Example sentences of "can [be] [verb] [prep] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If very thick yarns are used , as they are in Chinese and other good quality items , the number of knots that can be tied per in 2 is understandably less than if thinner yarns are employed . |
| 2 | The resolution is good , and grains less than 10 µm can be seen at × 100 . |
| 3 | What is more , it can be done without in any way making the exhibition more ‘ dull ’ or ‘ serious ’ than it would otherwise be . |
| 4 | We can pull out of the Common Market and out of NATO , but there are practical limits as to what can be done from within British politics to overcome the external constraints on the development of public policy in Britain since we are part of the world economy . |
| 5 | The need for a pragmatic component in an integrated theory of linguistic ability can be argued for in various ways . |
| 6 | One possible way of obtaining these special facilities might be to create a special cross-reference file that can be called upon at any stage and edited as the need arises . |
| 7 | The services of ISCO can be called upon by those who enrol for several years after the pupil have left school . |
| 8 | In fact , Genette 's relational approach means that none of these aspects of narrative can be conceived of as independent units : Consequently ‘ analysis of narrative will thus be for [ him ] essentially a study of the relationships between narrative and story , between narrative and narrating , and ( to the extent that they are inscribed in the narrative discourse ) between story and narrating ’ ( my italics ) . |
| 9 | His acceptance of what he calls ‘ the doctrine of the manyness of reality ’ , by which he probably means that reality can be conceived of in many different ways , makes it possible for him to approve of the non-creative aspect of God as propounded by the Jains , and the creative aspect of God as propounded by Rāmānuja the foremost exponent of the Viśi ādvaita position . |
| 10 | The reason he gives for adopting this standpoint is that reality can be conceived of in many different ways all of which are equally valid . |
| 11 | The planning activities at the three levels can be referred to as strategic planning , tactical planning ( or ‘ management control ’ ) and operational planning . |
| 12 | In fact , when the sex act takes place only when progeny is desired then it can be referred to as married brahmacārya . |
| 13 | Graduated separatist spaces , women-only spaces , can be moved into by all women . |
| 14 | There is nothing to stop the parties specifically preventing the expert from pursuing his own investigations and limiting his consideration of evidence to the material submitted by the parties ; this can be attended to at this stage , if it has not been already provided for in the expert clause : see 8.15.8 . |
| 15 | Certainly there was the occasional spectacular apostasy from civilized values , as in the case of Jack Driberg , a Kenya Masai official who went native and then proceeded to a distinguished career as a lecturer in anthropology at Cambridge ; but on the whole the records , in so far as they can be relied on in such matters do not support this view . |
| 16 | AEG 's experience thus guarantees that the availability of energy can be relied upon at all times . |
| 17 | Few can be relied upon for any technical back-up or support services although they can draw upon the services of their manufacturing suppliers for this purpose . |
| 18 | As a rule of thumb , a pre-sensitised board can be exposed for between 5 and 10 minutes using an ordinary UV light box . |
| 19 | A lower dividend yield can be compensated for with higher capital gains and vice versa . |
| 20 | What is more , there is a great deal of empirical evidence ( amassed over many years ) suggesting that human perception is the result of a non-introspectible process of construction , a process that takes a measurable amount of time and that can be interfered with in specific ways . |
| 21 | The two shocks have identical effects : they both leave prices in period t + 1 unaffected and they both induce a difference between prices in period t and t + 1 which can be responded to by increasing output in accordance with equation ( 5.1 ) . |
| 22 | By exploring the world in terms of the actions and their effects , young children come to realise that objects can be acted upon in different ways and that actions often result in objects changing their location ; they may be moved to a new place , positioned with respect to other objects or located on surfaces and in containers . |
| 23 | Although it is true that the legal provisions are mostly protective minimum standards which can be improved upon via collective bargaining , the fact remains that collective bargaining itself does not have the same range as might be the case if legal provisions were fewer ( Blanpain , 1982a ) . |
| 24 | Ask the vendor if you can defer discussion until you 've completed the survey , so that all matters arising can be dealt with at one go . |
| 25 | If they do not hold more than 10 per cent of the shares to which the offer relates , they can be dealt with under those procedures ( the target must hold the consideration on trust for 12 years , after which it must be paid into court with interest , dividends and other accrued benefitsCA 1985 , s430(9) and ( 11 ) ) . |
| 26 | ( 3 ) Bad debts Insurers normally exclude liability for claims under a bad debt warranty on the basis that cover is available in the conventional insurance market and therefore this risk can be dealt with by other means . |
| 27 | In lime-soda-softening , small amounts of the metals are removed from solution with the calcium and magnesium , and , with prior aeration , large amounts can be dealt with by this process . |
| 28 | The assumption , rather , was one of special , even isolated , blackspots that can be dealt with by localized attention . |
| 29 | In a stable environment , the pressures for uniformity are strong ; any unforeseen events will be rare and can be dealt with by top management . |
| 30 | These sessions are particularly appropriate where the bureau worker is of the opinion that the problem can be dealt with in one interview with a solicitor , but it is permissible for the solicitor taking the session to accept the interviewee as his or her own client if further advice is needed . |