Example sentences of "can [adv] be [verb] [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I will argue , first , that we are inveterate formers of hypotheses about what we are seeing ; second , that computers can only be programmed to see things if they are provided with suitable models ; and third , that our habit of guessing what we are seeing is astonishingly successful . |
| 2 | ( 1 ) a board can only be required to give reasons in connection with the types of decision specified in s.5(2) where the request for a decision is made in accordance with subs . |
| 3 | The AA also offers a cellphone , but it can only be used to call emergency services . |
| 4 | Rival visual boxes in a painting , building or landscape can thus be used to suggest spaciousness . |
| 5 | If you are lucky enough to have full length cupboards in the hallway , they can easily be reorganized to take china , cutlery , glass and linen and maybe even a trolley or serving cart . |
| 6 | The equation can easily be modified to show changes in M2 or M5 . |
| 7 | There is much evidence of the ways in which bilingual children can best be helped to attain competence in English . |
| 8 | Time will tell how this course can best be adapted to serve Christ at the end of the twentieth century . |
| 9 | It does not seem to me that this can involve any impeachment , or questioning of the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament , accordingly I do not see how such a use of Hansard can possibly be thought to infringe article 9 of the Bill of Rights and I agree with my noble and learned friend 's more detailed consideration of that matter . |
| 10 | In the same way as discussed in section 3.1 that a plane can be found which is tangential to a curved two dimensional surface , a Minkowski space can always be found to match space–time locally . |
| 11 | A female fruit fly , simply because of her tiny size , can hardly be expected to produce eggs in numbers to rival a cod , but even so , she can lay two thousand in a season in batches of a hundred at a time . |
| 12 | If you have a commercial photographer who visits the school annually then the firm can probably be persuaded to photograph staff individually on a complimentary basis . |
| 13 | Under the Industrial Relations Code of Practice , paragraph 62 , a contract can reasonably be expected to give information about : |
| 14 | This modelling framework can also be extended to include oligopoly at each level and firm by firm integration , at the cost of some complexity . |
| 15 | With luck , members of the family can also be trained to give warning , for example by flicking the electric light switch when entering the room . |
| 16 | Each of those ballets can also be said to have dimension and linear patterns which can be roughly described as follows : Symphonic Variations Lines are widely structured , flowing and straight rather than rounded , with no hard edges . |
| 17 | The superposition principle can also be applied to creep data . |
| 18 | SCSI cards can also be fitted to increase disk storage capacity , but the level of demand for graphics work suggests that a specialist graphics station ( Sun work-station or equivalent ) is likely to be needed by 1994 . |
| 19 | Managers can also be configured to view parts of an MIB . |
| 20 | It can also be adapted to reflect changes in the organisation and ‘ readily adapted ’ , if the relations have been normalised ( because normalisation leads to a much more flexible model ) . |
| 21 | While it is undeniable that Robbe-Grillet'– early novels are indeed capable of being read as essentially modernist texts whose narrative strategics consist in the representation of a distorted perception of reality , nevertheless , ‘ retrospectively ’ , they can also be considered to demonstrate reflexivity . |
| 22 | They can also be harnessed to pull chariots . |
| 23 | Mastic sealant can also be used to seal gutter joints . |
| 24 | GET can also be used to input data from I/O port . |
| 25 | This vote can also be used to eject organisations that continually offend against the ‘ customers charter ’ . |
| 26 | " Keeper of the Keys " can also be used to explore ritual ; it can be used to teach about the nature of dramatic tension and dramatic structure ( see Chapter 4 ) . |
| 27 | As well as searching for arbitrage opportunities , computers can also be used to initiate programme trades . |
| 28 | This discretion can also be used to justify refusal of leave to apply for judicial review under RSC Ord. 53 ; and so it is sometimes said that the whole judicial review jurisdiction is discretionary , not just the remedies . |
| 29 | This comparative approach can also be used to analyse brainstem areas , the functions of which have been modified by the evolution of neocortical areas . |
| 30 | This option can also be used to cancel links , if required . |