Example sentences of "can be [verb] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The issue of the legitimacy of corporate enterprise can , however , be saved from being swallowed up in this wider debate if the assumption is made that alternative patterns of distribution can be secured through state action should the prevailing one be considered morally unappealing . |
| 2 | Their datasets are familiar and close at hand and , in some circumstances , can be tailored for student use perhaps with the aid of self-instructional documentation or workbooks . |
| 3 | Hard tough polymers can be typified by cellulose acetate and several curves measured at different temperatures are shown in figure 13.7(a) . |
| 4 | Other people can be motivated into activity year-in-year-out just to acquire more and more money . |
| 5 | Bows can be tied in satin ribbon or in matching or contrasting fabric . |
| 6 | If the map can be represented in raster format ( Chapters 2 and 5 ) then image-processing operations can be used to enhance the map image so as to bring out linear features more clearly , and automatic line-following algorithms can be employed to generate the numerical coordinates of points along the lines . |
| 7 | A lever with an adjustable contact point formed by simple bolt and nuts is a satisfactory method , and it can be actuated by clockwork timer for single shots or radio servo for auto-wind sequences , or by direct pull from the ground via a section of cycle cable anchored somewhere on the carrier . |
| 8 | Erm , but my Lord er I think the difficulty is that as far as my learned friend is concerned er he takes the view and it 's probably better for him to develop this your Lordship , that the matters can not properly be separated and he wishes your Lordship to deal with them in total so that er the whole picture can be seen at liability stage . |
| 9 | They can be seen at Unity Theatre on Saturday with their show , Whatever the Weather . |
| 10 | The significance of the degree of urbanization in accounting for these changes can be seen at district level . |
| 11 | Many can be seen in operation daily |
| 12 | Working out the length of guttering can be done at ground level ; calculate the length of downpipe by hanging a string from the existing gutters or downpipe . |
| 13 | They say if it can be done on water , it can be done on Mission Bay , the largest aquatic playground in the world . |
| 14 | This can be done by purchase unit , standard unit or a combination of the two . |
| 15 | Export Today , the official journal of the Institute is published every two months and circulated to all members ; a recruitment consultancy is operated on behalf of members and employers ; an advisory and information service on export subjects is available together with the Institute 's Export Specialists Register , which lists experts who can be contacted for project work ; the views of professional exporters are represented , when necessary , at national and international level . |
| 16 | Firstly , the authors suggest that hepatitis B virus can be transmitted through blood contamination of intact skin , although there is no evidence for this . |
| 17 | These include : * Dutch studies which claim that energy savings of 33 per cent can be achieved by packaging milk in reusable plastic bottles ; * savings of around 90 per cent in energy use and polluting emissions achieved by Swiss supermarket chain Migros through a switch from cardboard boxes to re-usable plastic ones ; * the success of Sainsbury 's " Penny Back " scheme , which encourages shoppers to re-use carrier bags . |
| 18 | Those are the tangible improvements in health care that can be achieved by trust status . |
| 19 | This can be used to calculate the required information ; it turns out that the improvements that can be achieved by access frequency loading are to reduce accesses to synonyms from 34.06 per cent to 28.4 per cent for single — record buckets , and from 8.59 per cent to 4.90 per cent for ten-record buckets . |
| 20 | The band of gel containing each protein can either be cut out with a razorblade and the radioactivity in it counted , or the whole gel can be placed against X-ray film and an autoradiogram made , just as with the 2-DG experiment . |
| 21 | Several copies of the same program icon can be placed within program group boxes . |
| 22 | Peter has a duodenal ulcer which can be treated with drug therapy . |
| 23 | SINGER Elton John has donated £15,000 so two boys can be treated for kidney disease . |
| 24 | There are some regional differences which can be discerned in settlement structure , although these need not have an ethnic or social basis . |
| 25 | Instead we want to focus on three different analytical conceptions of the state which can be discerned in elite theory accounts , and which partially cut across the divisions between classical elite theorists , the democratic elitists and radical elite theorists . |
| 26 | Over the past ten years , doctors have begun to recognize just how many different childhood problems can be caused by food sensitivity . |
| 27 | Evidence has mounted that the incidence of childhood leukaemia can be increased by population mixing , particularly in a rural area . |
| 28 | This represents a relief rate of almost 46 per cent on the contribution and the actual cost to the employer is nil because both salary and pension contributions can be offset against corporation tax . |
| 29 | But this is not the only mathematical experience that can be gained from tower construction . |
| 30 | Prepared : Alkenes can be prepared by dehydration of the appropriate alcohol , e.g. ethene can be prepared by heating ethanol with twice its volume of concentrated sulphuric acid at 180 |