Example sentences of "it can be [vb pp] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if it can be proven that overfishing of sand-eel is the principal cause of the problem , we can only hope that remedial action can be taken before it is too late for our important sea-bird colonies to recover . |
| 2 | Or the nineteen thirties book is like one of the things that really inspired me because it showed me that you can do type that looks as though , I mean it can be composed as though in metal and not be boring — can not be , manufactured , you know hum drum , by varying the weights and by massing it , and also one of the things they do , that you see in those books that you did n't see in printing , was this size of type . |
| 3 | This will vary according to the crops being grown and management practices ; it can be minimised if soil conservation measures , fertilisers and suitable crop rotations are utilised , including intercropping with legumes . |
| 4 | For example , it can be stated that ‘ By the end of the ward allocation the student will be able to catheterise a female patient , using an aseptic and atraumatic technique ’ , or ‘ By the end of the ward allocation the student will be able to identify five potential problems associated with catheterization ’ . |
| 5 | In their favour it can be stated that the consultation process which followed the publication of Paying for Local Government showed twice as many people wanting to abolish the rates as wishing to keep them . |
| 6 | It can be overcome if you recognise that you are tired and getting complacent , but the onset is very gradual and often you do not recognise that anything is wrong . |
| 7 | If you 've got an idea or a message to send it has to be encoded in some way then there 's various mediums or media by which it can be transmitted but it 's got to be decoded by the receiver for the idea or message to be understood , and there 's some kind of feedback mechanism potentially from the receiver to the sender . |
| 8 | The chance of an exposure transmitting infection varies both between the different ways it can be transmitted and , for reasons yet undetermined , between different people engaging in the same activity . |
| 9 | It can be caused when skin that is n't used to the sun is exposed to short bursts of strong sunlight . |
| 10 | It was a horrific crime and I hope the two thugs who did it can be apprehended and sent away for a long time . ’ |
| 11 | This proportion is called the relative abundance , and it can be expressed as follows : |
| 12 | I have tried to convince you that problem solving is important and that it can be taught and learned by means of guided problem solving . |
| 13 | But here again the knowledge is so practical , so much preconditioned by behaviour , that it can be taught and is taught mainly by doing what they are told to do on particular occasions and by not being allowed to do or to touch certain things that are always within their experience . |
| 14 | Built by Tim Bryan , it can be raced as shown , fitted with an outrigger for stability and twin sails or assembled with just the end two of its three sections to give a 7.3m canoe . |
| 15 | It can be seen after only one match the value of scoring tries against scoring penalties or drop-goals . |
| 16 | However , when these figures are broken down , it can be seen that certain groups , such as single women over 75 , are less likely to have an occupational pension , and , if they do , the average amount is less . |
| 17 | It can be seen that the physician or doctor will have to bear both factors in mind when deciding if the time when a drug is to be taken is important ( see also Chapter 14 ) . |
| 18 | It can be seen that this very advantage now becomes disadvantageous after a time-zone transition when an adjustment of our body to new local time is required . |
| 19 | Thus it can be seen that there is a clear relationship between the depth of each habitable room which is confined to the width of a church 's nave arcade bay and the usable area of the related existing window in the side wall . |
| 20 | It can be seen that by piecemeal legislation great strides have been made towards equality between the sexes as regards legal status , rights and liabilities . |
| 21 | It can be seen that there is a wide variation , especially where the number of dies in a year is small . |
| 22 | In retrospect it can be seen that the most fatal blunder of the campaign was John Smith 's Budget — proclaimed at the time as ‘ an unparalleled act of honesty by any opposition party going into an election ’ . |
| 23 | It can be seen that , as the point of decision making moves more and more into the information side of the system , the significance of in-built values and assumptions expands considerably and the qualitative nature of those assumptions also changes . |
| 24 | In summary , it can be seen that there are a number of functional processes which are concerned with obtaining and distributing resources efficiently . |
| 25 | However , reflecting back on Hofstede 's definition of a budget system as enabling management more effectively to plan , co-ordinate , control and evaluate the activities of an organisation , it can be seen that there are a number of significant management elements in the budgetary process as well . |
| 26 | As such it can be seen that this is not a zero-based allocation system or a total formula-based system . |
| 27 | Therefore , it can be seen that the application of the rational and political framework is a valuable way of identifying the underlying approach to budgeting in a school . |
| 28 | It can be seen that continued administration of the remedy once the disease disturbance has been overcome will result in the presence of an energy pattern of the remedy itself i.e. a proving . |
| 29 | Yet it can be seen that the provision of residential care , in particular short term care , is vital to the future of our mentally handicapped community . |
| 30 | So it can be seen that what was originally a technical question of the definition of tolerable rates of soil loss is a crucial , and deeply ideological one , and therefore not amenable to the cut-and-dried standards of proof on empirical grounds . |