Example sentences of "[that] can be [vb pp] and " in BNC.

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1 I would make it clear that I was seeking to build upon a solid platform of achievement — whether true or not — with gradual developments that can be understood and accepted from the outset .
2 Outriders mounted on huge slavering wolves patrol the area to the tribe 's front , probing for enemies and scouting out small settlements that can be raided and pillaged .
3 Instead of providing discussions of theories and academic abstractions I have concentrated on animal behaviour patterns that can be seen and studied by any interested person .
4 But if descriptive phrases are necessary to introduce names or things that can be seen and pointed at , they are clearly even more necessary in respect of objects that can not be seen , or no longer exist .
5 He too explodes the myths encouraged by scientific ways of thinking : that it is possible to understand the world in reductionist terms , that there are clear distinctions between cause and effect , that the world is made up of bits and pieces that can be isolated and studied in isolation .
6 The social service jobs that can be developed and filled most easily are , of course , those at the paraprofessional level .
7 When you 've entered the drive , directory and load command , this is converted into a batch file that can be saved and edited using any text editor .
8 Furthermore they include provisions for the assessment of prior learning and portability of credits that can be accumulated and eventually applied towards a formal qualification .
9 The inherent power of the courts to ensure that inferior jurisdictions remain within their assigned ambit has always , it may be argued , related to the legality of the findings that can be made and not their correctness .
10 Finally , there is legal authority based on enactments that can be made and changed by formally correct procedures .
11 Er the erm the environmental health check I think he did discuss it at fantastic length , the question of our public lavatories an an and the savings that can be made and the judgement it came to in the end was a , was a very one I think on the outlook against of what you can reasonably do , erm nevertheless I do gather that erm erm it is no longer necessary under standing orders , for erm amendments to the budget to be self financing because you can move amendments to simply increase the budget and er the amendment that I reserve I suppose , it 's not very much .
12 In addition , it is not something that can be delegated and employees can not escape their responsibility by delegation .
13 On receipt of an application the Commissioner and her team will decide if the application is of a type that can be assisted and if so whether , on the merits of the case , assistance should be granted .
14 I do not believe that the pursuit of happiness is a possibility : happiness is not something that can be chased and captured .
15 As consumer demands become less varied around the world , the truly successful company is one which adopts global marketing strategies that can be tailored and implemented with a local focus .
16 The ground from a golfer 's point of view is everything that can be desired and when finished will provide a first rate course , whose sporting nature will certainly not detract from its attractiveness .
17 it needs a well trained body , a flexible mind and feelings that can be analyzed and used .
18 Insect damage is usually fairly evident — the physical damage can be seen , the creatures themselves can be seen , and even those that hide or run away cause tell-tale signs that can be noticed and recognized .
19 It 's a situation that can be fixed and I believe we 'll be much faster , ’ said the three-times Indycar champion .
20 To write accurately and directly , to learn how to tell the truth in writing ; to speak clearly and without clichés and fillers ( like ‘ sort of ’ and ‘ you know what I mean ’ ) ; these are skills that can be taught and practised .
21 As we have witnessed in the preceding chapter , the ideological contest for control of the past is largely predicated on the basis of the Renaissance being a phenomenon , something that can be discovered and controlled by accurate descriptions of what it is .
22 There may be some truth in the claim that there are problems in seeking to postulate ‘ a transcendental ideal of which the historical actualities are a succession of mundane and therefore imperfect , compromised manifestations ’ , and that the term religion is not something ‘ that can be formulated and externalized into an observable pattern theoretically abstractible from the persons who live it ’ .
23 The specific function of the agents of transnational political practices is to create and sustain the organizational forms within which this penetration takes place and to connect them organically with those domestic practices that can be incorporated and mobilized in the interests of the global capitalist system .
24 The integral code generator is then used to produce optimised ST62 assembly language code that can be assembled and linked with other application modules and loaded into an ST62 microcontroller .
25 The specification causing all the fuss will enable independent software vendors to write applications that can be installed and run from Unix desktops rather than the shell .
26 He meant that the deepest and profoundest truth , the truth that ultimately matters and is in the end really worth grasping , can not be of the sort that can be contemplated and appropriated in an attitude of serene detachment .
27 That is why we must have complaints procedures that can be worked and really do work , why authorities must use their powers in the proper way and why we must have constant vigilance .
28 Firstly , to a participant ( in a discourse , in a kinship system ) for whom the object has a reality that can be described and understood .
29 This ability to be aware and think ahead is another aspect of parenting that can be discussed and planned with parents .
30 ‘ Marketable wealth ’ includes any type of asset that can be sold and its value realized .
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