Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [noun sg] can [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By combining the data from the two radars , convection vectors of 10-s resolution can be derived , with the assumption that the flow does not vary between the two beams . |
| 2 | Peter Taylor , of the Political Ecology Research Group , has already pointed out the above-average numbers of cases of leukaemia in Barrow , Cumberland and Westmoreland , although he says ; ‘ Any link to the pattern of 1957 fallout can be ruled out because of the very low doses and the nature of the radioactivity . ’ |
| 3 | If the torque/position characteristics for one phase excitation is notably non-sinusoidal then the effect of two-phases-on excitation can be checked quite easily using the graphical summation method . |
| 4 | The transnational capitalist class produces the political environment within which the products of one country can be successfully marketed in another . |
| 5 | How the unexperienced feelings of one person can be experienced by another is not an easy process to explain . |
| 6 | Those who argue that a universal definition of aggression is possible and even desirable are often interested … in whether the members of one society can be said to be ‘ more aggressive ’ than another according to some quantitative scale ’ . |
| 7 | Those who argue that a universal definition of aggression is possible and even desirable are often interested in determining whether a universal human proclivity toward aggression exists , or whether the members of one society can be said to be ‘ more aggressive ’ than another according to some quantitative scale . |
| 8 | The entire text and formatting of one document can be inserted into another as if it were a block of text being inserted from elsewhere in the same document ( see Task 12 ) . |
| 9 | Basically , Brenner 's methods involve applying the statistical technique of regression analysis , such as econometricians use to identify simple equations whereby the value of one variable can be predicted given the values of other variables . |
| 10 | Moreover , claims for membership in terms of one criterion can be , and often are , denied in terms of another . |
| 11 | Similarly , the interest of one party can be increased ( for instance , where the husband and wife hold the property as tenants in common and it is agreed , or ordered by the court , that the wife 's share should be increased ) . |
| 12 | Of previous recordings , all with one exception can be safely ignored , since they are disfigured by damaging transpositions and/or cuts ; the exception is Mackerras , whose EMI recording ( in English ) provides a faithful , if still cut , souvenir of a successful ENO production . |
| 13 | All of the forms within one database can be related to each other . |
| 14 | as a linear , uni-directional , push-and-pull , cause-effect movement but as a circular , interdependent , progressively complex , and self-modifying system in which the effect of changes in one part can be traced through the whole of the system |
| 15 | Market-seeking investors often wish to smooth out the risks of fluctuating demand by serving multiple markets : decline in one market can be offset by growth in another . |
| 16 | This means that the user generally finds it easier to use and data from one program can be easily transferred to another , a feat requiring skill and patience on machines like the PC . |
| 17 | But giving £10,000 credit for one month can be less risky than giving £5000 of credit for six months . |
| 18 | The notion that the cognitive processing necessary for one task can be assessed by measuring the spare capacity available for allocation to a second task is one that has proved useful in several areas of psychology ( Kalsbeek and Sykes , 1967 ) . |
| 19 | Behaviour which seems innocuous to one person can be a red rag to another . |
| 20 | Often value to one side can be given without significant loss to the other , who may then attempt to gain on other points . |
| 21 | Information resident on one system can be requested from another . |
| 22 | In a modern industrial society economic goals are divisible , both because an increased standard of living is such a broad goal that success on one front can be presented to the members as a decent reward for abandoning some other aim , and because the economic goals of competing groups can be simultaneously satisfied provided there is economic growth . |
| 23 | That on one side can be used to record the names of the individuals responsible for taking any actions that have been decided on . |
| 24 | When a flow is self-preserving , a description of the turbulent motion developed from measurements at one station can be applied to the whole flow . |