Example sentences of "can be [vb pp] [prep] some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difficulty with this philosophy , however , is that it can be taken to the extreme , as can be seen in some Local Education Authorities ( LEAs ) which have an all-out integration policy . |
| 2 | Once this is achieved — and this , it is held , can be done by some sort of physicalist theory of mind with strong behaviourist elements — then most of the insoluble problems of early modern philosophy disappear . |
| 3 | The question is whether this can be achieved without some form of outside aid . |
| 4 | 7 The consequences of a finding of unreasonableness It can be stated with some degree of certainty that both academic and judicial opinion is divided as how to characterise a contract in unreasonable restraint of trade and the consequences thereof . |
| 5 | What can be stated with some certainty is that Earth 's unique combination of water and heat started the whole process off , as all the laboratory experiments would appear to confirm . |
| 6 | What can be stated with some certainty is that ‘ London ’ is by no means the be-all and end-all of the emerging story and that an ‘ explosion ’ is occurring in terms of new record labels . |
| 7 | Most health education and health promotion campaigns are based on the assumptions that individual lifestyles play an important role in experiences of health and disease , and that individual behaviour can be influenced by some combination of information , emotional appeal and suggestions for change . |
| 8 | The demo can be played for some time and allows for detailed assessment before opting to buy . |
| 9 | The dependence here upon existing stock sizes is an obvious disadvantage , and can be counterbalanced to some extent by allocating on the basis of use — though even this will in part at least reflect existing conditions . |
| 10 | And as depressed parents can have a deleterious effect on their children 's behaviour and vulnerability to psychiatric disturbance ( Rutter , 1966 ) , the number of people who can be affected in some way by the disorder is substantial and marks it out as one of the most important psychiatric conditions . |
| 11 | Also , bear in mind that traces of drugs remain in the system and can be detected for some time after you have stopped taking them . |
| 12 | For early summer , sweet Williams produce a powerful fragrance that can be detected from some distance in the late evening . |
| 13 | The stable is just finding its form now that the ground has changed and his horses can be followed with some confidence . |
| 14 | Incidentally , only banks A to F can be accessed without some form of MIDI control , but with sixty possible selections that hardly leaves the user struggling for memory space . |
| 15 | This can be counteracted to some extent by the addition of materials such as poly-phosphates , which sequester the calcium and magnesium ions , but this is an expensive way of softening water . |
| 16 | The charge can be based on some sort of apportionment of the total contribution . |
| 17 | Also straights can vary tremendously in quality although the same can be said of some compound feeds by the way ! |
| 18 | Which is more than can be said of some burger bars and ‘ diners ’ where the staff are young , dour and ca n't get home quick enough to swap their multinational uniforms for day-glo tracksuits and trainers ( I wonder where that fashion came from ? ) . |
| 19 | ( It may be added that Wagner 's ( 1981 ) proposal that direct associations between contextual cues and the CS might limit the ability of the latter to evoke its CR can be rejected with some confidence on the basis of the present results — this hypothesis implies that the CR should always be enhanced when the CS is presented in a different context . ) |
| 20 | At sites where a number of periods of occupation overlie one another , the archaeologist has to identify and record very large numbers of what are referred to as contexts — divisions of the excavated material that can be distinguished in some way from their neighbours . |
| 21 | A case can be made with some conviction both for and against each type of tax . |
| 22 | If managerial decisions are made on the basis of some logic implicit in the technology itself , or in its cost structure , then forecasts can be made with some confidence . |
| 23 | The language of the original , or oddities of spelling or punctuation , can be amended to some degree — an important consideration when using such material with primary school pupils or pupils with learning difficulties . |
| 24 | The origin of quartz grains can be determined to some degree , and mixing of quartz grains , feldspars and heavy minerals from different sources more easily detected , e.g. Stow & miller ( 1984 ) , Richter & zinkernagel ( 1975 ) . |
| 25 | Experience in the rate at which a flame front can travel in high-bay warehousing can be assessed with some accuracy through the results of tests on a smaller scale . |
| 26 | Most can be developed to some degree , but could be restricted on size , headroom and shape . |
| 27 | Provided the provisional calculations are reliable ( which is a topic for another day ) , farmers can be forgiven for some confusion in any debate about whether they were really better off in 1992 than in 1991 and whether they ‘ felt ’ better off ! |
| 28 | We learn to filter out background noise when listening to a particular voice , accents provide little difficulty , and even heavy dialects can be understood with some practice . |
| 29 | Not more than two adjoining fragments should be stuck at the same time , but for quickness different areas of the same bone can be reconstructed to some extent independently . |
| 30 | As it so happens , Columbus ' personal reactions can be reconstructed in some detail from documentary evidence . |