Example sentences of "can be [verb] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It means that at some point in a viewing activity the learner can be asked to focus on the visual channel only . |
| 2 | To identify people by name can be seen to detract from the objectivity of the report . |
| 3 | This relatively explicit form can be seen to modulate into the process of association of particular works with particular powerful names : the patron , in effect , as dedicatee . |
| 4 | Of the twelve initiatives announced in the 1988 statement , eight can be seen to lie within the general sphere of development . |
| 5 | The second half of this can be seen to coincide with the opinion of Chatterton which is expressed by Ackroyd 's Wilde : ‘ a strange , slight boy who was so prodigal of his genius that he attached the names of others to it . ’ |
| 6 | This can be seen to coincide with the characteristics of an ‘ ideal ’ old age outlined by Erikson ( 1965 ) ( see page 40–42 ) , concerned with identity and generativity . |
| 7 | Chemistry was regarded as a subject which was not fundamental ; the issues it examines are not fundamental to the universe in the way that the issues of physics are ; in this the views of the students can be seen to coincide with the views of Dr L , who said that ‘ all of chemistry is becoming explicable in terms of quantum theory ’ . |
| 8 | It is true that the present nature of the threat can be seen to come from the left . |
| 9 | This solution can be seen to reduce to the Khan-Penrose solution ( 3.9 ) when . |
| 10 | The plus sign can be seen to correspond to the vertical-slope points of the characteristic of Fig. 7.2 ( further analysis shows that the intervening negative slope branches are unstable ) . |
| 11 | As my right hon. Friend prepares himself for the important meeting with President Yeltsin later this week in London , will he take the opportunity of seeing what can be done to deal with the massive threat which still exists from all the different independent Russian states ? |
| 12 | Now it is open and defenceless against the machetes which slash down the undergrowth for tinder. — when the tinder is dry the fires can be lit to burn off the remaining forest to make way for agriculture or ranching ( in many areas this ‘ slash and burn ’ forest clearance happens without first even removing the usable hardwood ) . |
| 13 | We also attempt to weave the plant into the local economic fabric by helping local firms to take part in its construction and by training local people so that they can be employed to work on the project . |
| 14 | However , note that Rhind et al. ( 1989 ) suggest that a Universal Geographic Information eXecutive ( UGIX ) can be created to interface between the user and a wide variety of different systems . |
| 15 | He can be trained to discriminate as the rest of us do , between things that are blue and things that are not , just as people can be trained to discriminate between harmonies and discords . |
| 16 | Both can be trained to work to the net in the dark . |
| 17 | LEFT That dogs can be trained to walk on the leash with safety uppermost is shown by this guide dog helping its owner through slippery and snowy territory . |
| 18 | The ‘ social optimality ’ approach can be refined to deal with the problem without necessarily resorting to the conclusion that ‘ self-interest ’ on the part of politicians and bureaucrats is proven . |
| 19 | Each minister has departmental responsibility and can be called to account for the working of his department before parliament ; if incompetence or maladministration be proved then the minister will be called upon to resign either by the Prime Minister or by the direct action of parliament . |
| 20 | Whilst Kuhn maintains that science does progress in some sense , he is quite unambiguous in his denial that it can be said to progress towards the truth in any well-defined sense . |
| 21 | It is accepted by functionalists that if any computers , or indeed any artifacts or entities whatever , can be said to pass through the requisite states or processes , they must therefore be conscious . |
| 22 | If copying errors have occurred ( unlikely , but possible ) , the software can be written to allow for the recopying of just single bytes or short blocks from within the main memory block . |
| 23 | If twins are detected by ultrasound scan , parents can prepare themselves for the births and plan accordingly , and also alert the obstetric team so that the appropriate antenatal care can be given to allow for the best chance of a safe delivery . |
| 24 | If horses are to be housed indoors , faint illumination at night is preferable , and a shielded twenty-five watt electric light can be arranged to give about the same amount of illumination as a nearly full moon . |
| 25 | It is usually better to cause an hour-glass or wasp-waisted specimen to be made as this can be arranged to break in the middle where it is thinnest . |
| 26 | No current can be made to flow from the STM 's needle on to their surfaces . |
| 27 | As Senator Cohen put it , a sort of metaphysical exercise went on ‘ to define how many foreign leaders can be made to dance on the head of the President 's contra programme without calling it a solicitation , |
| 28 | In hospital , the parents can be enabled to spend as much time as they wish with their sick child , and efforts can be made to keep to the child 's familiar routines ( Rutter , 1979b ) . |
| 29 | Arrangement can be made to stay at the Hotel at a greatly reduced price . |
| 30 | In this way all actions can be made to fit within the framework . |