Example sentences of "can be [vb pp] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | It can be smoked on the premises in cigarettes or by means of a water pipe or it can be peddled on the streets at a price of about £25 for a quarter of a gram . |
2 | where agreement can not be reached on the substantive rule but can be reached on the conflicts rule ; |
3 | An example of the practical working of the economic balance of power can be seen on the estates of the bishopric of Worcester , where the peasants were able to nullify their lord 's attempts at coercion by simply refusing to pay the sums demanded . |
4 | Coracle Fishing can be seen on the rivers Teifi and Towy |
5 | The Barnardiston vaults at Kedington , Suffolk , have a number of anthropoid coffins with appliqué shield depositum plates ; two incised shields cut from anthropoid coffins of 1671 and 1676 , together with most of the lid of Dame Ann Combe 's 1658 lead shell with incised lettering — and four very high-quality cast armorials from the same coffin — can be seen on the walls in St Mary 's Church , Hemel Hempstead , Hertfordshire . |
6 | Similarly , concentric lines radiating from the central pip on the base of a Roman silver dish reveal that it was finished on a lathe ( fig. 5.9 ) , and the impressions left by the craftsman 's hammer can be seen on the sides of a brass Islamic jug . |
7 | Only gentle low relief pre-Cretaceous block-faulting can be seen on the flanks of the London-Brabant Massif . |
8 | The Design Change ( DC ) identifier has been CANCELLED ( state 5 ) and no further work can be done on the modules listed . |
9 | The business for sale can be placed on the Accountants Business Network by providing details of the business to the KPMG ABN Coordinator . |
10 | The Israelis have in fact scrupulously recorded every dunum and block of lost Jewish property in the Arab world so that it can be placed on the scales of compensation payments when there is any balancing of refugee debts at that final Middle East peace conference . |
11 | How much reliance can be placed on the details of the story is perhaps open to question , but it seems safe to conclude that Molla Fenari and Haci Ivaz were indeed enemies , for whatever reason . |
12 | The power of decision being committed by the statute exclusively to the housing authority , their exercise of the power can only be challenged before the courts on the strictly limited grounds ( i ) that their decision was vitiated by bias or procedural unfairness ; ( ii ) that they have reached a conclusion of fact which can be impugned on the principles set out in the speech of Lord Radcliffe in Edwards v. Bairstow [ 1956 ] A.C. 14 ; or ( iii ) that , in as far as they have exercised a discretion ( as they may require to do in considering questions of reasonableness under section 17(1) ( 2 ) and ( 4 ) ) , the exercise can be impugned on the principles set out in the judgment of Lord Greene M.R. in Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd. v. Wednesbury Corporation [ 1948 ] 1 K.B . |
13 | The power of decision being committed by the statute exclusively to the housing authority , their exercise of the power can only be challenged before the courts on the strictly limited grounds ( i ) that their decision was vitiated by bias or procedural unfairness ; ( ii ) that they have reached a conclusion of fact which can be impugned on the principles set out in the speech of Lord Radcliffe in Edwards v. Bairstow [ 1956 ] A.C. 14 ; or ( iii ) that , in as far as they have exercised a discretion ( as they may require to do in considering questions of reasonableness under section 17(1) ( 2 ) and ( 4 ) ) , the exercise can be impugned on the principles set out in the judgment of Lord Greene M.R. in Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd. v. Wednesbury Corporation [ 1948 ] 1 K.B . |
14 | Any investigation can be stopped on the grounds of ‘ national security ’ . |
15 | A set of syntagmatic relations can be based on the results of putting grammatically appropriate lexical units together in a construction ( all the lexical units standing in a particular syntagmatic relation to another lexical unit are , of course , specific to particular constructions , or sets of constructions ) . |
16 | With regard to empirical criteria , research can be criticized on the grounds of faulty methodology in the design of instruments for assembling data or in the means used for measuring them . |
17 | Of course these too can be criticized on the grounds that they lack precision , and carry with them built-in biases , impeding both our understanding of our own field experience as well as obstructing cross-cultural understanding . |
18 | However , we have seen that this approach can be criticized on the grounds that the discourse structure of the interview is still present and that attempts to obscure the nature of the speech event are likely to lead in practice to confusion and difficulty . |
19 | In both , the main class order can be criticized on the grounds of the separation of Sciences from their respective Technologies . |
20 | This argument can be criticized on the grounds that a state bureaucracy can not be called a class . |
21 | Or a carpet can be stored on the terms quoted at purchase , even if there is a price rise in the meantime . |
22 | When , as in the cases of Rembrandt and Van Gogh , there is a whole series of pictures to choose from , books can be written on the self-images of one artist alone . |
23 | Or counsel may suggest , again with the very greatest respect , that a certain decision may perhaps be reconsidered if the point arises again before a court having power to overrule it ; meanwhile , it can be distinguished on the facts before the present court . |
24 | The most important piece of equipment in our kitchen is a very large fridge so that the starters can be arranged on the plates well in advance . |
25 | But there is another possible kind of explanation , often more powerful , in which some linguistic feature is motivated by principles outside the scope of linguistic theory : for example , it seems possible that the syntactic processes known as island constraints ( Ross , 1967 ) can be explained on the grounds of general psychological principles ( see e.g. Grosu , 1972 ) . |
26 | Property might seem to be an unusual investment for pension funds given its volatile nature , but its inclusion can be defended on the grounds of past long-term returns that have been a good hedge against inflation . |
27 | The resolution reiterated a proposal for " direct negotiations between the leaders of the two communities " and stressed that " no concessions can be made on the principles of sovereignty , self-determination … [ or ] the existence of two separate peoples symbolizing the founding partnership " . |
28 | It is difficult to see how a sensible start can be made on the discussions if we do not know the outcome of the GATT round . |
29 | Another line of argument put forward by traditional liberals is that an appeal to the better off can be made on the grounds that the existence of the underclass tends to make our society a less civilized one in which to live . |
30 | This practice can be justified on the grounds that many narrative pieces , including those related in our extract , were written separately in Germany in 1798–9 ; and so the philosophy can be regarded as a later intrusion . |