Example sentences of "can [adv] be done [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least I ca n't be done for being drunk in charge of a setter . ’ |
| 2 | But the er but it ca n't be done on modern alarms now because the bell boxes they use are anti-foam and they probably have two or three alarm |
| 3 | Oxfordshire jockey Richard Dunwoody has a few thousand to go before he can ever catch Carson … that ca n't be done in jump racing of course … but the new champion is off to a flying start to the new season … two winners on saturday he won the first at Newton Abbot this afternoon |
| 4 | Said Mr Costain : ‘ We would have liked to build a replacement with a wooden verandah and steps , but it ca n't be done in this day and age , so we had to build a concrete one like Fort Knox . ’ |
| 5 | Because it , in a job that ca n't be done in isolation , to complete this procedure or procedures , we may have been plural , needs er , consultation with er , certainly with Simon 's division in quite a substantial way . |
| 6 | And this can obviously be done by any intelligent teacher who is not an artist . |
| 7 | But this can only be done at the international airport and with the original exchange receipts . |
| 8 | But this can only be done at the price of a restriction of body size . |
| 9 | With the verbal arts I think it can only be done for the moment by writing about nature . |
| 10 | This can only be done on specified cliffs and a cagoule must be carried , though not necessarily worn . |
| 11 | So at the end of the day it must be for the courts to decide how to classify particular functions , and this can only be done on the basis of some normative judgment about the desirable scope of judicial review . |
| 12 | While such research can be of value , there is much work which can only be done on " live " systems . |
| 13 | This can only be done through a committee and then the information will be sent to all members of the committee . |
| 14 | We need to bring it about , and it can only be done through teamwork . |
| 15 | It can only be done with conviction , with the sort of approach we used in 1969 with Ostpolitik . |
| 16 | Shifting between the gears in these two lower ratios can only be done with the tractor at a standstill , so it does n't matter that they are unsynchronised . |
| 17 | This can only be done with the parents ' help . |
| 18 | Measurement of the metabolic correlates of psychological processes can only be done with a limited degree of spatial resolution at the moment ( Raichle 1983 ) . |
| 19 | The initial study of cancer cell behaviour can only be done with a living animal in order to define those ‘ test tube ’ characteristics which correlate with uncontrolled growth and spread of tumour cells within the whole body . |
| 20 | There are no manuals for this struggle , for it can only be done by those who have pure hearts and sharp wits and the wisdom to know themselves . |
| 21 | In the assessment of cleanliness this can only be done by inspection to be carried out after cleaning has been completed . |
| 22 | This can only be done by having a transformed imagination , something that can only come about through a ‘ revelation ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ Prudence ’ , claimed Sam Smiles , ‘ requires that we pitch our scale of living a degree below our means , rather than up to them : but this can only be done by carrying out faithfully a plan of living by which both ends may be made to meet . ’ |
| 24 | This being the case , if the production of constant capital is to increase — an absolute necessity for accumulation to occur — then this can only be done by a transfer to Dept . |
| 25 | However , this can only be done by increasing public expenditure or redistributive taxation . |
| 26 | Of course , full justice to a steamed pudding can only be done by a true trencherman . |
| 27 | This can only be done by studying operators . |
| 28 | While these may take most of the burden from the public relations officer 's shoulders , there is still work that can only be done by you . |
| 29 | Le Grand , for example , insists that for egalitarian policies to succeed , ‘ it is necessary to reduce the hold of the ideology of inequality on people 's values and beliefs and this can only be done by challenging the factual underpinnings of that ideology . ’ |
| 30 | This can only be done by massive redundancies in the public sector and reductions in the level of benefits and services . |