Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pers pn] can [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They get washed whenever I can be bothered , or whenever my mother raids my bedroom . |
| 2 | Some , such as the Somerset Levels , Chat Moss , and Hatfield and Thorne Wastes , are visible from motorways , from which there seems to be no exit whereby they can be reached . |
| 3 | The degree of craft , the degree of inspiration , are the measure whereby they can be valued ; through these are achieved , consciously or inadvertently , the heights and depths of spiritual expression whereby they are ‘ a joy for ever ’ . |
| 4 | There is no other way whereby it can be reached . |
| 5 | But if man is vulnerable to impulses which send him spiralling down into darkness , that very vulnerability is the means by which he can existentially know the strength whereby it can be healed and stabilised . |
| 6 | What are the characteristics or factors that have been associated with child abuse whereby it can be identified ? |
| 7 | I mean , I do n't see how I can be involved here politically , it 's not my place . |
| 8 | I surrender even the question as to how I can be standing here in her virgin company , and still be told that where she is I may never come . |
| 9 | The view that religion is a response to revealed truth , and the implications of this with regard to how we can be expected to find out about it , are not normally considered at all . |
| 10 | In effect what applied linguistics does is to enquire into cross-cultural accommodation : it transfers ideas and methods from different disciplinary cultures and seeks to demonstrate how they can be made coherent and effective in the different conditions of pedagogic practice . |
| 11 | Starting out with the Boston Consultancy Group , and eventually forming his own firm , Telesis ( Greek for well-planned progress ) , Mr Magaziner specialised in advising large companies ( Ford and General Electric ) and small countries ( Sweden ) on why things cost as much as they do , and how they can be made to cost less . |
| 12 | If we wish to store and manipulate normal form programs in computers it will be worthwhile investigating this and other topics to discover how they can be made more compact . |
| 13 | Fear trained on-site Colombian drillers , mud loggers and well superintendents and their assistants as to which PDC drill bits are the most efficient for various different formations , and how they can be made to drill faster . |
| 14 | The whole scene demonstrates admirably Britten 's approach to words and his understanding of how they can be made vehicles , both for meanings which go beyond their own familiar significations , and for a special kind of music which comes , by some alchemy , from the combination of phonemes and notes . |
| 15 | Ted , based at Research in Coventry in the UK , is involved in environmental work , studying emerging methods of pollution control and considering how they can be applied to Group businesses . |
| 16 | This section discusses these pensions , how they can be increased by additional voluntary contributions , how you can build up a pension if you have no access to an employer 's scheme and how divorce affects your right to your ex-husband 's pension . |
| 17 | What I shall do now is try to back up this last statement by sketching some of the characteristics of childish thought , showing how they can be explained in constructivist terms . |
| 18 | The Arab world has now broken up into three separate components and it is difficult to see how they can be reassembled . |
| 19 | He blames himself for being naive about how such centres come into being , and about how they can be run . |
| 20 | Similarly , with a clearly enunciated history curriculum other departments in the school can see how they can be served on occasion or a basis can be laid in history which they can reinforce . |
| 21 | The scheme booklet should give you the names of the individuals and advise you how they can be reached . |
| 22 | There are plenty on the sample but that is to show how they can be built up . |
| 23 | In later chapters ( such as chapter six ) we will examine doubts like these in depth to see how they arise and how they can be resolved . |
| 24 | It also requires the experience gained from having operated the facilities to understand where the pitfalls are and how they can be avoided . |
| 25 | A person who knows about the different audio-visual and programmed formats , how they work , how they can be repaired , or what in general they are capable of . |
| 26 | This will include information about risk factors and how they can be changed for the long-term good . |
| 27 | We need to know how things are related , not just how they can be taken apart . |
| 28 | When the boy is with his father or the girl is with her mother in the garden , as they constantly are , they learn about the birds they see , the birds that are harmful to the crops , how they can be dealt with , and what birds can be eaten . |
| 29 | If there were areas where you were weak , do n't dwell on them but see how they can be strengthen . |
| 30 | Look at plants from all angles to determine how they can be used — maybe you could remove the petals and make a smaller flower with just a few of them ? |