Example sentences of "[vb mod] be adapted to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The essential point is that the use of numerical data should be adapted to the need . |
| 2 | A growing recognition that services should be adapted to the needs of individual users to sustain independence underlies present community care policies , set out in the White Paper " Caring for People " ( DOH 1989 ) . |
| 3 | The list is not definitive and must be adapted to the circumstances : ( 1 ) What is the balance sheet date and , if appropriate , what period is the profit and loss account to cover ? ( 2 ) Who is to prepare the first draft of the completion accounts ? ( 3 ) On what basis are the accounts to be prepared and what form are they to take ? ( 4 ) What is the mechanism for the other party to agree or dispute the draft accounts ? ( 5 ) What if the parties can not agree ? |
| 4 | Turning to Charles Kettering , who 'd invented an electric motor small enough to power a National Cash Register , Leland asked if something similar could be adapted to the internal combustion engine . |
| 5 | In principle , the behaviour of the tits could be adapted to the job of building a safe , warm nest for offspring in three separate ways . |
| 6 | Speaking in early 1989 , Medvedev ( an economist by training ) spoke still more positively of the market as a ‘ flexible instrument for reconciling production and consumption ’ which could be adapted to the purposes of a wide variety of social systems . |
| 7 | Everyone who worked with Laura at this time agrees that , as a fashion editor , she had a sure instinct about forecasting trends , a canny feel for coordinating colour and fabric that was invariably right , and knowledge of which of the latest details could be adapted to the ‘ Laura Ashley ’ look . |
| 8 | AS far as processor requirements are concerned , the flowchart of Fig. 8.6 assumes that the microprocessor is dedicated to the control of a single stepping motor , but the software could be adapted to the control of several motors . |
| 9 | The speed of the system was an important consideration as was the fact that Signet could be adapted to the firm 's precise needs . |
| 10 | This sort of structure could be adapted to the situation where the departing shareholders of Target are willing to accept deferred consideration ( the debentures ) , the managers become or remain shareholders in Target and a venture capital partnership wishes to invest directly in Target . |
| 11 | Most of these concentrate on a description of a particular technique and how it may be adapted to the colliding wave situation . |
| 12 | Granville 's model portfolio — UK fixed interest 10% , UK equities core holdings 50% , UK equities smaller companies 20% , US 3% , Far East ( including Japan ) 5% , Europe 7% , cash 5% — will be adapted to the particular circumstances and objectives of each client . |
| 13 | The properties of the cycloid , can be adapted to the hypocycloid and epicycloid . |
| 14 | There is an intarsia carriage for the chunky machine and I 'm told by Silver Reed that the colour changer can be adapted to the fine gauge . |
| 15 | OUP believes that modern methods of electronic data processing can be adapted to the tasks required for the production of a new OED . |
| 16 | The principles for overcoming any of the six problem areas listed previously can be adapted to the following general format . |
| 17 | Such instruments as the Abney level and aneroid barometer ( Peel , 1949 ; Sparks , 1953 ) can be adapted to the determination of elevations , while the extent of the terraces can be mapped on the 1 : 25 000 or 1 : 10 560 maps by reference to the field boundaries . |
| 18 | The single module is , therefore , a flexible unit of credit which can be adapted to the different academic demands of the variety of subject areas on the Course . |