Example sentences of "can be [verb] to [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The relative abundance of dissolved constituents released through weathering reactions into surface waters can be compared to their relative abundance in the bedrock in order to provide information on the types of chemical reactions that are occurring . |
| 2 | Each club of growers , be they of lettuce , tomato , carrots or some other crop , meets with the project manager to discuss how the basic ICMS methods can be applied to their particular crop . |
| 3 | The stress this imposes on carers can be damaging to their mental and physical health and deprive them even of a fulfilling private life . |
| 4 | These rules mean that it might benefit the owner of a topography right for him to sit on that right until such a time as it can be exploited to its full potential as long as this is done a reasonable period before the 15 years have expired . |
| 5 | This ensures that the LIFESPAN system can be restored to its previous state in the unlikely event of a failure during validation . |
| 6 | Now that new evidence , either not released before or else wilfully ignored by earlier historians , is available , these charges can be reduced to their proper perspective . |
| 7 | Metal hardened by deformation can be returned to its initial soft condition by ‘ annealing ’ , that is to say by heating it until total or partial recrystallization occurs , in which case most of the excess dislocations vanish . |
| 8 | As the preceding paragraphs have shown , child care is , until the Children Bill becomes law in the early 1990s , based on the Child Care Act 1980 , under which one major duty of the local authorities is to receive children into care and provide them with adequate substitute homes unless or until they can be returned to their natural parents . |
| 9 | Conservatories and porches — at very competitive prices — can be designed to your exact requirements and cover a whole range of specifications to suit your property . |
| 10 | However the high cost of closed-loop systems can be attributed to their small share of the market ; would closed-loop be any more expensive than open-loop if a comparable set of integrated circuit control packages was available ? |
| 11 | This can be attributed to its various physical properties . |
| 12 | The impact of the polymerase chain reaction can be attributed to its practical simplicity and to its speed , sensitivity , and specificity . |
| 13 | Alliance 's revival can be attributed to its vigorous , straight-from-the-shoulder leadership , articulating a progressive pro-union approach which is so lacking elsewhere . |
| 14 | Not a small part of this success can be attributed to our growing team of new writers . |
| 15 | The fact that the selection of a style became such a contentious issue can be attributed to his sustained advocacy of Gothic . |
| 16 | Much of it can be attributed to his astute realization that it was possible to break with the disastrous tradition of Pius IX without compromising on essentials . |