Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] can be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Envelopes for donation can be had from Helen Chalmers or Theresa Scott or donations can be put in a plain envelope marked for BMS BIRTHDAY SCHEME . |
| 2 | Asking for change can be likened to persuading someone to climb a mountain . |
| 3 | Finally , the strategies for change can be found in an analysis of what has gone before and a cultural intervention in what is socially happening to disabled people . |
| 4 | A MIGHTY blow for honesty can be struck today at Lord 's — nothing is required beyond the crowd rising as one for Allan Lamb . |
| 5 | In crudest outline , the schema goes something like this : The early steps of cultural modernization through differentiation can be seen in the comparison of the more modern ‘ world religions ’ with the culture of primitive societies . |
| 6 | If it is felt that the right climate for settlement can be achieved by displ |
| 7 | Profits , turnover , enquiries , for instance can be presented on a monthly , quarterly or annual basis , using percentages instead of actuals , in grouped format , as an index and so on . |
| 8 | Entering a name into the diary for instance can be used to trigger an address search . |
| 9 | Value for money can be thought as consisting of three elements : ‘ economy ’ , ‘ efficiency ’ and ‘ effectiveness ’ . |
| 10 | Value for money can be thought of as consisting of three elements : economy , efficiency and effectiveness . |
| 11 | Database technology has significance as it can assist in many of these problem areas : high-level end-user languages such as SQL can be embedded in standard programming languages to integrate data-base facilities with other functional aspects ; management of large volumes of persistent data , including such aspects as security , integrity , concurrency and optimization of access , is a central tenet of the technology ; multi-level architectures with mappings from logical to physical levels provide different views of the same stored data ; content-addressing can be integrated with navigation to give facilities as sophisticated as those found in information retrieval systems . |
| 12 | In the United Kingdom , however , only 10% of tumours are early gastric cancers , so potential exists for changing the natural history of the disease if populations suitable for screening can be identified . |
| 13 | Just how acute the RFI threat has become for industry can be pieced together only from indirect evidence , as no statistics exist on the number of incidents . |
| 14 | The letter ‘ W ’ for Wladislaw can be seen in many of the oratory 's decorations . |
| 15 | Here also , various Schwann cell functions essential for regeneration can be regulated by GGF gene products . |
| 16 | The previous section has concentrated on cultural , and hence spatial , variations in what for shorthand can be called the ‘ world of work ’ , that part of life which is concerned with creating and sustaining the means of subsistence . |
| 17 | A wilderness is a place of contrast , where our own rules and values for living can be challenged , where we can learn something about humility and the inventive resilience of unmanaged nature . |
| 18 | An individual firm 's demand for labour can be thought of as a derived demand — it is derived from the consumers ' demand for the firm 's product . |
| 19 | The depth of Sartre 's feelings for Nizan can be measured by the frequency with which Nizan recurs in Sartre 's autobiographical and fictional writings . |
| 20 | A horse 's need for self-esteem can be extended in different ways to suit us . |
| 21 | Meanwhile Alvin Lawson , professor of English at California State University , and his colleague , William McCall , a medical hypnotist , have endeavoured to prove whether the details of memories about abduction can be explained purely in terms of the psychology of the percipient . |
| 22 | Is it plausible that birth weight and weight four days after birth can be used to distinguish the effects of fetal and postnatal growth on blood pressure ? |
| 23 | This can sometimes be done very successfully by helping her to channel her energy and abilities into some local club or voluntary service organisation where her talent for management can be put to good use , as well as meeting her own need to be a little bit of a ‘ bossy-boots ’ . |
| 24 | Her capacity for work can be judged by her later career . |
| 25 | But he is careful to stress that none of the ‘ evidence ’ produced during hypnosis can be taken at face value . |
| 26 | Where ownership can not be established , there is neither responsibility nor law ; resource management is likely to fail until some equally sound basis for law can be established . |
| 27 | Some conditions such as cataract can be operated on . |
| 28 | A number of other types of assessment can be made of advertising in the market-place . |
| 29 | It is also because improving practice in the area of assessment can be done without requiring large increases in financial resources . |
| 30 | ‘ The British diet has started to change , but a far greater rate of progress can be achieved if we now shift to a positive message about what to eat , rather than going down the old road of saying do n't eat certain foods . |