Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] they can be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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1 | There is disagreement , however , whether or not they can be interpreted as lateral time equivalents of one another . |
2 | Some problems in the Marxist theory of history , and various new interpretations of it which allow a greater autonomy to political changes for example , the emergence of the absolutist state — were discussed earlier ; and in the present context I would like to focus attention upon two more recent phenomena , and to ask whether or not they can be considered as major changes of political regime . |
3 | The extra money balances are therefore available as a direct form of wealth holding , or else they can be used to purchase those financial assets which are a close substitute . |
4 | This will be done in partnership at all times with the in country non-gav non-governmental organisations , where such exist or where they can be developed , with governments and where appropriate with European and international agencies . |
5 | Another point to remember is that flowers will wilt badly , or even die , if they are left sitting in a hot car or office all day , so if you have to buy them hours before they will be pressed , put them in plenty of water as soon as possible or , better still , buy them on your way home and then they can be pressed fairly quickly . |
6 | The questions can be listed in rough under the headings ( some people put each question on a card to begin with ) and then they can be moved about so as to produce what seems to be a good ‘ flow ’ for the interview . |
7 | A Lancefish bait placed in a convenient place in the aquarium can be used to attract them and then they can be picked off , the bait being removed afterwards , of course . |
8 | Starting out with the Boston Consultancy Group , and eventually forming his own firm , Telesis ( Greek for well-planned progress ) , Mr Magaziner specialised in advising large companies ( Ford and General Electric ) and small countries ( Sweden ) on why things cost as much as they do , and how they can be made to cost less . |
9 | Fear trained on-site Colombian drillers , mud loggers and well superintendents and their assistants as to which PDC drill bits are the most efficient for various different formations , and how they can be made to drill faster . |
10 | It also requires the experience gained from having operated the facilities to understand where the pitfalls are and how they can be avoided . |
11 | But , as we saw , this will not work ; for if we are to be able to make significant identifying references to qualities , we need a distinction between qualities and their existentially unique instances , and this raises the problem of determining the precise ontological status of such instances : i.e. what such instances are , and how they can be identified and distinguished from each other . |
12 | In later chapters ( such as chapter six ) we will examine doubts like these in depth to see how they arise and how they can be resolved . |
13 | This will include information about risk factors and how they can be changed for the long-term good . |
14 | If we really want to empower minority students , he says , educators themselves must find out why students are failing and how they can be helped . |
15 | ‘ It will provide a showcase to business people of all the attributes the industry has in Scotland and how they can be used , while getting a real exchange going as to how it should develop in the future . ’ |
16 | All is not dark in these accounts , and indeed they can be said to gleam with a quality of reflected light . |
17 | There is a theoretical distinction between ( 1 ) a misspelling and ( 2 ) a mis-recognition , but the results from recognition will not enable us to distinguish between them , and indeed they can be treated similarly for attempted correction . |
18 | This is why individuals in groups can show marked degradation in their intellectual and critical powers and why they can be induced to do things in a group setting which their own conscience would normally forbid . |
19 | For this reason , many commercial relational DBMS enable links to be set up as an option and therefore they can be set up beforehand and executed each time they are required . |
20 | They , they may sort of be very submissive , B types , and therefore they can be stressed in a different way . |
21 | ‘ There are many different types of lymphoma , but basically they can be divided into two groups , aggressive and non-aggressive . |
22 | Other chemicals media are available , but generally they can be limited to quick removal of disease treatments . |
23 | The two projects were seen to have differing conditions of implementation and are therefore unlikely to be synchronised in a ‘ revolutionary moment ’ , but nonetheless they can be seen as mutually supportive : struggles for democratic forms within enterprises may help to build support for broader democratic planning , while a sympathetic government pursuing the latter project could also greatly expand the opportunities for enterprise democracy by means of legal changes and financing . |
24 | There are no standard formats for skill descriptions but usually they can be separated into two parts : the performance and the antecedents to the performance . |
25 | But even they can be thwarted by strong security measures . |
26 | Employees accrue points for reporting sick — at first they 're just counselled , but ultimately they can be sacked — a system which Rover 's two main shop floor unions , the AEEU and TGWU , strongly oppose . |