Example sentences of "[noun] can [be] [vb pp] [adv] that " in BNC.

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1 I must give this to the Prime Minister , explain the strong feelings and see whether the guidelines can be altered so that it becomes more usual to impose a stiffer sentence .
2 First , it must be established that sufficiently large future losses can be threatened so that , when discounted to a present value , they offset the gain from reneging in the current period .
3 Similarly , dedicated compute servers can be configured so that they will run only certain types of jobs , or have a preference for certain types .
4 First of all , there are ways that missing husbands can be traced so that the divorce petition can be sent to them .
5 First of all , there are ways that missing husbands can be traced so that the divorce petition can be sent to them .
6 This equation can be rearranged so that the term E ( S T ) disappears , giving E ( R p ) = [ F t - S t + D ( l + r ) ] /S t .
7 The archer fish 's large eyes can be aligned so that , like our own , they produce a three-dimensional image , making it possible to judge distances .
8 If , nevertheless , your job does come under threat , perhaps because you suffer disablement which makes fulfilling your original job description very difficult , it may be worth urging your employer to consider whether your duties can be revised so that you can cope and continue to make a worthwhile contribution to the success of the business .
9 Nevertheless , the research has identified ways in which a more systematic evaluation of polling districts and census zones can be achieved so that an integration of information about electoral behaviour and more general socio-economic information at the local level may be obtained .
10 However , matters can be arranged so that the judgements required of human observers are only those which they can make reliably and accurately .
11 Not only can its causal links be shown but its habits , strengths and weaknesses can be determined so that ultimately disease may be tackled .
12 Now , I appreciate my , there was n't time to overrule really but in this incidence do you wish to speak but if that point can be made so that it for future debate we know it .
13 A pleasant cottage-garden effect can be obtained by random planting without regard to colour , or plants can be placed so that the colours of the flowers blend and combine .
14 A module name can be specified so that only the the names of packages containing this module are shown .
15 Or , more ingeniously , the underside can be mirrored so that when it is flipped up it will look for all the world like a large looking glass .
16 Modern counter-insurgency practice concentrates on ways by which the water can be poisoned so that the fish shrivel and die .
17 A border can be organised so that as the year progresses , one plant takes over as earlier ones fade .
18 The bits of this instruction can be set so that its execution leaves any one of the following values in the accumulator : How can this be achieved ?
19 The tone of the cymbals played thus is much inferior to that produced when a cymbal can be held so that both are free to vibrate equally when clashed together .
20 Since the issue price can be fixed so that it is virtually impossible for the rights price to become negative , companies which pay underwriting commission on a rights issue are making an expensive ex gratia payment .
21 If the workshop is planned to accompany a module of nursing experience , the ward and school objectives can be given so that the learner comes to see the ward and school staff as a complete team .
22 In spite of the fact that nothing can be substituted for — ness , and it therefore participates in no contrasts , recurrent or otherwise , it is different from — s in those books , and arguments can be put forward that it should be regarded as a semantic constituent .
23 Objectives for learning can be set so that the nurse has guidelines for the session .
24 Brain tissue can be stained so that CO is visible , areas with a high CO concentration having a dense brown colour .
25 There are some advantages to a lateral gun position and focussing device ; larger viewing windows can be accommodated so that greater sample areas may be excited by de-focussing the beam , and the occurrence of sample damage by direct bombardment is lessened .
26 The cylindrical surface can be slit along its length ( at AA ) and unrolled to lie flat on a plane ; however , there is no way that the sphere can be unrolled so that it lies flat .
27 The four RJ-45 connections can be configured so that the unused wires carry an additional four 10BaseT connections by using the MiLAN MIL 4084 Expansion Module or by punching down the extra lines .
28 Furthermore , the model can be adapted so that it can express the risk premium ( expected return less the riskless rate of return ) of the security as a function of the risk premium of the market portfolio .
29 The letters can be chosen so that unwanted ones differ from the target by larger or smaller amounts .
30 This layering principle can be extended so that there are several voices in each layer .
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