Example sentences of "can [be] [vb pp] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether they can be mapped seismically within or below thrust sheets is more of a problem , but it is one that the industry seems confident of defeating in other parts of the world . |
| 2 | I put " as if " in quotation marks because electron spin is not a phenomenon which can be visualised quite as simply as that . |
| 3 | In view of the statement made by the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary that terrorist movements can be destroyed very effectively from within , will the Secretary of State consult his right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to ensure that the full weight of the intelligence services is brought to bear on all terrorist movements within the United Kingdom ? |
| 4 | Insects can be gathered not only from their nests and tunnels , but from the air . |
| 5 | Expenditure figures can be related more readily to the revenue projections , so that ‘ finance [ can ] determine expenditure and not expenditure finance ’ . |
| 6 | Expenditure figures can be related more readily to the revenue projection , so that ‘ finance [ can ] determine expenditure and not expenditure finance ’ . |
| 7 | Uncontrollable items , such as inflation , are best treated separately from controllable costs so that cause and effect can be related more readily and to avoid unnecessary worrying about items over which the budget-holder has no influence . |
| 8 | As we shall see later , such a diagram can be related very closely to other aspects of the landscape ( Fig. 93 ) . |
| 9 | COLWYN BAY can be reached either directly or by connecting coach services from all parts of the Country and there are express services from all major cities . |
| 10 | As you travel alongside Loch Leven the graceful shape of the Pap can be reached in about an hour up heather-covered , bouldery slopes , unpleasant in wet weather , but well worth the effort for the view to Ben Nevis and the Mamores . |
| 11 | It is remote from roads and habitations and can be reached overland only on foot . |
| 12 | A goal describes the long-term direction in which you are heading — for example , ‘ to own my own house ’ ; an objective can be reached more quickly . |
| 13 | 10 per cent ( i.e. £0.9 billion ) must be kept back in the Bank of England , but the remaining 90 per cent ( i.e. £8.1 billion ) can be lent out again . |
| 14 | In a binary file , information has been converted to the machine 's internal number representation and can be scanned much more rapidly by analysis programs . |
| 15 | Skegs and daggerboards can be sandpapered to remove any nicks and the uphaul rope can be tied neatly so that it does n't flap around the ankles in mid-gybe . |
| 16 | The descriptions can be generated almost endlessly by means of this productive view of the activity of writing . |
| 17 | They can be basted more easily directly along the front edge of the board with steel tacks , provided the tacks are covered with braid , but then it can not be removed . |
| 18 | Class accents lie at the heart of such mimicry , though on the printed page a betraying turn of phrase , or a tell-tale choice of words like ‘ dodgy ’ or ‘ darling ’ , can be represented more easily than an impure vowel . |
| 19 | At both national and local levels trends can be analysed not only within churches and denominations , but across denominations , to learn from those who appear to be exceptions to the general rule . |
| 20 | Instead of orderly motility patterns , which can be analysed relatively easily , irregular contractions occur that are apparently tandomly distributed in location and time . |
| 21 | Acceptance can be signified not only by a written document , but also by conduct . |
| 22 | The acute political problems raised by the succession issue can be seen particularly clearly in the experience of Kenya , Cameroun and Senegal . |
| 23 | This can be seen particularly clearly in the measures taken against Sir Edward Woodville , who , according to Mancini , had left London the day before news of Rivers ' arrest reached the city . |
| 24 | This can be seen particularly clearly in the measures taken against Sir Edward Woodville , who , according to Mancini , had left London the day before news of Rivers ' arrest reached the city . |
| 25 | But it is to say that compulsive gambling with all its damaging consequences can be seen just as much in the reputable halls of commerce as in the street corner betting shop . |
| 26 | The character of this interaction between the mean flow and the fluctuations can be seen most simply in the context of a flow for which the two-dimensional boundary layer approximation applies . |
| 27 | This process of transformation can be seen most dramatically in London . |
| 28 | This can be seen most easily in fig. 10.4 . |
| 29 | The matching poem of the pair ( 40 ) performs even more dazzling feats of Self/Other identification : But from this fairly innocuous interchange of terms the mood darkens , as can be seen most economically by isolating the rhyme-words of the next two quatrains : ‘ receivest — usest — deceivest — refusest — thief — poverty — grief — injury ’ . |
| 30 | This can be seen most clearly when considering their behaviour . |