Example sentences of "can [be] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Unfortunately , few activities can be shut down for set periods , most being operational all the year round .
2 It can be done out of role — with the information gathered through research , for example , then used to inform the subsequent drama — or it can be undertaken in role .
3 Much more can be done out of hospital and in the GP 's surgery , the patient 's home or in low-technology settings .
4 And the best calculations can be screwed up by currency movements .
5 Stephen Orgel discerns in the theatre of this time the fear that man 's superior development could be reversed — ‘ that men can turn into — or be turned into — women ; or perhaps more exactly , can be turned back into woman , losing the strength that enabled the male potential to be realized in the first place . ’
6 Investors in soon-to-mature MTNs could be first in line for payment if the deal with GE Capital can be pushed through in time .
7 It is the amount that can be consumed out of wealth and leave sufficient wealth to deliver a constant economic income in all future periods .
8 In the event of a serious loss considerable hardship can be caused by under insurance .
9 The answer is that , in quantum theory , particles can be created out of energy in the form of particle/antiparticle pairs .
10 No , but he will do the preparatory work and he 's taking photographs now for us , that can be blown up for display purposes and he 's linking with marinas to find equipment so
11 Many sites find it useful to have an ‘ R&D ’ LIFESPAN , where ideas on configuration control structures , user hierarchies etc. , can be tested out before implementation in the live LIFESPAN Process .
12 The sheet can be weighted down with sand or stones at the edges , and it should be left in place for three days , by which time it will be safe to commence subsequent building work .
13 He can be tossed back into unemployment when he is no longer required .
14 These can be broken down into organisation of money , time and preparation .
15 ALTHOUGH it is bound to be a finite group , each of those I 've mentioned can be broken down into sub
16 The knitting instructions can be printed out on paper in a variety of different chart formats or in diagram form with Japanese notation as described in my article in the June issue .
17 After the form has been completed it can be printed out for filing .
18 After the form has been completed it can be printed out for filing .
19 It is now recognised by staff that much of the apprehension and anxiety can be traced back to lack of communication and Wilson-Barnett ( 1988 ) discusses the development of different approaches to rectify the situation , drawing distinctions between information-giving , patient teaching or education , and counselling .
20 Was the uninterrupted growth and full employment of the '50s and '60s partly due to a belief ( which can be traced back to World War II ) that demand management would prevent mass unemployment if it ever showed signs of recurring ?
21 The recognition that ideas are not the pure result of cognition but are affected by the human context of cognition , can be traced back through philosophy — Larrain goes back to the fifteenth century to Machiavelli ( Larrain 1979 : 17 ) .
22 A pilot is currently required to enter the canal and can be called up on VHF Ch16 , but canal director , Seppo Koivupuro , says that this requirement may soon cease .
23 One part , the part that writes , that creates something new , requires a protected private space , a ‘ dark backward abysm ’ out of which daydreams can be called up in security .
24 Seth suggests that our beliefs are like children 's playing blocks , which can be moved around with ease : ‘ … all creativity and consciousness is born in the quality of play , as opposed to work . ’
25 If the inflow falls short of mortgage lending plans a generous cushion of liquid assets can be run down in order to preserve a steady outflow of mortgage lending .
26 Outstanding incompatibilities not resolved by the ABI — and there is little doubt that different look and feels will still prevail — are to be addressed by a streamlined porting environment that can be whittled down over time as more features are incorporated into the ABI .
27 Under byzantine medical and social insurance regulations in the USA , payments for maintenance and mortgage can be written off against tax .
28 Oral extensions to some exercises can be written out for homework .
29 The provision of copied material is expensive in resources and in time , but can facilitate work for pupils who have problems with distance vision , and a bank of basic material can be built up for future as well as current usage .
30 Normally this would be in the region of the matrix indicating early phases of a life-cycle , where competitive advantage can be built up by investment ( although where this region is on the McKinsey matrix depends upon how the axes are interpreted , i.e. whether one works with figure 4.3 or 4.4 ) .
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