Example sentences of "can be [verb] in [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 They form spontaneously in the waters of our planet without the elaborate ‘ machinery ’ that DNA needs ; and they develop flaws spontaneously , some of which can be replicated in subsequent layers of crystal .
2 The only remedies which can be sought in private actions are private law remedies , that is declarations , injunctions , and damages .
3 The stress-strain diagram is shown in figure 13.2(a) , and can be represented in mechanical terms by the model of a weightless spring whose modulus of extension represents the modulus of the material .
4 The distortion resulting from this can be magnified in various ways ; for example , a total or a sub-total within a table will combine the errors in the counts from which it is made up , as will a variable obtained by calculations using affected variables , or by aggregating several Enumeration Districts or wards .
5 Some can be seen in religious paintings , particularly those of the Virgin Mary , the Saints and the Angels .
6 The same thing as can be seen in certain breeds of dogs ; hip dysplasia is a typical example .
7 Among the lizards , this can be seen in young skinks of several species .
8 This can be seen in premature foals or those which have had an unduly prolonged birth resulting in temporary lack of oxygen to the brain .
9 But that triumph can be seen in small things , just as in great .
10 Overwhelmingly , the data show how the general moves towards liberalisation , described in earlier chapters , can be seen in individual policies ( Contractor , 1990b ) .
11 The importance of private funds in breaking through administrative barriers can be seen in other aspects of island life .
12 Perhaps the proof of the pudding can be seen in public attitudes , for no such projects can come to fruition without substantial support from the public .
13 Hewitt ( 1989 ) , for example , accepts that the speech of black adolescents shows influences from Creole but asserts that the same influences can be seen in white adolescents ' English in certain areas : the English of many black youngsters also itself displayed evidence of Creole influence beyond those stretches that might be plainly treated as switches .
14 As the waters recede , their spawning tunnels can be seen in serried rows in the flood bank .
15 At this gain the noise level of the instrument can be seen in quiet periods to be approximately 10 gamma — 15 gamma over a bandwagon of the order of 0.3Hz , reasonable enough for serious studies .
16 The most common organic manure these days is the spent marc , the residue of skins , pips and stalks amassed after the pressing process , which can be seen in purple-black piles by the roadside from November onwards .
17 Handy ( 1985 ) makes the point that organisations can be seen in territorial terms , characterised by empire building .
18 This can be done in various ways .
19 This can be done in various ways , most of which can be found in eighteenthand early nineteenth-century fiction , but not used so artfully or extensively .
20 This can be done in various ways .
21 The second is that the statutory services do not have the monopoly of altruism or the monopoly of occupying the high moral ground , and I think that those of you who saw the presentation given yesterday afternoon by Mike O'Reilly on the work that 's being done at Knowesouth , the private home he and his wife run , would have to concede that that was an excellent example of the kind of not only interesting , but the kind of pushing forward the boundaries of what can be done in different kinds of settings for people with dementia .
22 Moreover , behaviour can be sanctioned in informal ways .
23 Rainwater can be collected in different-sized containers , raindrops observed going down window panes , etc .
24 A similar effect can be achieved in other ways : for instance , a clause providing that the seller will not refund any sums paid by the buyer effectively prevents rejection where the buyer has already paid the price .
25 However , in different examples this increase can be achieved in different ways .
26 It is unlikely that such richness can be achieved in large hyper-bases where automated authoring is likely to prevail .
27 But these same Ministers claim that for other people 's children , the best can be achieved in large classes , in crumbling buildings without sufficient books and equipment and with inadequately paid teachers .
28 Alternatively the embryo culture dishes can be placed in sealed flasks pre-equilibrated with a mixture of 5% CO2 in air .
29 In the field of clinical linguistics , there are many conditions which , it is often assumed , have similar causes and which can be treated in similar ways .
30 To identify more universal models , the focus of this effort is on general competitive patterns , processes that can be duplicated in other countries .
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