Example sentences of "can [be] [verb] as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Genetic variation within a base population can be magnified as variation between selected lines , giving greater statistical power . |
| 2 | It has been suggested that learner errors can be seen as evidence of learner achievement . |
| 3 | Many examples of animal behaviour can be seen as evidence supporting the assertion , ‘ Animals are designed so as best to fulfil the function for which they were intended ’ . |
| 4 | These changing attitudes can be seen as part of the general reaction against the older voluntarism . |
| 5 | Search unemployment can be seen as part of the annual turnover of the job market — firms rid themselves of workers who have proved to be unproductive or unsatisfactory in some way , and workers quit jobs which have failed to meet their expectations or which were intended only as stop-gaps in the first place . |
| 6 | The decision to accuse with serious crimes the Rathcoole UDA officers held in Long Kesh can be seen as part of the NIO 's strategy for forestalling a general strike confrontation with the combined physical force and political wings of loyalism in the context of the coming constitutional convention . |
| 7 | In this way much of the movement of exotic items which can be traced archaeologically , can be seen as part of a system of ceremonial exchange in the formation of alliances , that is used by the heads of lineages for important political and social transactions . |
| 8 | If that is true , Mr Robertson 's proposal can be seen as part of a grander drama : the battle for control of the Forest Service 's soul . |
| 9 | The press reporting of rape can be seen as part of the sexual titillation increasingly being employed to sell newspapers in a tight market . |
| 10 | In Wales , too , Gloucester can be seen as part of a wider court interest . |
| 11 | In general , the rise of female employment can be seen as part of a transcending trend which divides the workforce between two broad groups . |
| 12 | In Wales , too , Gloucester can be seen as part of a wider court interest . |
| 13 | The extension of policy since the passing of the initial Monopolies and Restrictive Practices ( Inquiry and Control ) Act of 1948 can be seen as part of a gradual and continuous process , which has led , in what might be described as an eclectic or ad hoc manner , to the complex pattern of current legislation , culminating in the Competition Act of 1980 . |
| 14 | Ideally , an approach is required which will narrow the focus of the " act of identity " in such a way that individual choices like the one just mentioned can be seen as part of systematic behaviour patterns which are simultaneously typical of speakers ' own fictive speech communities and conditioned by the immediate context of the interaction in which they occur . |
| 15 | In the school library , Prestel can be seen as part of the total information and learning environment . |
| 16 | No fewer than eight classic Stones ' tracks make up Rooster , the new work from leading choreographer Christopher Bruce , which can be seen as part of a triple bill at the Empire from tonight until Saturday . |
| 17 | The concept of exchange has often been used to describe support in families , and this can be seen as expression of mutual self-interest . |
| 18 | The component parts of communication can be seen as clarity of problem definition , completeness of information and clarity of problem understanding . |
| 19 | He can be seen as representative of the pre-war analysis of social problem in biological , hereditarian terms although he was firmly on the dominant environmentalist wing of the Eugenics Society itself . |
| 20 | All the same , the Foxley Wood decision can be seen as sound enough . |
| 21 | For while the immediate economic relations were often similar , as the specific form of patronal exchange , the full social relations can be seen as variable , once the fact of willing and independent service of a social and religious-kind is admitted . |
| 22 | The fact that Hemingway was born can be treated as part of the given information because all human beings are born ( with disputable mythical exceptions ) . |
| 23 | No person can be appointed as trustee unless he is a qualified insolvency practitioner . |
| 24 | Our progress in these vital areas can be summarised as record resources , record commitment , record results . |
| 25 | Entire word processor documents can be sent as mail items to other users on the network . |
| 26 | They still require experimental evidence before they can be accepted as fact . |
| 27 | But it can be altered as time goes by , if a client can afford extra premiums , their salary allows them to have extra increases , it can be altered , but would nec would possibly want medical underwriting for any future increasing . |
| 28 | The touching conditions can be defined as boundary conditions to these six zoned states ( see Figure 2.1 I ) . |
| 29 | It is only when the frequency and magnitude of each behaviour is sufficiently marked and sufficiently prolonged to impede the child himself in his daily life or cause distress to his family or community that it can be defined as disorder ( Rutter et al. , 1970 ) . |
| 30 | Evidence can be defined as information which establishes or disproves a fact or a point in question . |