Example sentences of "can be [vb pp] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The package can be tailored for a variety of databases and applications and comes with variety of tools and libraries including Oracle , Sybase , Informix , Ingres , Oracle Financials , software distribution , security , batch management , back-up management and help desk management . |
| 2 | The package can be tailored for a variety of databases and applications and comes with variety of tools and libraries including Oracle , Sybase , Informix , Ingres , Oracle Financials , software distribution , security , batch management , backup management and help desk management . |
| 3 | It is , as was stated in Andrew Fortune 's thesis , a proactive rather than reactive approach , where customer service can be tailored to a customer 's needs . |
| 4 | Nervous convulsions have been attributed by some clinicians to toxocariasis , but there is still some disagreement on whether the parasite can be implicated as a cause of these signs . |
| 5 | A duty of care can be owed to a trespasser ( see " Defective Premises " , p. 116 . ) |
| 6 | The Blackshard can be destroyed in a number of ways . |
| 7 | Normally it 's our job to dig , study , catalogue , understand the past , but when you see that what you have uncovered ca n't be protected , that this whole complex which is the heart and birth-place of the city can be destroyed in a moment , you feel quite sick . |
| 8 | Add the flour gradually , beating all the time , until the dough is still soft and sticky but can be gathered into a ball . |
| 9 | One example is the third-century kiln at Godmanchester , which can be related to a building in Pinfold Lane , while a clay-floored structure at Hacheston was interestingly associated with both a third-century kiln producing grey wares and an iron-smithing furnace . |
| 10 | This view can be related to a number of outstanding features ofthe British political system . |
| 11 | This pension is situated above the main road , in its own gardens and can be reached via a flight of steps from the road . |
| 12 | Secure ground floor windows first and any window which ca n't be seen from the street or which can be reached from a drainpipe or flat roof . |
| 13 | The area can be reached from a junction on the Mallaig road at Loch Ailort on a delightful coastal journey with glorious views seawards and lovely sandy beaches , then crossing the Moidart peninsula to arrive at the village of Acharacle . |
| 14 | He met his own fate when the wizard Thomas of Ercildoune instructed Soulis 's enemies how to capture him and boil him to death in a cauldron on the Nine Stane Rig , a Bronze Age stone circle which can be reached by a scramble up the hillside above the modern B6399 between Newcastleton and Hawick . |
| 15 | The voucher can be exchanged for a ticket to a rally of their choosing . |
| 16 | Give the winners of the games a black spot which can be exchanged for a present or a can of coke . |
| 17 | Clients booking half board will receive vouchers from our Rep , which can be exchanged at a number of cafes and restaurants in the village . |
| 18 | One hole can often look much like the next , and a newly dug or outlying sett can be mistaken for a fox 's earth . |
| 19 | Heavy drinking can be mistaken for a symptom of depression , rather than its cause . |
| 20 | Indeed both types can be generated from a program that provides an introduction to or an investigation of a topic . |
| 21 | Since a staggering degree of behavioural complexity can be generated by a set of individually simple subroutines , mere complexity of behaviour can not be in itself a trustworthy guide to intelligence . |
| 22 | There is no absolute limit to the number of alternatives that can be generated in a situation , so we can impose a practical limit of three or four or five . |
| 23 | They can be differentiated along a continuum , one end of which consists of a community of individuals sharing everything , while the other end is characterized by a number of family groups which share a house , and perhaps other things as well , but whose degree of involvement as individuals in the collective is limited . |
| 24 | The right of establishment can be invoked by a company registered in a member state against the national authorities of that state if they seek to prevent it setting up agencies , branches or subsidiaries , or participating in the incorporation of a company in another member state . |
| 25 | A hierarchical court structure is essential to give to a particular case a level of authority ; this will determine whether or not the case can be overruled by a decision of the same or a higher court , and which courts , if any , are bound by its decision . |
| 26 | Questions can be asked of a child of the type : |
| 27 | This process can be represented on a diagram as shown in Figure 1 with the neutron meeting , as it were , a ‘ backwards ’ proton to produce a W particle . |
| 28 | Both Clements ' Community as an Organism and Tansley 's Ecosystem can be represented as a retreat to community holism after a brief flirtation with an organismal , Darwinian ecology . |
| 29 | Since there are many possible adaptive forms , the patterns of development can be represented as a tree in which many lines branch out in different directions from the same starting point , not as a linear scale . |
| 30 | This can be represented as a network as shown in Figure 4.20 . |