Example sentences of "[is] that they can [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The advantage of single records is that they can be stored in CKD format — with separate keys — and the track can be scanned for a particular record without having to read unwanted records into main storage . |
| 2 | One of the consequences of holding instructions in store locations is that they can be treated as data , and manipulated as such by the computer . |
| 3 | Arguably , the major advantage of procedures and functions is that they can be referred to by name . |
| 4 | The danger of the latter approach is that they can be shelved and then become critical at a time when resources are being deployed elsewhere . |
| 5 | A particular feature of methylene decarbonisers is that they can be used safely on aluminium , copper , brass and other metals normally badly corroded by alkalis . |
| 6 | Another argument used to support indirect taxes on welfare grounds is that they can be used to combat ‘ externalities ’ . |
| 7 | One particular advantage of models such as these is that they can be used to produce multipliers which show the effects of changes in eg the population of a region on the employment levels in that region . |
| 8 | The advantage of hydroelectric generators is that they can be switched on and of easily , according to demand . |
| 9 | The thing that disturbs me about statistics is that they can be interpreted to mean anything . |
| 10 | The difference between these sentences and [ 5 ] and [ 6 ] is that they can be interpreted as descriptions of the event portrayed in [ 3 ] . |