Example sentences of "[adj] can be [vb pp] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Papinian is discussing whether , if a non-heir builds a monument , this can be regarded as a negotium gestum and the costs charged to the heir . |
| 2 | An erosion surface should show up as an excess in a certain range of altitude and this can be revealed by a device such as a hypsographic curve , which aims to depict the overall distribution of elevation and is usually used to illustrate the earth 's major relief features . |
| 3 | The result of all this can be likened to a vast ocean , teeming with fish of which only one in a million is edible , and just as this would present a monstrous task to fishermen entrusted with the responsibility of feeding a hungry populace , so does the almost unbelievable quantity of religious teaching and literature by its very size and complexity make it impossible for it ever to serve a serious purpose in satisfying the undoubted universal desire for a respected and well-beloved religion . |
| 4 | This can be reached by a well maintained serpentine path down the steep slope . |
| 5 | This can be expressed as a contrast between the ‘ merely utilitarian ’ and the ‘ artistic ’ , or , on the other hand , between the ‘ useful ’ and the ‘ merely cultural ’ . |
| 6 | Osbern records the presence of royal housecarls to prevent interference by the Londoners , and this can be fitted into a credible historical context of popular hostility to the Danes in the city , arising from the fighting and sieges of Æthelred 's time , the heavy taxation of 1018 , and the probability that Cnut found it prudent to maintain a garrison there . |
| 7 | Naturally , after rounding , marginal or subtotals may be only approximately the sum of their components , but this can be explained in a footnote if necessary . |
| 8 | The next verse is significantly longer than the first ; this can be understood as a symbolic representation of the importance of its contents . |
| 9 | This can be cooked in a large pan on top of the oven or in a casserole in the oven . |
| 10 | This can be defined as a state of circulatory collapse which leads to low arterial blood pressure and oxygen shortage in the tissues . |
| 11 | Practitioners could then consider whether this can be transferred to a new physical or social setting , or is sustainable only in a familiar setting . |
| 12 | They must provide cover for absent colleagues for up to three days , though this can be extended for a teacher whose classroom teaching duties occupy less than three-quarters of his or her working week , or where it is not ‘ reasonably practical ’ for a supply teacher to be found to replace the absent colleague . |
| 13 | And I think it is important so that decisions like this can be made within a er , a framework that we 've all , you know , been part of , and na are happy with agreed to . |
| 14 | This can be seen as a kind of intermediate position halfway between the child as a tabula rasa with no innate knowledge of the world and the child being able to speak at birth . |
| 15 | Secondary encopresis Children 's bowel control may have relapsed in response to a stressful event like the birth of a baby , a traumatic separation or loss , and this can be seen as a regression to an earlier level of emotional development . |
| 16 | This can be seen as a backlash against independent research which shows that confusion and ignorance is the main factor in about a third of unplanned teenage pregnancies . |
| 17 | Perhaps this can be seen as a statement of a general condition that obtains for all workers . |
| 18 | In the feminist appropriation of Lacan this can be seen as a result of patriarchal structures , and the differential entry into the world of language of the human male and female . |
| 19 | To some extent this can be seen as a matter of political temperament determining which side of the coin one emphasizes . |
| 20 | This can be seen as a system for design in which the mapping of function on to the geometric domains is raised to the next level in which the requirement to manage and control the process is mapped on to the sub-processes or departments . |
| 21 | A typical example of this can be seen in a swing context . |
| 22 | An example of this can be seen in a story reported by a worker in Corby , |
| 23 | This can be seen in a qualitative way by considering the party game in which participants guess how many people would need to be asked their birthdays , on average , to find two with birthdays on the same day . |
| 24 | This can be done on a daily , weekly , monthly or annual basis . |
| 25 | I do not see how this can be done without a trial of both the action and the claim to contribution . |
| 26 | The secret is to arrange the stripes so that they do not appear to be in regular order and this can be done in a number of ways . |
| 27 | This can be done in a variety of ways , but researchers are unanimous that it is essential to write up the events of a day before going to bed at night , or , at the very latest , the following morning . |
| 28 | This can be done in a number of ways ( see page 12 ) . |
| 29 | This can be done by a handyman , although if the roof is a flat one and not already insulated , special insulating tiles should be fixed inside , which will usually need to be done by a professional . |
| 30 | In order to disaggregate clusters of inside cells of ICMs it is necessary to decompact the aggregates first and this can be done by a 20-min incubation in warm Ca2+-depleted M2 + BSA or M2 + BSA containing 0.5 μg/ml CCD . |