Example sentences of "that can be [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a fundamental concept that can be traced back to earliest times . |
| 2 | They also evince an obvious preference for Greek , as against Latin , as an object of study — a preference that can be traced back to Nietzsche 's schooldays , which produced a noteworthy essay on Sophocles ' Oedipus Rex ( 1864 ) . |
| 3 | Historians who have reconstructed the context of his trip have generally concluded that , far from being a momentary aberration , the Montreal speech was the culmination of a policy that can be traced back to the early 1960s . |
| 4 | With such diversity , each subject can only be treated briefly , and the book effectively gives thumbnail sketches of a list of topics that can be followed up elsewhere in depth . |
| 5 | That is something that can be argued over in specific instances . |
| 6 | The trauma captured in splitting is that one is n't there ; the same trauma that castration comes to symbolise is that one is incomplete ; the trauma that can be lived over and over again in the endless by-ways of life 's failures and imperfections . |
| 7 | A very fresh addition to the arcade section , great fun and one that can be played over and over again . |
| 8 | If the mixture is stirred vigorously , the tin particles form a froth on the top that can be scraped off . |
| 9 | You can access a pop-up calculator , a notepad facility that can be called up each time you execute the program and , from a reviewers point of view the most appealing , you can access the manual at any time during the running of the program . |
| 10 | A further 5,000 unfamiliar words can be added to the system , along with up to 99 standard paragraphs that can be called in as required . |
| 11 | Economic income is simply the maximum amount of real income that can be consumed out of real wealth during a given period without impairing the ability of that stock of real wealth to deliver real income and hence real consumption in the future . |
| 12 | It is the amount that can be consumed out of wealth and leave sufficient wealth to deliver a constant economic income in all future periods . |
| 13 | The tray should be in a part of the room that can be mopped up easily , but not isolated from the rest of the children and adults in the group . |
| 14 | The number of wheel chairs that can be fitted in , and the number of residents needing regular help with toileting , washing and dressing , has to be balanced alongside the needs of other residents . |
| 15 | We also have the latest in up-to-date technology — the TV set in the corner , which has a twin BBC-ITV facility , and , of course , a number of lights that can be turned on or off at the flick of a switch . |
| 16 | Any process with a clearly defined end and intermediate objectives that can be broken down into easily analysed subskills is ideally suited for computerisation . |
| 17 | The first is that a word is typically the smallest element of a sentence which has positional mobility — that is , the smallest that can be moved around without destroying the grammaticality of the sentence ( ignoring any semantic effects ) : |
| 18 | No , these are facts that can be borne out . |
| 19 | Apply a wood preservative that can be painted over or varnished afterwards . |
| 20 | Outstanding incompatibilities not resolved by the ABI — and there is little doubt that different look and feels will still prevail — are to be addressed by a streamlined porting environment that can be whittled down over time as more features are incorporated into the ABI . |
| 21 | Band filters that can be tuned down to low frequencies are useful in a host of applications including electronic oscillators . |
| 22 | In my view , however , therein lies its strength ; it is a programme that can be relied on to give an unvarnished account of the proceedings of the House and its committees ; it has been called a mini-Hansard . |
| 23 | In open rock pools , Bullheads , Taurulus bubalis , Dragonets , and Gobies , are some of the small fish that can be scooped up with a small net , together with Hermit Crabs that can be spied trundling over the bottom . |
| 24 | Both will be available for Fir Park tomorrow night and that is the value of a strong pool as well as a points cushion that can be leaned on but not to the stage of deflation . |
| 25 | He intends running it with myriad Sparc chips , everything from a low-end Tsunami to a high-end Viking or HyperSparc but until those pieces of silicon become available he 'll use a 40MHz MBus-based Cypress chip that can be swapped out when the time comes . |
| 26 | The TV is regarded as the next generation of home sets , with a flat screen that can be hung on the wall like a picture . |
| 27 | The introduction of newly-developed linings that can be pushed down into crumbling sewers to extend their life is widely touted as bringing the cost of renovating the nation 's sewers down somewhere nearer to what impoverished water authorities can afford . |
| 28 | Accuracy and immediacy are often incompatible objectives for the accountant and the organisation should always insist that approximations that can be acted on are infinitely preferable to historical exactitudes . |
| 29 | You see despair as something that can be rooted out by machines — some sort of a steam-shovel , perhaps . |
| 30 | There are two methods of emergency contraception — a pill that can be used up to 72 hours after intercourse and an IUD method that may be fitted within five days . |