Example sentences of "can [be] [verb] [adv] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Offa 's Dyke , one of the country 's finest long-distance footpaths with views into both England and Wales , can be reached under 1 mile from the hotel and is dotted with ancient fortifications . |
| 2 | The effect of the war can be seen under five heads , all following from the actual European conflict : the running of the war effort ; the advance of Labour ; the advent of democracy in 1918 ; the effect of war on the party structure and organization ; and the effect of war on popular attitudes . |
| 3 | It is quite evident , however , on a cursory examination of this area that it is much larger and there is visual evidence of buildings on the shelf over at least 200 yds and other buildings can be seen about 50 yds to the south . |
| 4 | This can be done under two headings : one is the emergence of parliamentary government , and the other is the development of the welfare state and the managed economy . |
| 5 | The data which forms the raw material of marketing research can be placed under two categories : primary and secondary . |
| 6 | The artistic variations are inexhaustible but can be summarised under three headings : ( 1 ) The retreat backwards : the object has his attention and face directed towards the subject … in love or fear … as he moves pace by backward pace into the middle distance ; then turns and hastens away . |
| 7 | Thus in the valuable Brockman Iron Formation of the Hamersley Basin , bands about an inch thick are said to be correlatable over an area of some 20000 square miles and even microscopic varves within those bands can be traced over 185 miles . |
| 8 | The growing tunnels and ancillary equipment can be leased over five years . |
| 9 | It 's a good idea to have some spare olives — note that the design varies slightly from one brand to another and that some olives can be fitted only one way round . |
| 10 | The costs of unemployment to a nation can be categorised under three headings : the social cost ; the cost to the Exchequer ; the economic cost . |
| 11 | The client 's address ; this can be supplied over four lines , each up to 28 printing characters long , including spaces . |
| 12 | The major factors influencing group effectiveness can be set under two headings : |
| 13 | The contrast between ineffective and effective meetings can be captured under 10 headings : |
| 14 | This ground can be traversed again three times , on report , third reading and Lords ' amendments , all on the floor of the House . |
| 15 | The criticisms that users gave can be grouped under four headings . |
| 16 | They can be grouped under two headings , those seeking to ‘ restructure for labour ’ and those seeking to ‘ restructure for capital ’ . |
| 17 | The major determinants of effectiveness can be grouped under two headings : Immediate Constraints ( ie things that can not be changed in the short-term ) and Group Motivation and Interaction . |
| 18 | They can be grouped under three headings : improvement of the quality of labour ; promotion of the mobility of industry and labour ; encouragement of production and employment through increased consumption . |
| 19 | Thus the work can be grouped under three headings : |
| 20 | They can be grouped under three heads : |
| 21 | The techniques used to evaluate these opportunities can be classified under two headings : traditional methods of investment appraisal and discounted cash flow ( DCF ) methods of investment appraisal . |
| 22 | The procedure for collecting language samples in this way can be considered under four headings : recording equipment ; sampling children 's language ; observer effects ; and transcription . |
| 23 | For purposes of description time can be considered under four headings ( Thornes and Brunsden , 1977 ) . |
| 24 | The organic response to the changes in the physical environment induced by plate tectonics can be considered under three headings . |
| 25 | They can be considered under three headings . |
| 26 | Many and varied reasons have been put forward for this basic element of practice , but they can be summarized under three headings : ideological reasons ( the right of a person to decide for himself or the recognition of this as an existential reality ) , educational and developmental reasons ( participation as part of human growth and development , for the individual , the family , the group , the organization or the community ) , and political reasons ( participation as a means to enfranchisement and empowerment , an antidote to alienation ) ( Ross , 1960 ; Bernstein , 1960 ; Katan , 1980 ; Freedberg , 1989 ; Rothman , 1989 ) . |
| 27 | Again there is the possibility that they can be spread over three fields rather than concentrated into one . |