviction in this respect . |
| 2 | One version , described by Forrester ( 1971 , p. 20 ) as ‘ a complete diagram of the world model , interrelating the five variables — population , natural resources , capital investment , capital investment in agriculture fraction , and pollution ’ can be represented in a systems diagram with 43 separate elements and various links ( Figure 6.7 ) . |
| 3 | If such questions can be answered by a GIS then considerable sums of money could be saved by companies involved in distribution and sales . |
| 4 | They can be sacked If it 's less than two years they 've been working , they can be sacked at a weeks notice or whatever it is . |
| 5 | But the assumption of an explanatory method which can be taken as a priori ‘ above ’ all other social experience and cultural production is itself , when analysed , a fact in the sociology of a particular phase of culture . |
| 6 | In the mid-19705 , in Great Britain , the polytechnics of Liverpool and Newcastle.upon-Tyne are offering a three.year degree course in librarianship which can be transformed into an honours degree by a fourth-year course in education , leading to dual qualification ; Leeds Polytechnic plans to follow suit , and already offers three.year. trained teachers the chance to turn their qualification into a bachelor 's degree by intensive part-time study of librarianship . |
| 7 | Electronic stencil cutters , offset litho machines and many audio.visual reproduction facilities are , in today 's circumstances , beyond the budget of small and medium-sized schools , but can be provided at a teachers ' centre for co.operative use . |
| 8 | It can be added to a Windows 3 or OS/2 personal computer enabling it to handle a range of multimedia elements , including high resolution colour graphics , sound and animation . |
| 9 | Like anaerobic digestion , the aerobic processing of waste material produces methane which can be used as a biogas fuel . |
| 10 | Finally , BW-Server can be used as a Windows Server , so that when the software is run under Windows , the workstation can be used as a Network File System server while still performing other MS-DOS and Windows tasks . |
| 11 | The cartographic data must exist in digital format before they can be used within a GIS ; although the amount of digital map data is growing larger a considerable amount of manual digitizing is needed in practice to provide the database necessary for a successful GIS . |