Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] can [adv] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This will show what is significant and appropriate teaching activities can then be designed for pupils . |
| 2 | Following on from the spread on pages two and three , IBM Corp did announce its first Pentium-based machine yesterday , the PS/2 Server 95 560 , which has a 60MHz processor , and support for 128Mb of main memory — the processor board can also be used to give existing PS/2 Model 90 and 95 machines a full Pentium upgrade ; the company also announced a 1Gb SCSI-2 disk which expands internal storage to 9Gb . |
| 3 | The allotments which accompanied each neat brick cottage can still be seen , although dahlias and roses now replace utilitarian cabbages and onions . |
| 4 | Er the only point I wish to make is that there is considerable variability we have found in the grading erm and the Ministry of Agriculture maps can not be relied upon for relatively small er or larger areas . |
| 5 | Suppose further that this particular wave function can not be written as a simple product of two single-particle wave functions , one for each particle . |
| 6 | For company law purposes , only realised profits can ( in the absence of a capital reduction ) be used to make distributions , so upward valuations of assets to create a revaluation reserve can not be used to create a dividend-stripping opportunity . |
| 7 | Without it chains of command and responsibility patterns can not be established . |
| 8 | One view is that successor States can not be regarded as third parties because of the continuing link between their territory and the treaty . |
| 9 | Because of interaction , component values can not be determined by a simple ‘ rule of thumb ’ and it is necessary to equate the response in terms of impedances with that in terms of time constants . |
| 10 | Route finding can also be difficult so caution is urged on first acquaintance . |
| 11 | The squares of cable patterns can also be used attractively with squares of plain stocking stitch placed alternately . |
| 12 | In market situations where the flexibility and responsiveness of work organization is crucial to competitive advantage , successful change strategies can not be premised on the simplicities of the structure-strategy paradigm . |
| 13 | The Defence wheel can only be put over for a major change of course when there is a fortuitous coincidence of national and international events , political trends , and economic pressures at a time when there is also a Secretary of State in office , who has the strength of character and political standing to create a new consensus in Whitehall , Westminster , and the electorate . |
| 14 | It is true that on defence Labour can not be trusted . |
| 15 | Of course , cost is not the only factor ; ability of the investment bank to maintain a secondary market is important to the extent that repeat borrowing will tend to be priced on the basis of the yield on outstanding issues ; ability to structure and innovate may be important where there are specialised funding requirements ; the investor base and banking relationships can also be important , as discussed below . |
| 16 | Compadrinazgo ties can not be created between Buid and lowlanders because the Buid reject the Christian rituals on which they are based . |
| 17 | Four elements here are open to criticism : ( 1 ) the term batteur de mesure had become discredited and much less used by 1790 , because of its association with the bad old days ; ( 2 ) the ‘ large stick ’ whatever its size in 1750 , got markedly smaller by 1790 ; ( 3 ) there was no unified body of opinion which attacked ‘ woodchopping ’ over the decades : in fact Rousseau 's text , and those of his epigones , aspired to make musico-political points in favour of Italian opera as much as about beating time ; ( 4 ) audible stick signals can not be said , at least after 1781 , to have ‘ co-ordinated ’ chorus and ballet , if that implies ‘ heard as a matter of course ’ ; the evidence shows that no audible signal was thereafter heard as a matter of course . |
| 18 | Nicotine chewing gum can now be bought over the counter at the chemists . |
| 19 | The unwanted side strips can then be peeled away to reveal a perfect seam . |
| 20 | The feldspars in volcanic lava flows can also be problematic . |
| 21 | A fall in urban rent values can also be seen in Oxford , although the evidence cited is less comprehensive than that for York , and the most drastic fall seems to have come in the second half of the fifteenth century after a period of relative stability . |
| 22 | For opposition parties can not be wholly uncooperative . |
| 23 | The detailed and time-consuming clerical procedures needed to record issues , sizes of stock categories and other stock data can obviously be undertaken more cost-effectively by computers . |
| 24 | The other problem is that common investment funds can not be tailored to suit your requirements . |
| 25 | An ageing labour force can not be expected to be a mobile one . |
| 26 | For example , if there is an unexpected budgetary overshoot , the labour force can effortlessly be reduced by simply not renewing employment contracts , which is why industries are succumbing to the same ruthless logic . |
| 27 | Total methane excretion can therefore be estimated at 300 ml/d . |
| 28 | The Sterling + 2 range is extremely powerful , and its accounting functions can not be faulted , from stock control right through to its reports . |
| 29 | The necessity of allocating time and resources to this aspect of practice management can not be too heavily stressed . |
| 30 | Behaviour and DNA are uncomfortable partners , for mind functions can not be so readily consigned to a molecular coding . |