Example sentences of "[pron] can [be] [verb] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several of the sequences used shapes , and one was based on the many arrangements which can be made using the pieces of the Chinese tangram puzzle . |
| 2 | They are not difficult to deal with , thanks to the many tracks on the market which can be bent to fit the shape . |
| 3 | Compaction also caused the secondary limestones to become fractured and in some cases this results in the caving of the limestone sections in boreholes which can be detected using the caliper log ( Fig. 24 ) . |
| 4 | Hutchison Telecommunications UK Ltd 's Hutchison Paging has launched a financial services pager for private investors in a joint venture with the Financial Times Cityline stocks and shares information line : the pager covers 3,000 shares and within one minute of a chosen counter reaching a pre-set value , the pager automatically bleeps and displays a phone number , which can be called to hear the details ; the pager costs £160 plus tax , and includes a year 's subscription to the service , which will cost £100 plus tax for subsequent years . |
| 5 | Backpacking sacks have additional straps between the main body and the top of the shoulder straps which can be tightened to bring the top of the sack closer to the back and thus more upright . |
| 6 | These contain wooden drawbridges which can be raised to isolate the city . |
| 7 | We now provide two examples of ways in which rational expectations has introduced restrictions which can be tested using the methods we have just described . |
| 8 | ‘ In particular , they will be identifying any tasks which can be completed using the base skills of the craftsmen , or with minimal additional training . |
| 9 | The latter are all part of large conglomerates with large reserves which can be employed to see the industry through the recession . |
| 10 | Furthermore , although the first poll-tax was sufficiently successful as a fiscal measure for it to be repeated in 1379 and 1381 , the hostility shown to it in the Great Revolt of the latter year led to its abandonment as a form of taxation ; not until the sixteenth century do further governmental records become available which can be employed to estimate the size of the national population with even a modicum of confidence . |
| 11 | A dense pile wears better than a loosely-woven one , which can be parted to reveal the backing . |
| 12 | A form of religion which can be rationalised to meet the needs of the foregoing , is not to be found anywhere in the whole vast accumulation of religions and sects that the world has yet produced . |
| 13 | Some village and workshop groups use looms with horizontal beams which can be adjusted to alter the length of the rug . |
| 14 | The circulation depends on having enough blood in the system to fill the vessels , on the small arteries acting as taps which can be adjusted to send the blood where it is needed , and on the heart beating hard enough to push the blood through the resistance given by the taps . |
| 15 | There is nothing which can be guaranteed to alienate the affections of a statistician more than the surveyor who goes for advice after he has made a mess of sampling and needs someone to get him out of the mess . |
| 16 | Breasts are not just appendages which can be removed to provide the histology department with a tissue diagnosis . |
| 17 | Appendix A contains precedents which can be adapted to suit the occasion . |
| 18 | Using a microcomputer for a loans system has proved a valuable introduction to new technology for this school librarian , in that she has gained new skills which can be used to exploit the resources of the school library . |
| 19 | For every £1,000 of international air travel booked through the service , each member will receive £20 worth of travel bonds , which can be used to offset the cost of future travel — business or pleasure . |
| 20 | In other words , both the land is cheap if it is realised and secondly , already the British Library has an asset at Exhibition Road which can be used to defray the cost of some of the building . |
| 21 | So out come the glove puppets , the posters and the toys which can be used to illustrate the point . |
| 22 | The layer quality is assessed primarily by capacitance measurements , which can be used to demonstrate the low occurrence of surface states . |
| 23 | … ? ’ and various other forms which can be used to mark the beginning of a joke or anecdote . |
| 24 | The initial trials quickly revealed how difficult it is to develop one set of forms which can be used to assess the progress of all children |
| 25 | The initial trials quickly revealed how difficult it is to develop one set of forms which can be used to assess the progress of all children . |
| 26 | She also emphasizes the need to consider the ‘ action vehicles ’ which can be used to carry the change . |
| 27 | A more advanced approach to page description is to design a software language which can be used to control the processor of a display device . |
| 28 | A statement which sets up a test condition which can be used to control the subsequent flow of the program . |
| 29 | It also involves understanding the linguistic cues ( deductive markers ) which can be used to signal the empirical/deductive distinction . |
| 30 | Both tasks were designed to assess children 's ability to respond to some of the linguistic cues which can be used to signal the deductive/ empirical distinction . |