Example sentences of "it can be [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Partially stenosed coronary arteries can often be re-bored using a hi-tech version of the pipe-cleaner known as a balloon catheter , so named because it can be blown up at the appropriate moment to expand the narrowed segment . |
| 2 | It can be heard down the entire High Street . |
| 3 | A new brochure from John Guest shows how pleasant it can be to carry out plumbing work using JG Speedfit Fittings . |
| 4 | No matter how faint or how brief each transmission may be it can be snatched out of the air and analysed . |
| 5 | It can be done out of role — with the information gathered through research , for example , then used to inform the subsequent drama — or it can be undertaken in role . |
| 6 | You may want to change the format , say from Video 8 to VHS , so that it can be played back on your table-top VCR , or to convert the sound track from hi-fi to a linear edge track which can then be edited by audio dub . |
| 7 | The advantage of this approach is that it can be scaled up to build computers of any size and speed . |
| 8 | ‘ The essence of the patent for you is surely that you believe the heat is there and if it can be scaled up , as you hope it can , that is something that could have manifest benefits to everybody . |
| 9 | If a pipe has frozen , it can be thawed out with a hairdrier or by wrapping towels soaked in hot water around it . |
| 10 | It can be called up fro vast databases , altered … what if … ? |
| 11 | From the landlord 's point of view one principal advantage of the term of years certain is that it can be contracted out of the security of tenure that would otherwise be provided by the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 . |
| 12 | It can be split up to show separately the reduction and the oxidation taking place in the overall reaction : These two equations are called half-equations . |
| 13 | This means that the best possible data model can be formulated with the knowledge that it can be mapped on to a DBMS . |
| 14 | But once balanced there , it can be pushed over with just one finger . |
| 15 | Then I knit a rouleau strip to attach to the sides of the cone so that it can be hung up . |
| 16 | An individual accountant will often be charged with the task of recording project expenditure so that , as at node 9 of Figure 2.2 , it can be fed back and compared with the project plan . |
| 17 | An individual accountant will often be charged with the task of recording project expenditure so that , as at node 9 of Figure 2.2 , it can be fed back and compared with the project plan . |
| 18 | It can be pleated up to the exact length of your particular curtain fixture by adjusting the amount of fabric in each pleat and the spaces between them . |
| 19 | Here the desires of the vendor and Newco may converge because the problem for Newco in acquiring goodwill is that it will reduce Newco 's distributable profits as it must be written off in the profit and loss account , unless it can be written off against the share premium account . |
| 20 | After the form has been completed it can be printed out for filing . |
| 21 | After the form has been completed it can be printed out for filing . |
| 22 | But then again , we can say that we 've had a quiet week Saturday and Sunday , or from Friday till through till Monday morning , it can be packed out with people just visiting the blues . |
| 23 | Bray adds that frozen pasta with good quality fillings is especially useful to caterers because it can be made up quickly into either single- or multi-portion dishes without waste . |
| 24 | A key feature of a generative programme is that it can be made up of quite simple instructions , yet generate very complex forms . |
| 25 | I am told that with good binoculars ( presumably × 12 or more ) it can be made out as an aura of soft light surrounding the cluster , but I have had no success myself . |
| 26 | It can be cut up and glued together . |
| 27 | The liquid residue usually drains onto the floor around the oven where it can be mopped up . |
| 28 | If the doubt is simple , it can be cleared up , as I have suggested , by supplying the necessary understanding . |
| 29 | Concrete absorbs next to no water , and soft mortar takes too long to stiffen before it can be smoothed off and marked with a light cross-hatch key . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , a generalization is only acceptable to the reader when it can be traced back to the evidence collected . |