Example sentences of "can be [verb] [prep] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | It is now occupied by an engineering company , and is not open to the public , but its most interesting feature is outside and can be seen from beside the millstream . |
2 | After wet weather their thunder can be heard from across the dale and once , and only once , in winter when many of the trees had lost their leaves , I caught a glimpse of them from Frostrow : shimmering skeins of white foam through the wooded gill . |
3 | Sensitivity to oil fumes , coal smoke , paraffin fumes and other odours from heating systems can be tested for in the same way . |
4 | The first element can be referred to as the subject , the second as the content . |
5 | That a topic of discourse is such that on different occasions it can be referred to as the same is an analytic proposition setting out part of what " topic of discourse " means . |
6 | This is illustrated in Fig. 9 , where the curve II can be referred to as the demand for investment curve or the MEI curve . |
7 | All such topics can be referred to with the help of suitable denoting phrases and used as grammatical subjects in subject/ predicate propositions . |
8 | This crucial element in Morgan 's evidence is an illusion and there is not the slightest shred of evidence that those societies where large numbers of people can be referred to by the terms for parent are societies where marriage is either more or less individualistic . |
9 | This , as we have seen , explains the impossibility of the infinitive in * To snow would be pleasant as against its possible use in I want it to snow : if the generalized person of the infinitive of weather verbs is not specified as referring to the only support with which the notion denoted by these verbs is conceivable , namely it , then one feels a possible reference to any of the ordinal persons which can be referred to by the infinitive 's generalized person ( " you " , " me " , etc. ) , and so the sentence does not make sense . |
10 | The promise is one which , by law , must be in writing ; and the fourth plea shows that no consideration or request , dehors the letter , existed , and , therefore , that no such consideration , or request , can be alluded to by the letter . |
11 | If the complainant is still determined to become a plaintiff , the fact that a prompt apology has been made can be relied upon by the defendant to lower the amount of damages . |
12 | It is suggested that these are not merely speculative lines of enquiry but can be developed from within the current body of legal materials . |
13 | An excess of gain even at low settings ( ie. from an active bass with powerful pickups ) can be compensated for with the lower of the two white switches , which operates a 15dB attenuation ‘ pad ’ to clean up the signal . |
14 | This is because a tort and a breach of contract can be proceeded upon in the same action , whereas the distinction between criminal and civil law is more deeply marked . |
15 | Losses which can be claimed for under the Act are death , personal injuries and any loss of or damage to property ( s. 5(1) ) . |
16 | There will still be required annual registration but this will be more of a check upon the existing state of the rolling register and will supply extra information that can be acted upon by the electoral returning officer . |
17 | Under sail the yacht can be enjoyed from behind the wheel in the spacious cockpit , or when the weather gets nasty there is a second steering station with complete instrumentation and controls under the dodger . |
18 | And at least some of the ( unpredictable ) variations caused by error and ambiguity in the input can be dealt with during the matching process . |
19 | Formal links between sentences and between clauses are known as cohesive devices and they can be dealt with under the headings in 2.2 to 2.8 . |
20 | Accordingly the use or threat of violence in connection with a prison mutiny can be dealt with under the general criminal law . |
21 | These can be dealt with under the general headings , symmetry , intermolecular bonding , tacticity , branching and molar mass . |
22 | There has been , I think has put it adequately very well , that there are members who 've turned up really for no real reason but to speak on a minor item which members of their group could 've taken on their behalf , and therefore erm , I , I do support that we need to look at that particular issue , and I think that can be dealt with under the present chairs arrange arrangement without having to have permanent chairs . |
23 | That way it can be dealt with through the departure process and the checks and balances the departure er introduces erm are in place erm to protect local interest . |
24 | Very small amounts can be dealt with by the body causing no long term harm . |
25 | The issue can be dealt with by the Chancery master . |
26 | It may be that , with the passage of years , the position would change , but that can be dealt with by the Secretary of State 's order-making power in clause 3 to amend the provisions contained in schedule 1 . |
27 | Nuisances can be dealt with in the same way : once again , assert yourself and , in a public place , draw attention to what they are doing . |
28 | Of course , in practice , matters of substance can be dealt with in the technical setting . |
29 | Equally the costs of the project can be dealt with in the same way . |
30 | Equally the costs of the project can be dealt with in the same way . |