Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [be] [vb pp] to [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The activities of delinquent fans might be more intelligible if they can be related to particular roles and positions with respect to other fans . |
2 | In addition the laser methods are so powerful that they can be applied to excited nuclear states . |
3 | It remains to be seen to what extent they can be applied to social work . |
4 | Other chemicals media are available , but generally they can be limited to quick removal of disease treatments . |
5 | They can be moved to other projects in these intervals , improving departmental productivity . |
6 | Having tried out these various methods you might consider them too time-consuming to use for large areas but they are so attractive that they can be put to good use as trimmings . |
7 | They can be added to stir-fry vegetables at the end of cooking or served as an accompaniment . |
8 | They can be subjected to verbal and physical abuse and sexual harassment is all too common . |
9 | They can be allocated to other projects in the inactive periods provided that this is done in a proper manner . |
10 | Although the second- and third-years do n't officially come back until next week , Puddephat 's tutees have been called back early so they can be allocated to new people quickly . |
11 | Sauce is n't all that cranberries are fit for — they can be used to good effect in a number of recipes . |
12 | While both these objections have truth to them , it is also clear that a range of critical writings which share more preoccupations than differences has emerged and that it can be contrasted to other forms of writing about texts and history . |
13 | This is the technique of flash photolysis , and again it can be applied to gaseous or to liquid samples . |
14 | Our other theme , the more general study of homoclinic orbits and bifurcations , is perhaps of even greater importance because it can be applied to other systems of equations as well { 2,9 , 10,20 } . |
15 | It can be applied to variable-length records by padding or the use of fixed-length buckets for variable records , as discussed previously . |
16 | Once the hydrogen is produced it can be converted to other fuel forms such as methanol . |
17 | Very often assessment of a child 's language is required in order that it can be presented to other professionals who are seeking to help that child . |
18 | While this maxim applies especially to press , it can be extended to other media , too . |
19 | We need now to assess the validity of this approach , to see whether it can be extended to other kinds of discourse , and to examine alternative approaches too . |
20 | The dump will hold the highly-radioactive waste until it can be taken to British Nuclear Fuel 's Sellafield works for reprocessing to extract uranium and plutonium . |
21 | Since word order is not now needed for signalling an increased specificity of conceptual meaning it can be put to other purposes , as we shall see presently . |
22 | It clearly needs to be a part of the school 's work on developing its curriculum to consider the place of project work within this curriculum , and to plan ways in which it can be utilised to maximum advantage , especially as a vehicle for the teaching of information skills . |
23 | If a grain or cement retains its form during alteration it is sometimes very difficult to determine when that alteration took place , unless it can be linked to other dissolution/replacement phases . |
24 | It can be clipped to formal shapes so that the flowers are prevented from developing , the plant thus being covered in the delicate , lace-like foliage . |
25 | It can be so — certain women have a perpetual ‘ devouring ’ quality — but it is a natural process , echoed in the menstrual cycle , and in the moon 's waxing and waning , and it can be used to positive effect , regulating the ebb and flow of relationships and opening up pathways of communication . |
26 | It can be used to positive or negative effect on others . |
27 | These metal frames with spikes on them can be attached to certain types of boot to give good grip in snow and ice . |