Example sentences of "[indef pn] [Wh det] can [be] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should try to see space itself as something which can be made as articulate as verbal language . |
| 2 | We are back with the problem which Eliot had considered in March 1914 when one of his seminar colleagues , Sen Gupta , had read a paper that Eliot had written dealing with the work of Lévy-Bruhl ‘ on primitive race-psychology ’ and the ‘ law of participation ’ , a paper in which it was stated that , ‘ Causality is something which can be explained away but not explained . |
| 3 | In this important respect , and in common with more formal economic analysis , her study fails to appreciate the need to gain a much fuller understanding of microeconomic behaviour ; something which can be done only through detailed investigation of individual businesses and economic institutions [ Major , 1979 ] . |
| 4 | Moreover , industrial structure is not something which can be resolved merely by general debate over a general checklist of factors . |
| 5 | One of Beto 's constant themes is that classification is something which can be carried out properly only by staff who have both human insight in general and a specific knowledge of the prison system and the background of most of its clients . |
| 6 | As Roy Hattersley , himself an opponent of the scheme , reminded journalists yesterday , proportional representation would involve a radical change from one form of democracy to another ; it is n't something which can be taken lightly . |
| 7 | When this first draft has been done the researcher has something which can be worked on . |
| 8 | This increased variability is not one which can be handled bureaucratically , claim Sorge et al. , and they have the weight of organisation theory on their side : it implies flexibility , autonomy , and high skill at the operator level . |
| 9 | As we have observed in earlier chapters , one of the major concerns of government one which can be traced back to the last century — is the control of the level of expenditure by the state . |
| 10 | An instrument of greater sensitivity , and possibly one which can be read more accurately , might be needed . |
| 11 | A subsidiary company , Frippak Feeds , was set up in Batley , West Yorkshire to manufacture the feed — the only one which can be used exclusively , without the need for supplements . |
| 12 | The threat must be one which can be carried out immediately , though " immediately " is read broadly . |
| 13 | Nothing whatever can be done here . |