Example sentences of "which can [be] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it becomes clear that Krashen is not thinking of theory in general , that is to say of a theoretical perspective on pedagogy , but of a theory in particular which can be applied directly ; not , therefore , of the process of referring actual problems to abstract ideas but the process of making practice conform to a preconceived conceptual pattern . |
| 2 | Judgement can never be excluded from the weeding process , but in recent years practitioners and researchers have sought a more reliable weeding criterion which can be applied scientifically to produce consistent results . |
| 3 | There are , though , three or four fundamental criteria for judging advertisements which can be applied more or less universally . |
| 4 | Perhaps the most technically outstanding examples of this are Milhaud 's string quartets Nos. 8 and 9 , which can be played separately or together as an octet , with each instrument in a different key . |
| 5 | VOC files which can be played either through a sound board or the PC speaker . |
| 6 | Once again for two-phases-on there is a shift in the equilibrium positions , which can be confirmed analytically . |
| 7 | A rigorous analysis of acceleration from rest is possible ( Pickup and Tipping 1976 ) , but in practice a simplified approach ( Gupta and Mathur , 1976 ) ; Lawrenson et al. , 1977 ) yields approximate results , which can be confirmed experimentally on a prototype system . |
| 8 | We shall here confine ourselves to level II since responding seems the only important category which can be assessed reasonably reliably by detached observation in real-time the other categories all involve ‘ invisible ’ mental processes which can only be probed by substantial intervention through pupil interviews or testing . |
| 9 | Of great and growing importance are foreign exchange deposits , which can be made both by enterprises and by persons in any foreign currency . |
| 10 | The offence concerns a statement which can be made either orally or in writing . |
| 11 | Rather , it provides a set of very flexible solutions which enable historians to encode whatever they will , but in a manner which can be made generally recognizable . |
| 12 | We should try to see space itself as something which can be made as articulate as verbal language . |
| 13 | Unfortunately this is a calculation which can be made only very crudely since it is impossible to say with total accuracy ( even though we can make control sample comparisons ) ( a ) which clients would have been institutionalised in the absence of the project , and ( b ) whether they would have been admitted to a long-stay hospital or to residential accommodation . |
| 14 | They allow effective and profitable fertilizer and pest/disease control treatments which can be calculated more easily . |
| 15 | Teletext not only gives up-to-date news and a wealth of information on different subjects but keeps you informed of sub-titled plays and many special TV programmes which can be followed visually . |
| 16 | There are two basic types of bonsai tree — tropical , which can be kept indoors , and outdoor plants and trees . |
| 17 | Synodontis Multipunctatus is a peaceful species , which can be kept either on its own or as a group of three or more if you have a very large tank . |
| 18 | But as agents of formal caring systems , they do in fact hold a great deal of power which can be exercised as much by withholding as by giving . |
| 19 | Here a spacing of 4m to 6m is advisable and , contrary to normal practice , each member should carry a couple of loose coils in the hand which can be cast away in the event of seeing a slip . |
| 20 | One problem for the faker trying to develop a patina in situ is that the chemicals which give the most attractive patinas also give totally the wrong minerals , which can be detected quite easily by X-ray diffraction . |
| 21 | This attitude was reinforced by the second wave of technology which provided instrumentation , ways of sensing and recording data which gave more accurate and reliable data than that which can be detected directly by the human senses . |
| 22 | It has a seemingly simple and limited behavioural repertoire , including various forms of learning , while its relatively easily mapped central nervous system contains only a small number of cells — no more than 20,000 neurons in all , arranged in a system of distributed ganglia and including amongst them a population of very large cells which can be recognized easily and reproducibly from animal to animal . |
| 23 | Elements of each drawing can be assigned to one of 256 available levels , each of which can be displayed separately if required . |
| 24 | As well as being responsible for all viewers ' and listeners ' complaints , the council will also monitor programmes from outside the United Kingdom which can be received here , ‘ to ascertain how violence and sexual conduct are portrayed ’ . |
| 25 | First , Thomas Kuhn 's paradigms receive a psychological rationale : a major metaphor , such as the pumping heart , signifies a new perspective on man and his world which can be understood only from within that perspective . |
| 26 | I put " as if " in quotation marks because electron spin is not a phenomenon which can be visualised quite as simply as that . |
| 27 | The idea that science does not involve causal connection also faces other difficulties , one of which can be given briefly . |
| 28 | This solution induces vertigo if one thinks in terms of a self-contained realm of observation and inference ; does it mean that the most you can say of Einstein 's physics is that it has not yet been refuted , which can be said equally of ‘ Unicorns exist ’ ? |
| 29 | The limestone sculpture ( fig. 36 ) is covered with paint , but other marbles preserve much colour and show that it was more selectively applied , the skin being left in the bare marble , the texture of which can be sensed also through the colour . |
| 30 | And on the ridge of this endless mountain chain runs this strange chasm , for the most part almost 7,000 feet deep , which can be traced right along the backbone . |