Example sentences of "[det] that can be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A breakdown in the toilet habits of old dogs can again often be attributed to medical causes , and there is little that can be done , although in cystitis ( inflammation of the bladder ) , appropriate medication may resolve the problem rapidly . |
| 2 | There is little that can be done at this stage . |
| 3 | There is little that can be done down the sides of the door , beyond checking that the weatherstrip provided ( usually a rubber flap or brush strip ) is in order . |
| 4 | There 's little that can be done about the former ( it 's a consequence of Improv 's structure ) but the latter will be addressed in a future release . |
| 5 | In terms of a written flight plan there is little that can be done about wind , headings and estimates . |
| 6 | Doctors say there is little that can be done to help . |
| 7 | However , he added that pancreatic cancer is one of the most fatal forms and often there is little that can be offered to patients . |
| 8 | There is little that can be added to this chapter . |
| 9 | Fortunately , there is much that can be done at home to reduce the level of chemical exposure — for the majority of patients , these simple measures will be enough to alleviate the symptoms considerably . |
| 10 | It should be clear from this article that a more multicultural approach would improve the quality of mathematics education , and that there is much that can be done to ensure that the mathematics we teach prepares children for our multicultural society . |
| 11 | There is much that can be said about the advantages of such a strategy , which is flexible and which can penetrate secular buildings with the salt of the gospel touching the lives of many who otherwise have no contact with the church . |
| 12 | Form thus becomes a condition of non-form and , however stable it may seem , all that can be observed in our universe is the existential process of change from one state to another . |
| 13 | All that can be arranged , once you want to , and anyway , having babies was behind us now , an old-fashioned activity . |
| 14 | All that can be achieved without necessarily retaining the existing office of the Secretary of State for Scotland . |
| 15 | Three rusted iron wheels remain at the site , but otherwise all that can be seen are foundations and watercourses . |
| 16 | In truth , all that can be said is that , in both the Free Presbyterian Church and in the UPV , there were a small number of people ( none of whom were figures of any stature in the Church ) who were prepared to abet others in the commission of crimes to further the aims which the vast majority of people in the Church and UPV wished to see promoted by less violent means . |
| 17 | The decor was inclusive in the rent and all that can be said was that the decor was expensive . |
| 18 | All that can be said of the experiment at CERN is what the physicists there did say . |
| 19 | All that can be said is that Labour has lost elections in the past when the press was more favourable than it now is . |
| 20 | How and why they form is still not known ; all that can be said with certainty is that winds begin to twirl anti-clockwise around a fixed point of steadily diminishing atmospheric pressure , and this circulating system then begins to move , invariably in a westerly direction , its internal pressure steadily falling and the gales inside it picking up speed as it does so . |
| 21 | One is fast relative to the other , or slow relative to the other — and that 's all that can be said . ’ |
| 22 | All that can be said for certain is that I respond to all of it — vixen , trees , plants , birds , the lot — but it does not respond to me . ’ |
| 23 | We now have some sketch of the scope of meaning that is referred to in the definition , namely all that can be said to have been communicated , in Grice 's sense , by the use of a linguistic token in a context . |
| 24 | I think that all that can be said , has been said Chairman and I think that prudence is the leadership today . . |
| 25 | All that can be said from this direction is that they are not getting any easier . |
| 26 | All that can be made out is the letter ‘ S ’ , then possible an ‘ E ’ followed by another letter . |
| 27 | And he leaves us with the teasing comment : ‘ Weizmann 's fermentation process with regard to oil works ; but that , for the moment , is all that can be stated . |
| 28 | Even so , all that can be done here is designate a unit holder under 18 , the child is only a beneficial owner . |
| 29 | Even so , all that can be done here is designate a unit holder under 18 , the child is only a beneficial owner . |
| 30 | Even so , all that can be done here is designate a unit holder under 18 , the child is only a beneficial owner . |