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

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1 Anxiety is the root to many other emotions : a little bit of fear can be called anxiety , an angry confrontation can develop from an anxious niggle , and the need for excitement can develop from the anxiety caused by boredom .
2 Many manufacturers have come to grief on the belief that technical solutions can be bought pre-packaged .
3 Here 's a summary , which shows you how each of these strengths can be made use of in the workplace .
4 Not only are they not transparent , a property deal can be struck subject to just about anything , ’ said UBS .
5 Although you have to cart the cylinder around with you , there is a bonus in that a blowtorch can be used upside down to get under a pipe which is being fitted in situ ; turning a cartridge-fed blowlamp upside down can cause problems as it will flare .
6 You will , by now , have had the experience of making at least two sleeves , so the pair for the handle ends of the lines can be made up' in the field' quite easily with just that wire needle and a box of matches to hand .
7 The fragrance can be revitalised time after time with oils supplied ( £2.99 . )
8 Soon the airway will stay open of its own accord , but until the tube can be removed mucus must be sucked out every few hours .
9 Applications can be given exposure via Sun 's CD-ROM-based software catalogue distribution scheme .
10 Applications can be given exposure via Sun 's CD-ROM-based software catalogue distribution scheme .
11 The Purchaser can be given access to the documents and take its own view .
12 Court booking can be made anytime between 09.30-21.30 seven days a week .
13 The memory 's contents can be transferred post-dive to a PC by the electronic interface , Datalink .
14 Even with minerals and lost objects we have a reasonably clear idea of what we are looking for and the dowser can be proved right or wrong .
15 A more peaceful evening can be spent bowling .
16 By its purchase of bills , it makes funds available to the market and banks can be repaid call money to rebuild bankers ' balances .
17 Without holding unnecessary duplicate data , users at multiple sites on opposite sides of the globe can be given access to the same information .
18 The idea of the clinical directorate is that the groupings of service providers can be given responsibility for organising their work including its planning and budgeting control .
19 There is no guarantee whatever that all formal equivalences can be given meaning , and there is no guarantee that such meaning as can be given to them will seem interesting or important from a poetic point of view .
20 With AAS , new firms can be given cash incentives to set up in Tendring , or established ones can be helped to expand and create more jobs and opportunities .
21 The study did not show any major differences between doctors and nurses , indicating that nurses who are specifically trained to assess attempted suicide patients and who work in a team where there is a psychiatrist available for consultation and supervision can be given responsibility for the initial assessment of these patients .
22 Remarkable things can be done linking projectors and computers so that you get composite or varied images on a wall of screens .
23 Only if I am satisfied that the economic , safety and technical criteria relating to groundwater can be met will public funding be made available for construction of the barrage .
24 It is true that to search for a legal framework in which the ill-articulated wishes of a testator can be given effect is to regard the testator 's intention .
25 Broadcast television can be recorded off-air onto videotape .
26 The problem is that to argue the latter leads rapidly to banal coclusions.lusions Pretty much any habit can be described asa form of addiction ; so what ?
27 The most immediate way in which this right of access can be given meaning is through the opening up and maintenance of the Rights of Way network .
28 Black people can be denied eligibility by rules which were originally drawn up for completely different purposes ; property let to ethnic minorities tends to be of lower quality than that allocated to the white population ; and black families , which tend to be larger , may not find council accommodation which is large enough for their needs ( Brown , 1984 ) .
29 Superior tone with no distortion can be had year long for just £25.50 in the UK , £30 for Europe and overseas by surface mail , £42 for Europe by air and £52 for overseas by air .
30 In the health service the initial shock that patients can be denied treatment fades as the public becomes used to the fact that they are .
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