Example sentences of "can be [vb pp] [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | REACTIVE chlorine compounds are known to cause ozone depletion in the Antarctic stratosphere , but they can be bound into an inactive form through reactions with nitrogen dioxide . |
| 2 | The test will check that front seats are secure and that the back rests of all seats can be secured in an upright position . |
| 3 | It also has to have some mechanism by which the latent TL signal is zeroed that can be related to an archaeological or geological event of interest . |
| 4 | Six EC countries have threatened to refuse to ratify the UNCED Convention on Climate Change [ see ED 59/60 ] unless agreement can be reached on an EC-wide energy tax . |
| 5 | Certainly where the manufacturer prints advice as to shelf life on the product , this can be analysed as an express term incorporating durability . |
| 6 | Only the control panel can be seen on an integrated machine — the rest is covered by a door which is made to match the kitchen units — whereas fully-integrated machines are completely hidden behind a cupboard door . |
| 7 | From the point of view of a science of politics classification can be seen as an elementary form of theory construction which involves the kind of generalization required in order to assign phenomena to particular classes . |
| 8 | Accordingly , ‘ The Month of August ’ can be seen as an early poetic response to the enclosure movement . |
| 9 | Sir , Mrs Dinwiddie ( Letters , July 19 ) raises the valid point that the premium for organic food can be seen as an environmental subsidy . |
| 10 | As such , it can be seen as an adaptive defence response to adverse conditions . |
| 11 | Hooliganism on the terraces can be seen as an organised resistance to such changes . |
| 12 | Now all this can be done on an ordinary CD . |
| 13 | This can be done on an annual basis with a bar graph which reveals the annual growth rate . |
| 14 | If this can be done for an amorphous sample and a corresponding sample which is highly crystalline , a relative measure of crystallinity for other samples of the same polymer can be obtained . |
| 15 | In this way the product can be customised to an individual child or groups age — or it can be used as a vocabulary primer for French , German , Spanish , Italian , English or even ‘ American English ’ . |
| 16 | The first question can be answered with an unqualified yes . |
| 17 | HIV can be transmitted from an infected mother to her child before , during or after birth . |
| 18 | OMT contains immunoglobulin , mainly IgG , and can be collected by an absorbant pad placed between the lower gum and buccal mucosa ( Orasure , Epitope ) . |
| 19 | The same effects can be achieved with an 000 size sable brush and very often the point at which the brush takes over from the pen is indiscernible . |
| 20 | Even with the help of highly motivated and expert Benefits Agency staff , I can not see how , with the best will in the world , that can be achieved in an ordered way . |
| 21 | It is surprising what can be achieved in an old and complex building to provide for disabled people and also how much the internal and external architecture can benefit from the refurbishment that the opportunities of converting a building for disabled access can provide . |
| 22 | Dr Sandage has spent much of his life as the custodian of Hubble 's legacy , trying to show how that relative redness can be turned into an absolute distance . |
| 23 | If high grade dysplasia or arcinoma is detected the patient can be treated at an early stage . |
| 24 | Given our current state of knowledge of sign languages , it is obvious that these comments are no longer appropriate and that BSL can be treated as an effective cognitive component in development . |
| 25 | The peasant economy , therefore , reproduces the labour force for capitalism at a low cost because , due to the subsistence sector , men can be employed on an irregular basis . |
| 26 | This is perhaps best demonstrated by citing three specific and very different examples , which should also give some indication of the wide range of problems which can be illuminated by an appropriate statistical analysis . |
| 27 | The object can be sited within an imaginary transparent cube , offering six possible views on the axes of three dimensional space . |
| 28 | These are all very real problems but a great deal will depend on the extent to which mutual destruction is seen as a real possibility , and on the extent to which international law can be presented as an effective contrivance for the acceptable resolution of international conflict . |
| 29 | The number of nested Boolean conditions that can be handled by an inverted file is generally less than the number a serial file can handle . |
| 30 | In this brief section , however , we are concerned more with the way in which multimedia elements can be integrated into an orthodox text-and-data database environment and how multimedia can be described in the same logical terms as the conventional elements with existing database structures . |