Example sentences of "[noun] can be [vb pp] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now we have to be careful with the word ‘ redemptive ’ because in a final way only Christ 's sufferings can be deemed truly redemptive ; but I feel that we can make guarded use of the term . |
| 2 | The same action can be found both constitutional and unconstitutional . ’ |
| 3 | Well these are just some of the ways in which computers can be made more friendly . |
| 4 | Once all the correct lenses have been swung into place and focussing is complete , the initial dialogue between the time-travellers can be made more interesting by switching between close-ups , mid-shots , group shots , etc . |
| 5 | There were some notable gaps in care but on the whole the research can be considered reasonably reassuring , given the strongly critical stance toward the decision-making for Banstead which MIND 's research officers had adopted . |
| 6 | The camera work can be kept as simple as it is for recording one person giving a talk — it can stay on the interviewee . |
| 7 | A number of limitations can be identified primarily due to this particular difference in the systems . |
| 8 | The stopped areas can be made less noticeable by imitating the grain with a fine artist 's brush and paint , usually using a mixture of ochres and siennas , according to the type of wood . |
| 9 | It seems quite reasonable to assume that , when a speaker is organising a ‘ speech paragraph ’ which has two connected elements as its foci , both elements can be made phonologically prominent in the introduction . |
| 10 | The exercise can be made more difficult by placing a weight across the thighs . |
| 11 | To these traditional criticisms can be added more recent ones . |
| 12 | Despite the considerable progress that has been made under this Government in encouraging employee share ownership , will the Minister take careful note of the recent KPMG Management Consulting report which shows ways in which the qualifying employee-share option trusts can be made more flexible and therefore likely to be more widely used by companies and available to more employees in subsequent years of Conservative government ? |
| 13 | There are various ways in which abstract art-historical analyses can be made more relevant to the study of man and the organisation of exchange . |
| 14 | The purpose of this paper is to examine how conditions for both sufferers and their carers can be made as satisfactory as possible in " ordinary " and in sheltered housing , and to raise issues that need further examination . |
| 15 | The picture can be made more revealing and informative in various ways . |
| 16 | Second , existing plants can be made more water-efficient through better management and control systems and the reuse of water wherever possible . |
| 17 | Obviously existing kitchens can be made more efficient with more up-to-date equipment — bigger freezer and/or fridge , a dishwasher , waste disposal unit and so on — but only if the appliances work hard for you , save time and labour and generally make your particular way of life easier and more enjoyable . |
| 18 | Researchers will ask how neighbourhoods , town centres , streets and transport can be made more secure . |
| 19 | Together they would like to investigate how the CAB service can be made more accessible to deaf people . |
| 20 | For carbon dioxide ( CO2 ) , though , things can be made more complicated . |
| 21 | The Countryside Commission has produced an action pack to show how the countryside can be made more accessible by clearing obstacles on footpaths and bridleways . |
| 22 | These edges can be considered mutually exclusive interpretations of some stretch of the utterance defined by the z and x axis . |
| 23 | What are likely to be the most effective methods by which bureaucracies can be made democratically responsible ? |
| 24 | That an offender can be held criminally liable for the unintended consequences of his or her actions is a well-established legal principle . |
| 25 | That is done by considering a case in which a passenger can be held equally liable even though he sought to avoid being identified with the aggravated crime . |
| 26 | By placing responsibility for costs in the hands of clinicians , expenditure control can be made more sensitive to the clinical priorities . |
| 27 | The definition can be made more accurate , but not wholly satisfactory by specifying that the other animal must have changed its behaviour because it perceived the signal through its sense organs , and was not physically forced . |
| 28 | Although the theoretical motivation for positing social network as a speaker variable can be made relatively explicit , its use presents certain problems , the first of which concerns the measurement and quantification of network structure ; for like social class and ethnicity , the ill-definedness of the network concept can make it difficult to operationalize . |
| 29 | Cellular transplantation can be performed either pre- or postnatally , the techniques are straightforward , cell scan be manipulated in culture , and there is the possibility of extended storage by cryopreservation . |
| 30 | On the contrary , it is only through a phenomenological clarification of the structure of experiences that the logical properties of such sentences can be made fully transparent . |