Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [pers pn] can be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This one had a whole lot of switches on so it can be altered from outside without going inside . |
| 2 | We have had a marvellous season with thankfully no major accidents and also the best of racing , particularly at the Ulster Grand Prix and the Tandragee 100 , so perhaps we can be forgiven for forgetting that racing needs not only the top line competitors like Joey Dunlop and Brian Reid it needs the newcomers to help the sport thrive and we are just not getting enough of them . |
| 3 | Our understanding of each other is adequate enough for the small change of moral discourse , leaving us in no doubt of how most people feel about being murdered , robbed , raped or cheated , but the more sensitive the valuation the less confidently it can be made . |
| 4 | For , just as the individual has the moral right not to kill in violation of his own moral principles , a right recognised by law in this country since 1916 , so also it can be argued that he has the right not to be required to contribute through his taxes towards the maintenance of a professional army equipped with weapons of mass destruction to kill on his behalf . |
| 5 | As a rough guide two strands wound together make something approximately like three-ply in thickness and three together are usually reckoned to be about a four-ply. these fine industrial yarns used to be in the ‘ odds and ends ’ bins , but the manufacturers have caught on to the fact that they are popular with machine knitters , so now they can be bought under a brand name . |
| 6 | Thus far it can be argued that , if and in so far as the objection to the validity of a pretended Act of Parliament is purely procedural , there is no objection to any court ( and not merely the House of Lords ) making such minimal inquiries as are consistent with Parliamentary privilege in order to ensure that the instrument in question was consented to by the two Houses and did receive the Royal Assent . |
| 7 | Gradually too they can be made aware of differences within a particular society in the past . |
| 8 | Erm oh well maybe yours can be saved up for another time ? |
| 9 | Burgess himself stated that its creation was specific to one city — Chicago , however even then it can be seen as too simplistic . |
| 10 | The role of the counsellor is to help the individual in this process , first in understanding and determining his or her particular goals , making sure they are realistic or indeed , sufficiently ambitious ; second , to help decide how best they can be achieved ; and third , to help the individual come to terms with retirement , and to play a more active part in its outcome . |
| 11 | There may , of course , be some discrepancy between the ideal and the reality , and we may better understand the positive potential of the custom by remembering how easily it can be spoilt if something goes wrong . |
| 12 | Hence , when selecting a parser it is vital to determine how wide a variety of grammar the parser is able to process and how easily it can be extended to a larger domain . |
| 13 | He shows just how loaded is the language we use — and how easily it can be subverted . |
| 14 | Almost always they can be modernized and adapted : the developer simply believes that a new building will be worth more . |
| 15 | But there are doubts about how quickly it can be set up , given the party 's lack of money . |
| 16 | If professional development is understood in terms of increased professionality then clearly it can be associated with the goal of increasing teacher effectiveness . |
| 17 | It is concerned with the forms energy can take , how efficiently it can be used and to what extent energy can be made available for useful work . |
| 18 | However , what is perhaps most striking about written productions is how often they can be disambiguated by recourse to the sign language ‘ rules ’ which would govern that meaning . |
| 19 | Indeed , it may be that the best approach to the design of guidelines for empirical evaluation is to begin with familiar and well-tried procedures for the elicitation and observation of data and see how far they can be adapted to serve a pedagogic purpose . |
| 20 | The versatile artist raises the question of relationship between the arts , and how far they can be considered to have the same or similar aims . |
| 21 | The principal aim seems to be to find out how far it can be extended . |
| 22 | If " Creole " is a second dialect rather than a second language , delaying its acquisition until adolescence will still have a limiting effect on how well it can be learned . |
| 23 | There is still a big task ahead and we can not be sure how well it can be accomplished . |
| 24 | If you ca n't obtain it from your office in time , then surely it can be sent through the post ? ’ |
| 25 | By the simple laws of dilution , solutions beyond the 12C potency should have no activity whatsoever , and yet clinically they can be shown to have an effect and , what is more , higher potencies often show more powerful effects than lower potencies . |
| 26 | Erm , we do work together , where we share a common agenda , and we find that we share common policy positions , and there are a lot discussions that go on about policy questions between environmental N G Os , erm , and also like any N G O that 's pressed for time and money , we work together where actually it can be justified by the results . |
| 27 | There were several weak points in this critique and perhaps at the very least it can be argued that foreign films with social themes always appear to be more realistic merely because the subject-matter and personnel are new . |