Example sentences of "[subord] can [be] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The may maybe I just comment on that that last that last point , which as I understand it it the the justification for a new settlement is brought about solely by increasing the requirement for Greater York to twelve thousand seven hundred , going through those figures there seems to me , for instance , for both Ryedale and Selby to be more provision than could be met in a single settlement , I I think the the figures put forward by Barton Willmore are more than can be met in existing allocations and a single new settlement of a reasonable size . |
| 2 | Space precludes a full account of the APT saga , but briefly stated the purpose of the tilting train is to run through speed-restricted curves in complete safety and without loss of passenger comfort at much higher speeds than can be achieved with conventional rolling stock , enabling journey times to be reduced without recourse to realigning and upgrading existing tracks at prohibitive cost . |
| 3 | In 1976 , despite coverage a hundred times greater than can be achieved by conventional flash photography ( which is limited by back scatter ) , no results were achieved in three months of work . |
| 4 | It depends upon the weather and the number of visitors at the resorts , and greater flexibility is required than can be provided by simple fixed-term contracts . |
| 5 | Love must be the most beautiful flower than can be cultivated in transcendent garden of the mind . |
| 6 | The response to pruning is a concentrated and redirected burst of growth which will be more readily sustained by good , fertile conditions than can be expected on sandy , barren and infertile soils . |
| 7 | Individual total utility can be raised if can be removed in good times , leaving and added to achieve also in bad times . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , most buildings built for the purposes of ‘ agriculture ’ have been for a long time exempt from such planning control as can be exercised by local planning authorities . |
| 9 | As can be seen for wild-type Eco K approximately 50% of the DNA is cleaved after 30 min and no further reaction appears to take place after this time . |
| 10 | Individuals go to bed later or earlier than average on certain occasions , as can be seen by close inspection of Fig. 2.2 . |
| 11 | The metamorphic gneisses throughout the Hebrides have been eroded to a gentle , undulating landscape as can be seen in central Lewis . |
| 12 | The same thing as can be seen in certain breeds of dogs ; hip dysplasia is a typical example . |
| 13 | As far as can be seen from aerial photographs and minor excavations , most of the main streets seem to have been lined with strip buildings , which are usually interpreted as shops and workshops . |
| 14 | ‘ But , given a level playing field , we believe that the work commitments we are agreeing to are as great as can be justified in commercial terms , and hope that this is recognised by Whitehall . ’ |
| 15 | Non-logical stimuli : the first step here is to list as many aspects as can be thought of connected with the problem situation and to consider a completely irrelevant , unconnected object and to see how many ways that the object could affect the situation . |
| 16 | Most importantly it will give brilliant negatives to work from with as much gradation of tone as can be reproduced on modern printing papers . |