Example sentences of "which can [be] [vb pp] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are , though , three or four fundamental criteria for judging advertisements which can be applied more or less universally . |
| 2 | Listening can be done in a classroom-type situation where you listen to a live language helper or to a tape recording which can be played over and over again . |
| 3 | Perhaps the most technically outstanding examples of this are Milhaud 's string quartets Nos. 8 and 9 , which can be played separately or together as an octet , with each instrument in a different key . |
| 4 | It has a seemingly simple and limited behavioural repertoire , including various forms of learning , while its relatively easily mapped central nervous system contains only a small number of cells — no more than 20,000 neurons in all , arranged in a system of distributed ganglia and including amongst them a population of very large cells which can be recognized easily and reproducibly from animal to animal . |
| 5 | Elements of each drawing can be assigned to one of 256 available levels , each of which can be displayed separately if required . |
| 6 | live near one another ; neighbouring ‘ is the actual pattern of interaction ’ which can be perceived negatively or positively , whereas ‘ neighbourliness ’ is ‘ a positive and committed relationship constructed between neighbours ’ . |
| 7 | Very simply , the theory behind this is that any product has some characteristic which can be developed so as to make it unique in its class . |
| 8 | One of Guinness Brewing Worldwide 's key strengths is the careful selection of such companies , those with excellent potential , which will take us into new markets or geographical areas , or consolidate our presence , and which can be integrated smoothly and add value to existing operations . |
| 9 | Expect the re-emergence of old problems , which can be tackled successfully and positively . |
| 10 | We are back with the problem which Eliot had considered in March 1914 when one of his seminar colleagues , Sen Gupta , had read a paper that Eliot had written dealing with the work of Lévy-Bruhl ‘ on primitive race-psychology ’ and the ‘ law of participation ’ , a paper in which it was stated that , ‘ Causality is something which can be explained away but not explained . |
| 11 | Other societies have examples of religious ethnic-group hatreds and wars , as in India , between Muslims and Hindus , which can be explained economically and socially . |
| 12 | Saunders partly deflects criticism of this sort by putting forward the dual state thesis as an ‘ ideal-type ’ , claiming that it is a research strategy rather than an account of reality , and that its aim is to develop a framework which suggests research questions and which can be evaluated analytically but not empirically . |
| 13 | Because of the opaque quality of the pastels mistakes are easy to rectify ; unwanted passages can be brushed away with a stiff hog hair brush , leaving a hint of colour on the surface of the paper which can be covered simply and quickly with subsequent applications of pastel . |
| 14 | They also get the tusks and the bristles which they sell or barter in India , and a large proportion of the fat , which can be rendered down and used for cooking , or dried and preserved to smear on cuts and bruises . |
| 15 | That , in some cases , that has been explored for the storage of heat in the summer which you would then use in the winter , but everywhere one comes back to storage nuclear power stations can not be turned up and down quickly at the moment , so either with electricity you have to have a uniform demand for electricity , or you have to , say , burn gas to provide an alternative way of generating electricity which can be turned up and down at will . |
| 16 | Systems which operate on the type of boiler which can be turned on or off ( gas-fired or oil-fired ) can have one of a number of controls fitted . |
| 17 | These are uni-directional microphones mounted on booms which can be swung overhead and aimed at individual speakers ; they are mainly used for recording drama , and require skilled operation by an assistant . |
| 18 | The areas beyond these terminal reaves contain burial and religious monuments which in some cases must be earlier ; so perhaps some respect of older features is implied , an aspect which can be seen elsewhere where barrows and barrow cemeteries seem to have been avoided rather than ignored when the later fields were laid out . |
| 19 | Let us consider this line at its worst and discount the farm , which can be counted only as ‘ corroborative ’ evidence of alignment , and even then only if prehistoric remains are to be found there . |
| 20 | We seem to have two kinds of ‘ existenceworthiness ’ : the dewdrop kind , which can be summed up as ‘ likely to come into existence but not very durable ’ ; and the rock kind , which can be summed up as ‘ not very likely to come into existence but likely to last for a long time once there ’ . |
| 21 | The result is a draft contour map which can be produced quickly and cheaply using a simple BASIC program on a small microcomputer equipped with a dot-addressable matrix printer . |
| 22 | Our range includes Automatic Washing Machines and Tumble Dryers which can be rented separately or as a combination . |
| 23 | The carrot will attract any wireworm around , which can be lifted out as they munch on it ( Harry says he finds this particularly useful for melon beds ) . |
| 24 | Large double beds are rare in Amsterdam as hoteliers prefer the flexibility of separate beds which can be pulled together if desired . |
| 25 | If you have inherited patio doors from the previous owner and it would be too expensive to replace them , you might consider having a sliding grille fitted behind the doors , which can be pulled across and locked when you are out . |
| 26 | While agreeing with the spirit of Jameson 's suggestion that an avant-garde sensibility may displace and make strange the regularity of everyday television , it is not enough to appeal to an already formed avant garde — formed in another place or at another time and for another purpose — which can be hauled in and held up to television as a template of value . |
| 27 | RECYCLED PAPER It is estimated that certain plastics will take over 400 years to disintegrate , so that is why we are introducing more recyclable plastic , which can be melted down and re-used . |
| 28 | Over this , replace the foam , which will then act as a prefilter and which can be washed out as and when it clogs . |
| 29 | It also makes available a data base of information which can be interrogated flexibly and easily by means of a report generator . |
| 30 | A small sample of polymer suspended in this column provides a direct measure of the polymer density which can be measured easily as the temperature is varied . |