Example sentences of "these [noun] can be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aesthetic quality of the results will depend heavily on the artistic ability of the user but even these skills can be developed in time |
| 2 | These skills can be applied to a fairly wide range of tasks which can be tackled by the lowest achievers . |
| 3 | The easier these objects can be seen and felt , the easier it is to get the meaning across : ( a ) Names of things like pencils , tables and books may be taught by a pointing naming technique , the success of which depends on making clear what is being pointed out . |
| 4 | The principal changes in the law by which the framers of these Acts have sought to effect these objects can be summarized as follows : |
| 5 | Each of these objects can be resized so , for example , if you have a sofa that is 4′ 6″ long , you could change the size of the sofa in the database to correspond with that of your own . |
| 6 | These openings can be found by ramblers who prefer daylight to darkness and , like me , like to wander in search of them , but the black labyrinth to which they lead , the complex network below ground , is reserved exclusively for those experienced in subterranean travel , hardy adventurers who risk rockfalls and flooding to satisfy an insatiable curiosity to go where few men have been before , to see what few men have seen before . |
| 7 | Thus it may be committed by wrongfully taking possession of goods , by wrongfully disposing of them , by wrongfully destroying them or simply by wrongfully refusing to give them up when demanded , for in all these cases can be traced conduct by the defendant which amounts to a denial of the plaintiff 's rights or the assertion of inconsistent rights . |
| 8 | ‘ In our judgment , bearing in mind Viscount Dilhorne 's warning in Director of Public Prosecutions v. Humphrys [ 1977 ] A.C. 1 , 26 , that this power to stop a prosecution should only be used ‘ in most exceptional circumstances , ’ … the effect of these cases can be summarised in this way . |
| 9 | Thanks to this way of analysing the movement of to , the expressive effects of unexpectedness , good or bad luck and the like produced by the to infinitive in these cases can be accounted for . |
| 10 | before these , before these cases can be brought to the court . |
| 11 | In confronting them with courage and humanity these patterns can be redressed . |
| 12 | The real power comes in the fact that these patterns can be manipulated and customised as required . |
| 13 | These patterns can be related to the same type of factors as described above for the urban-rural shift . |
| 14 | Guo and Bradshaw carried out analyses of the nutrient ( N , P and K ) and energy flow patterns within the village and have conducted a variety of experiments to see how these patterns can be modified to result in a greater retention of nutrients and a more efficient return of energy to the human population . |
| 15 | Although these patterns can be used just as they are , they are also useful for experimenting with whilst you are learning to use the program . |
| 16 | These improvements can be implemented immediately , and could have multiple benefits in improving economic competitiveness and in environmental protection . |
| 17 | These meetings can be segregated into two broad types : |
| 18 | ‘ By ensuring that these inventions can be patented in all Community countries , this measure aims to encourage research in the context of the large market and to help European industry compete on equal terms with its American and Japanese rivals , who already enjoy such a facility ’ , the Commission declared . |
| 19 | Studies of these entities can be conducted by Ph D students in any country , and the theses describing the results of such research will be written in the language of the researcher , and deposited within the particular system of bibliographic control which has evolved in that country . |
| 20 | Correct clearance between these entities can be established and checked against the desired relationships . |
| 21 | International differences in these attitudes can be correlated with differences in the birth-rate . |
| 22 | Some of these opinions can be seen reflected in the behaviour of skins , but the parallel should not be taken too far . |
| 23 | Normally covered by a fold of skin , these spurs can be erected if the animal is caught and , with a sudden jab of the hind legs , the sharp points of spurs are stabbed into the attacker 's flesh . |
| 24 | These interactions can be classified into two groups : |
| 25 | A noun phrase in the X-position interacts semantically with see in a different way from a noun phrase in the Y-position ( the exact nature of these interactions can be considered part of the meaning of see ) . |
| 26 | Two of these states can be identified with sleep states which show a continuity of development to maturity in the form of REM sleep and deep slow wave sleep . |
| 27 | These values can be halved if the screen display is refreshed using the interlacing technique which updates each odd-numbered line of the raster every odd-numbered refresh cycle and updates the even-numbered rasters every even-numbered cycle . |
| 28 | If compatible lines of IT development are pursued , these investments can be spread over several projects . |
| 29 | These mutations can be transmitted from one generation to the next in breeding studies . |
| 30 | Broadly speaking , these discourses can be divided into reading , criticism and poetics , and in the structuralist view these divisions are radical . |