Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] that can be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This locks the bricks into a solid mass that can be walked on as soon as it 's finished , providing a surface over which you can barrow more bricks . |
| 2 | " With regard to the Native custom affecting cases of this kind , there is possibly no definite rule that can be made applicable to all cases and to all districts , but this rule appears to be applicable everywhere , that when a woman of one tribe or hapu marries into another tribe or hapu , her rights become extinguished , unless some act of ownership is exercised either by herself or her immediate descendants . |
| 3 | The worst possible condition that can be envisaged is one in which there is an expert in the plant aiming to do the maximum possible damage and aware of the indications of his actions which are transmitted to the operator — this is not quite science-fiction , it could happen as a form of sabotage , . |
| 4 | There is no simple pattern or model of social change that can be applied to all villages , and there is no single continuum on which all rural communities can be placed ( see chapter 1 above ) . |
| 5 | Sweet 100 is an old favourite that can be grown indoors and out |
| 6 | The next part aims to place this within an organised framework that can be delivered to families . |
| 7 | Another effect that can be measured is the ‘ isotope shift ’ . |
| 8 | and added that the proportion of absorbed light that can be re-emitted as fluorescence is about 3% . |
| 9 | ‘ I suppose it must also have a public telephone that can be used in private and a post office that will send out mail ? |
| 10 | Another conclusion that can be drawn from this table is that , apart from the southern cone countries , those who work in the modern sector of the economy comprise a minority of the population . |
| 11 | Still , it is sometimes possible to infer alterations over time , and one direct conclusion that can be drawn is that part , at least , of landlords ' rationale was economic : within a situation affected by such non-economic factors as pious donations , landlords organised estates and renders to maximise resources . |
| 12 | My own opinion is that all cold-blooded animals are endowed with responsive behaviour that can be mistaken for higher intelligence , when what we are really dealing with are reflex actions to given stimuli — as in Pavlov 's dogs , which salivated when a bell they associated with food was rung . |
| 13 | But perhaps the most interesting extension that can be made to a Murten visit is to make the very short journey of only 8km ( 5 miles ) either by road No 1 , or by rail on the same line as from Kerzers to Murten The destination is the small town of Avenches , which stands on a hill just north of the bypassing main road No1 which runs across the Mittelland plateau from Bern to Lausanne . |
| 14 | Suppose no two of the processes unc can communicate on the same global channel ( even internally ) , that the list unc contains each free variable that can be input or assigned to by one Pi and used ( in any way ) in another , and that no unc has a free occurrence of any of the channels . |
| 15 | The research aims to find out whether there is a specifically Scottish corporatism that can be distinguished from that found at the UK level . |
| 16 | I have already mentioned some information that can be included on a hand-out , e.g. reading lists , training plans , aims and objectives . |
| 17 | I agree with the hon. Gentleman that every conceivable thing that can be done should be done to ensure that the applicant — the hon. Gentleman was right to say that he may be old and slightly confused — is assisted in filling out the forms . |
| 18 | This still leaves open the question of what counts as sound evidence , and this in turn leads to a central theme of this book : ‘ How can we collect sound evidence about the social world that can be used to increase our understanding of that world ? ’ |
| 19 | As we shall see , the object for Lévi-Strauss 's anthropology and Barthes 's semiology is a social form that can be analysed as a language ( kinship systems , myth ) . |
| 20 | One is that animals memorize local landmarks and directions on their way out , and simply reverse the directions to find their way home ; a second is that the home site itself has some property that can be recognized at a distance . |
| 21 | The supplementary allowance A weekly allowance that can be made to those in financial need who are not in receipt of a State retirement pension ( see leaflet SB1 ) . |
| 22 | Well , if we 're going to move forward to that sort of union , there are really only three unions in this country that can be used as the base for that new structure , that new organization . |
| 23 | Is there a bottomless pit as suggested in the drawing or just a further depression that can be filled with a little more investment ? |
| 24 | Another medium that can be used selectively is direct marketing , a fact which has been vigorously promoted by the Post Office . |
| 25 | Xerox Corp has introduced LiveBoard , a five-foot wide electronic blackboard — Americans call it a chalkboard : the LiveBoard , which sells for $49,500 , uses a wireless pen that writes directly on the surface , creating an electronic document that can be shared through ordinary telephone lines for simultaneous viewing and editing from remote locations ; it includes a 67 ’ interactive surface , 80486 processor and software that enables users to edit , colour , annotate , erase , save , retrieve and print whatever they have drawn on the LiveBoard . |
| 26 | There is , however , remedial treatment that can be undertaken to assess more closely , or even cure the condition . |
| 27 | For example , if you use what was the dining room for a work room/study as well , you should either have a round table which can be piled with books when necessary , a table set off-centre , or a drop-leaf table that can be pulled out and set up in the centre of the room as required . |
| 28 | This keeps the material inside reasonably dry and sweet and also provides a liquid fertiliser that can be drawn off regularly via a tap at the bottom . |
| 29 | Chemiluminescence is a simple , sensitive , and reproducible technique that can be used to estimate reactive oxygen species in biological media . |
| 30 | Economic income is simply the maximum amount of real income that can be consumed out of real wealth during a given period without impairing the ability of that stock of real wealth to deliver real income and hence real consumption in the future . |