Example sentences of "can [adv] be [verb] [prep] one " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some proportional series , however , can only be extended along one axis at a time ; if an attempt is made to extend them along both axes simultaneously , unfillable structure points are created . |
| 2 | It is felt that this approach provides a general procedure having wide applications , instead of producing a very specific " tailor made " system that can only be applied to one company . |
| 3 | It is quite common in primitive exchange systems that the movement of goods can only be seen in one direction . |
| 4 | Clearly , spreads can only be compared in one currency sector . |
| 5 | A pedestal basin generally has a slightly larger washing area than a wall-hung basin ; it does n't need such a secure fixing , and the supporting pedestal hides the plumbing , but it can only be installed at one height . |
| 6 | For example , a major constraint upon effective management of human resources in secondary schools is the notion that the curriculum can only be delivered by one teacher in one classroom teaching one subject to one class . |
| 7 | Note that mappings can only be specified from one LIFESPAN user to one relational database user , or , from many LIFESPAN users to one relational database user . |
| 8 | Some of the keynames ( like Beep ) can only be set to one of two values , so Beep=yes means that Windows will beep every time there 's an error . |
| 9 | This can only be used with one or more floppy drives , and copies all the information from one disk to another . |
| 10 | It can thus be assigned to one ( a' ) or other ( a " ) of the two possible symmetry species . |
| 11 | If this interpretation of the function is correct , that is , if is in reality a disequilibrium adjustment mechanism , then it can not be treated at one and the same time as a trade off relation . |
| 12 | The key criteria are that a person has a range of needs that can not be met by one agency alone and his or her ability to live independently is in jeopardy . |
| 13 | On the other hand , Roger can not be ranked as one of the episcopal supporters of Simon of Montfort [ q.v . ] . |
| 14 | The various animal-plant interactions can not be isolated from one another , therefore . |
| 15 | This network can not be expressed by one hierarchy . |
| 16 | It will be argued that every event of the war can not be covered in one volume , but it seems strange that Brown saw fit to include a chapter on the making of the film of the Somme . |
| 17 | The finding that the smooth muscle MHC gene encodes multiple isoforms suggests that the proteins originally designated as SM1 and SM2 MHC probably represent multiple forms which can not be separated by one dimensional SDS-PAGE analysis . |
| 18 | their demand for control can not be restricted to one of self-government within the enterprise , but it will have to aim at the development of a complex institutional system that will be able to strike a balance between the need for worker autonomy within the enterprise on the one hand , and the need for economic co-ordination at higher economic levels on the other . |
| 19 | The allegation in the information should not be " assault and battery " , which is bad for duplicity ( the legal phrase for saying that two separate offences can not be contained in one charge ) , but " assault and beat " or preferably " assault by beating " , both forms constituting only one offence . |
| 20 | It is an interesting book to dip into , but it can not be read at one sitting . |
| 21 | However , when a distortion can not be removed from one market it is not generally efficient to ensure that all other markets are distortion-free . |
| 22 | Liberty can not be delegated , it can not be enjoyed at one remove . |
| 23 | The balance-of-payments problem plainly can not be reduced to one of ‘ how to pay for essential imports ’ . |
| 24 | We must keep constantly in mind the idea that since these two aspects of the body are on different and incommunicable levels of being , they can not be reduced to one another . |
| 25 | As a result , each artist was chosen for at least four reasons , but with a common denominator : we decided to present individuals operating from an independent position , whose work has a certain degree of complexity and can not be reduced to one or two key ideas . |
| 26 | Ceauşescu was aware that the ‘ moulding of the new man , the human prototype of communism , can not be accomplished within one , or several , five year periods ’ . |
| 27 | But feeling does not evaporate : if it can not be shown in one form it finds an outlet in another . |
| 28 | By Ord 29 , r 1A , a copy of the peremptory order should be served , that is handed , to the recalcitrant party before he leaves the court building , or else posted to him , or through his solicitor — by the " proper officer " ; if delivery can not be effected in one or other of these ways , the order is to be delivered to the party for whose benefit the order has been made , and he should then have it served personally . |
| 29 | Such a God can not be confined to one people . |
| 30 | Where lights are attached to the house , they can normally be run from one of the house lighting circuits ( provided fittings and external switches are weatherproof ) . |