Example sentences of "can [be] [verb] from a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The advantage of the former is that standardized information can be gathered from a large population , although there is always the problem of those who do not respond and how far the characteristics and opinions of such people match the general population . |
| 2 | Secure ground floor windows first and any window which ca n't be seen from the street or which can be reached from a drainpipe or flat roof . |
| 3 | The area can be reached from a junction on the Mallaig road at Loch Ailort on a delightful coastal journey with glorious views seawards and lovely sandy beaches , then crossing the Moidart peninsula to arrive at the village of Acharacle . |
| 4 | Thus in so far as the provisions of the Act of 1987 are ambiguous , guidance can be sought from the Order of 1991 in the same way as guidance can be sought from a later enactment for the construction of an earlier one : Kirkness v. John Hudson & Co . Ltd . |
| 5 | Such an order can be sought from a magistrates ' court on evidence that a representative sample is unsafe and the authority does not need to secure a conviction in this respect . |
| 6 | Indeed both types can be generated from a program that provides an introduction to or an investigation of a topic . |
| 7 | The deliberate retention of the archaic style can be seen from a comparison with the head of the same deity , Athena , on a coin of Thurii of the late fifth century ( below ) . |
| 8 | Markstones buried in a hedge bottom or by the side of the road , tree clumps on prominent sites that can be seen from a distance , earthworks that might be indicative of an old sunken way , or indeed anything unusual on the line . |
| 9 | Although the sociologists and anthropologists are too polite to mention it , social codes in general including in these changing times whichever one was brought up in oneself by the preceding generation , can be seen from a sufficient distance to have been in large part shaped by gross delusions about the cosmos and about man , and by a brutal ignorance of everyone outside one 's own people , sex and class . |
| 10 | More of the Oberland mountains including the Niesen and Blumlisalp have now come into the panoramic view , and can be seen from a number of vantage points in striking perspective across the Lake of Thun . |
| 11 | The standard of work is high as can be seen from a small section shown in PLATE 15 . |
| 12 | The ocean bill of lading 's demise or metamorphosis can be evaluated from a strictly maritime law perspective ( an evaluation that this writer is not equipped to make ) , or from a banking law perspective . |
| 13 | Secondly , it has a high equilibrium solubility so that large quantities can be precipitated from a given volume of solution . |
| 14 | The extent of the Guinness world conquest can be imagined from a letter sent home to Ireland by an Enniskillen Dragoon recovering in Belgium after being wounded on the battlefield of Waterloo in 1815 . |
| 15 | One stresses that a rational and moral order can be created from a universally valid set of moral principles . |
| 16 | I am reminded here of the book on chaos already mentioned in the Preface ( Gleick , 1987 ) : it describes how turbulence can be created from a stable physical state . |
| 17 | Revenue can be raised from a number of sources . |
| 18 | Some further evidence can be gained from a series of very interesting experiments undertaken in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 19 | March 3rd , pure gloom ; ‘ For days I have seen nothing but the most terrible things that can be painted from a human mind . ’ |
| 20 | The direction of the drift can be observed from a number of phenomena . |
| 21 | The diagnostics are kept in flash memory and , along with the BIOS , can be upgraded from a floppy disk . |
| 22 | Equally , there are many games which can be played from a wheelchair , if the patient can not stand , but his sitting balance is good . |
| 23 | Lexical , syntactic and semantic information needed for the system can be obtained from a machine-readable dictionary . |
| 24 | Up to 50 000 copies can be obtained from a metal master copy , which can be stored for reuse . |
| 25 | More details can be obtained from a Barclays branch . |
| 26 | Information can be obtained from a variety of sources , including the following : |
| 27 | Several young plants can be formed from a single stem by making a series of wounds at a convenient distance apart and burying each in a prepared hollow in the ground . |
| 28 | The Collins English Dictionary ( CED ) lists other derivatives that can be formed from a headword . |
| 29 | The noise from oil rigs is within the frequency range of dolphin vocalisations and can be detected from a distance of 80 km ( 50 miles ) with hydrophones . |
| 30 | Using the menu system , which can itself be modified to give pop-up , pull-down , or first letter selection of options , the colour scheme can be selected from a choice of four . |