Example sentences of "be [adj] to date " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever the explanation , other organisms , like trilobites or brachiopods , were more numerous in such sites , and have been used to date the rock sequences in the absence of graptolites . |
| 2 | Beer cans of these various kinds have actually been used to date sediments presently being deposited off Baja California . |
| 3 | In the same way that coins with mint names can be used to identify sites , so datable coins can be used to date objects or structures found in association with them . |
| 4 | In churches and places of worship they give clues to the identities of benefactors and , with a little skilled assistance , can be used to date important events . |
| 5 | ESR spectroscopy can also be used to date ‘ heating events ’ experienced by flint and chalcedonies . |
| 6 | Although Wheeler was never particularly interested in Roman pottery , he demonstrated the way it could be used to date construc-tional sequences on the Welsh forts , and it is unfortunate that this was not developed in his work at Verulamium , where what must have been a very small proportion of the pottery was published in the Report of 1936 ( Wheeler and Wheeler , 1936 ) . |
| 7 | It can be used to date finds from anywhere in the world and so offers a means of comparing dated finds from different regions . |
| 8 | While the factors of time and the sheer difficulty of analysis partly explain the relative failure of donors to provide a meaningful public assessment of aid programmes , they do not explain the cumulative inadequacy of the results which are available to date . |
| 9 | West Germany provides another example , with provision overall being unimpressive to date , but with some exciting demonstration projects showing recently that cycling ‘ traditions ’ do not need long histories , but may be created overnight by political will and imaginative innovation . |
| 10 | Their success has , on the whole , been variable to date . |
| 11 | To improve precision , it is usual to date several samples from the same archaeological level to determine the mean age . |
| 12 | This is rarely a problem for dating an archaeological site where fragments of broken pottery tend to abound , and it is usual to date several sherds from the same context to provide an average age and better precision . |
| 13 | From Fredegar 's chronicle it is possible to date the king 's death to 596 , but Paul is the only author to record unequivocally that Childebert was murdered . |
| 14 | In his poetry , Wordsworth uses the language of faith years before his ‘ prose mind ’ can accept Christian doctrine ; this is why his ‘ conversion ’ is impossible to date , and why there is so much divergence between the poetic and prose statements he may make at any stage in his progress . |
| 15 | Though it is impossible to date the provisions with any confidence , in favour of dating them in the reign of Mehmed II is the fact that Sultan Murad III ( 982–1003/1574–95 ) , in a firman sent to his Grand Vezir in 985/1577 in connection with reform of the learned profession , speaks of " the ancient law ( kanun ) of Sultan Mehmed Gazi " : it thus seems likely that Mehmed II promulgated some legislation concerning the learned profession , if not these actual provisions . |
| 16 | It is helpful to date entries . |
| 17 | It is important to date stalagmites or flow stones , rather than stalactites , since the formation of the latter is not readily relatable to any archaeological event . |
| 18 | In the meantime they have the immediate task of responding to special educational needs on the basis of the information which is available to date . |
| 19 | However , it is misleading to date the portraits on that basis , as they are a naturalistic rendering of the appearance of boys after the loss of infant curls at the age of two or three . |
| 20 | Upon the accession taking effect , the Basic Law of the FRG … shall enter into force in the Länder of Brandenburg , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Saxony , Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia and in that part of Land Berlin where it has not been valid to date , subject to the amendments arising from Article 4 , unless otherwise provided in this Treaty . |
| 21 | It is now thought that the ‘ Long Count ’ was used to date historical rather than astronomical events . |