Example sentences of "of [noun sg] that can be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many more take short-term assignments , a cheaper , less disruptive form of support that can be combined with company management training programmes . |
| 2 | There is only a limited amount of change that can be achieved by direct transformation in the ‘ swords to ploughshares ’ manner . |
| 3 | The lasting impression of these accounts is that everyone agrees that there was a ‘ permissive age ’ , or a process of change that can be described as ‘ permissive ’ , but that no-one can actually agree what constituted ‘ permissiveness ’ . |
| 4 | In the end support staff act as information switches and this is exactly the sort of function that can be taken over by electronic data processing . |
| 5 | The works of Bowlby ( 1979 ) and Marris ( 1974 ) offer the basis for a model of attachment that can be used to assess elders affirmatively . |
| 6 | This ability to be aware and think ahead is another aspect of parenting that can be discussed and planned with parents . |
| 7 | We can also recognise , as we did , at an , on an earlier paper that it is national government policy and increasingly so , to encourage the development of capital schemes , borrowing , we noted that in relation to transport and the availability of S C A's I think it 's also right to say that the government does set down the level of borrowing which can be entered into in in any one year , that is the credit approvals are controlled by the government and they do make them available to the County Council and to district Councils , so in a sense , the government is both saying that we expect borrowing to be a feature of a budget and also that we want to control , and restrict the amount of money that can be borrowed through the amount of credit approvals . |
| 8 | Bearing this in mind , together with the further possibility of reprovisioning the redesigned space station using Russian rockets , NASA 's review team is considering an orbit for its station that would be inclined at 51.6 to the equator — the sort of orbit that can be reached from the launch sites the Russians use . |
| 9 | Such plans will henceforth be subject to approval from CCMLR ; , A limit of 1.5 million tonnes has been set on the amount of krill that can be caught . |
| 10 | These figures vary , as they are bound to do , with differences in types of books stocked , binding policies , local circumstances , and — especially — the size of local bookfunds and therefore the minimum physical standard of stock that can be fixed pragmatically by each authority . |
| 11 | Game theory , in general , postulates a set of ‘ players ’ ( the ‘ interested parties ’ , be they individuals or groups ) , each of whom has a set of strategies ; strategies meaning courses of action that can be taken , which may be conditional on moves made by the others . |
| 12 | These latter are the agglomerated , and subsequently dried , cells of single-celled microorganisms like algae , yeasts , fungi and certain bacteria which can be cultivated on a large industrial-scale basis for the production of protein that can be used for either human or animal consumption . |
| 13 | The kind of non-randomness that can be generated by simple sieving is roughly equivalent to opening a combination lock with one one dial : it is easy to open it by sheer luck . |
| 14 | There is an argument to support virtually every gauge of shotgun that can be used to kill rabbits bolted from burrows . |
| 15 | He will tell you whether there are any restrictions on the type of insulation that can be used ( urea-formaldehyde foam is not generally recommended in areas exposed to severe driving rain , for example ) . |
| 16 | I shall go into greater detail than my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Monklands , East had a chance to do on the kinds of investment that can be produced , rather than the consumption boom which the Chancellor hopes for . |
| 17 | If you want to be really safe , a condom or , to avoid vaginal or menstrual fluids , a dental dam ( a square of latex that can be placed over the vulva ) can be used . |
| 18 | Education has learned to grab with ease but not to reach out and yet there is a good deal of help that can be given to small businesses and voluntary organisations once the idea of level three partnership has been grasped . |
| 19 | The sort of help that can be offered here is of course manifold . |
| 20 | It will not escape notice that , first , this question enquires about the verb and the adjective together , not the adjective alone ; and , second , this is precisely the form of question that can be used for a single , unmodified transitive verb : ( 9 ) Lionel shredded the memoranda what did Lionel do to the memoranda ? 5.2 For reasons which will become apparent , we shall call the adjectives in this structure adverbal adjectives . |
| 21 | That is the hint of homosexuality that can be felt in Antonio 's character . |
| 22 | But a fourth kind of intelligence might be added , which is diplomatic intelligence , which bears not the remotest relationship to any of the other three , nor to any kind of intelligence that can be identified by any human being . |
| 23 | The amount of work that can be done under a Green Form is strictly limited by the Legal Aid Board and so very little work can be done until Legal Aid is granted . |
| 24 | For example , a proprietor of a garage may be restricted as to the amount of work that can be taken on due to a lack of skilled motor mechanics ; however , the proprietor can overcome this constraint in the long term by training non-skilled labour to perform the task . |
| 25 | Unfortunately the degrees of confidence that can be applied to such scientific dates are inadequate for a period which can be viewed in terms of generations ( Campbell , Baxter and Alcock 1979 ) . |
| 26 | In addition , the UTA admits that for basic rate taxpayers the benefit of a PEP is slightly reduced because the amount of tax that can be recovered reduces from £25 per £75 of income distribution to £18.75 . |
| 27 | The minimum width of contact that can be laid by screen-printing is 150 microns , while laser-grooved contacts are only 30 microns wide . |
| 28 | Providing that the interview is well structured , it should not be too difficult to produce a proof of evidence that can be used directly as a formal witness statement for exchange . |
| 29 | Successful students receive the profile assessment of their language skills , confirmed by a course certificate : the range of achievement that can be certificated extends from GCSE to post GCE A-level . |
| 30 | Cars supplied for hire or purchase can be adapted to suit the needs of the individual , but the types of adaptation that can be made to hire cars is more restricted because they have to be returned to the general market at the end of the hire period . |