Example sentences of "[noun] can be [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A speed can be locked in by selecting a dial letter and pressing the Power-on button . |
| 2 | These cause trouble because often the speller does not recognise that words can be made up of different bits brought together . |
| 3 | Each group has a word such as ‘ measurements ’ or ‘ recommendations ’ , and the object is to see how many other words can be made out of this . |
| 4 | Narrative words can be passed over fairly quickly by declamation , which can vary between two extremes . |
| 5 | These words can be summed up in an acronym DOSES . |
| 6 | On arriving , one will see there are two possible ways through the mountains , the easier being that to the south where a main feeder of the loch can be followed up to the watershed . |
| 7 | When accurate information is available for analysis by management , trends and patterns in absenteeism will emerge and appropriate action can be decided on . |
| 8 | The better view is that no action can be brought in England unless the article is also actionable under the law of the country where publication took place . |
| 9 | The classic bob can be swept back to ring the changes . |
| 10 | A break-point can be picked out from the graph of employees in employment ( Figure 2.1(a) ) : 1966 was the peak year for the total number of jobs in the economy . |
| 11 | For a daily paper ( given that the images can be transferred down a phone line ) I see it as a Godsend . |
| 12 | Wherever CT scans or the new MRI scans or even ultrasound scans are involved in the management of patients , the images can be transferred down an image link . |
| 13 | Occasionally a gelding , or even a mare , may be so aggressive that there is a real possibility of it seriously injuring another horse , especially if there are shelter sheds another horse can be trapped in , although for some horses even the corner of the paddock is enough . |
| 14 | Once the basic gesture is jotted down , further refinements can be made ; the arms and legs can be fleshed out and the sex differences made evident . |
| 15 | Once the basic gesture is jotted down , further refinements can be made ; the arms and legs can be fleshed out and the sex differences made evident . |
| 16 | The different interpretation of positional signals by arms and legs can be traced back to their different developmental history , each bud arising at a different level along the main body axis . |
| 17 | ( Gordon and Heivilin ( 1978 ) , however , point out that the origins of ZBB can be traced back at least until 1924 ) . |
| 18 | Canadian station-building styles can be divided up into a number of periods . |
| 19 | From time to time other sections may be needed but lists can be made up as and when they are required for specific projects . |
| 20 | Guidelines can be laid out , but your own taste will decide what you will use , and this is especially true where rods are concerned , e.g. when long-range legering for all species other than carp and pike I favour a rod between 11ft and 11ft 6in. in length , a test-curve of a little over 1lb , with a fast-taper action . |
| 21 | For experimental data obtained by measuring the concentration of A at various times , the following steps can be carried out to find values for k and n in the reaction |
| 22 | Evaporation losses can be topped up with tapwater that has been dechlorinated with a good quality conditioner such as TetraPond AquaFin . |
| 23 | Indeed , readers can be put off from finding out more about the MU , which is the only organization providing protection and service solely to musicians . |
| 24 | ( c ) Dynamic stress at a constant frequency Other solutions can be built up from these using the superposition principle . |
| 25 | The main elements of this conception can be set out very briefly in the following way . |
| 26 | The following day the whole fence can be raked down from both sides to make it shed rain better , and the rakings piled on top . |
| 27 | Alternatively , pipework can be covered up , either with home-made boxing made from plywood or with one of the proprietary products . |
| 28 | If preferred , calories can be averaged out on a weekly rather than a daily basis . |
| 29 | Anything that you design within the programme can be saved on to disk for future use . |
| 30 | Such reasoning can be traced down to the present day , although there are variations on the theme . |