Example sentences of "can [be] [verb] into [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | REACTIVE chlorine compounds are known to cause ozone depletion in the Antarctic stratosphere , but they can be bound into an inactive form through reactions with nitrogen dioxide . |
| 2 | At 100 metres ( 325 feet ) , a dolphin 's lungs are probably completely collapsed — all the air has been forced into the thick-walled windpipe and nasal passages , from where no nitrogen can be absorbed into the blood . |
| 3 | Alternatively , imbalance of forces can be absorbed into the body , as strain or deformation , until the elastic and plastic limits are reached and the body disintegrates . |
| 4 | ‘ I use a rough canvas for my oils so that many layers of paint can be absorbed into the grain . |
| 5 | The rate at which people can be absorbed into the public social service sector , or are willing and able to enter it , does not depend on the social planners alone , and there is much scope for improvement in our whole approach to manpower and womanpower problems . |
| 6 | The study also reveals that heavy metals , in particular cadmium and zinc , present in the sludge , are taken up by plants and can be absorbed into the food chain far more easily than previously thought . |
| 7 | It wo n't it is accepted that the new settlement new settlement can be assimilated into the landscape . |
| 8 | Add the flour gradually , beating all the time , until the dough is still soft and sticky but can be gathered into a ball . |
| 9 | He believed that all living forms can be related into a single developmental sequence . |
| 10 | For example , customer enquiries and correspondence can be scanned into the computer system on receipt , or entered by the telephone operator . |
| 11 | For example , a prediction can be tied into a later encounter in the Castle , or to an encounter on the way back to the adventurers ' base . |
| 12 | In psycholinguistics , an item 's meaning , it is said , can be analysed into a number of semantic markers — components or features also found in the meanings of other items , eg the -ly of an adverb such as clearly — and a distinguisher , which is the residue of meaning after the markers have been deducted ( clear ) . |
| 13 | For the potentially more dynamic beginner the choice of board can be expanded into the realms of the long ‘ funboard ’ . |
| 14 | Most photographic shops sell binocular mounts which can be screwed into the top of a camera tripod . |
| 15 | Instead our aim is to show how , through joint literary and psychological analysis , new insights can be achieved into the artistic and personal qualities of the authors in question . |
| 16 | Recriminations are unavoidable , but try to keep their volume down and turn negative complaints into positive suggestions ( 'You never help with the washing-up' can be turned into a helping rota or rewards ) . |
| 17 | This principle is not confined to any one set of living conditions , for where meaning , order and joy are generated , then any environment can be turned into a welcoming home . |
| 18 | ‘ I thought I was famed for not having an aversion to the media , but I am sure every virtue can be turned into a vice . ’ |
| 19 | Even an area a few metres square can be turned into a mysterious little haven , where every turn of the path reveals something fresh and exciting . |
| 20 | It perpetuates the loneliness of the single mother , since both she and a male friend will be cautions of continuing a relationship that can be turned into a financial arrangement on the whim of a civil servant . |
| 21 | And with a little extra trouble it can be turned into a splendid party dish — not for a grand formal party to be sure , or even a buffet party , but the sort of meal for intimate friends when you can put all the food on a huge scrubbed kitchen table and everyone sits round and helps themselves . |
| 22 | In particular , through nominalisation almost any expression can be turned into a noun phrase and used in a quasi-referential function . |
| 23 | Greenpeace estimates that fresh fuel can be turned into a nuclear weapon in only seven days , and that spent fuel can be converted for use in as little as one month . |
| 24 | Dr Sandage has spent much of his life as the custodian of Hubble 's legacy , trying to show how that relative redness can be turned into an absolute distance . |
| 25 | Smoked cod roe can be turned into the tasty Greek appetiser , taramasalata . |
| 26 | The other way is that it can be duplicated into a new DNA strand . |
| 27 | These may be specifically tailored to the workplace which one individual student will be attending , or more general tasks can be incorporated into a Work Experience diary . |
| 28 | In fact , Sargent shows how the restrictions can be incorporated into a maximum likelihood procedure so that the restrictions can be tested using the likelihood ratio . |
| 29 | you can move them in and out of word processing ( WP ) packages so that a message received in e-mail can be incorporated into a document which you wish to send on or work on ; and , |
| 30 | If , by the morning after , there is no reaction to the food , then it can be incorporated into the diet , and testing begun on a new food . |