Example sentences of "this [noun sg] can [adv] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | This change can clearly be related to the country 's net increase of average real income and the emergence of a clear majority of households which owned a car and owned their house ( Table 3.4 ) . |
| 2 | This change can best be described in terms of a shift away from the Interest Principle , as defined by Leech , towards the Irony Principle . |
| 3 | This change can only be a result of conscious policy . |
| 4 | Formulas of this kind can only be the starting point in a process which always demands a sophisticated approach . |
| 5 | As things stand , a dilemma of this kind can only be resolved through the use of cumbersome legal machinery which is not appropriate to the situation . |
| 6 | This case can perhaps be explained on policy grounds as the plaintiff was a rescuer and the courts do not wish to deter rescue . |
| 7 | The importance of this level can hardly be exaggerated today . |
| 8 | This level can only be attained by about 5–10 per cent of the population . |
| 9 | This part can then be positioned within another space by defining its six degrees of freedom for its rigid body motion ( three of translation and three of rotation ) . |
| 10 | Although Dr Gale 's project is largely concerned with metals , this technique can also be applied to ceramics and rocks , as well as corals , bones and molluscs . |
| 11 | This technique can only be applied in bold , relatively thick outlines , and is therefore only used on items which employ reasonably simple designs . |
| 12 | This resistance can only be overcome as you gently persuade and cajole subordinates to expand their horizons . |
| 13 | Therapeutically , this resistance can often be overcome by insulin injections . |
| 14 | It is debatable whether this permission can properly be described as a " right or interest " in the copyright ; if it can be so described then sections 2 to 4 of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 do not apply to software contracts and this is the most likely interpretation . |
| 15 | Time will tell how this course can best be adapted to serve Christ at the end of the twentieth century . |
| 16 | 2.32 This decision can profitably be compared with that of Peter Pain J in Bailey v Barking and Havering Area Health Authority [ 1979 ] Law Society Gazette , 2 August , p793 . |
| 17 | This decision can only be based on the spacing between the sites chosen rather than the importance of the sites themselves , ignoring even the cross-routes . |
| 18 | This sentence can nevertheless be paraphrased by " If someone were to fall , he would unquestionably die " : the to infinitive evokes a hypothetical action here as well , i.e. an action to be avoided . |
| 19 | Obviously , this differentiation can readily be made by measurement of serum gastrin . |
| 20 | This diligence can only be exercised once the curt papers have been served on the debtor . |
| 21 | This statue can still be seen in the treasury at Conques in the Massif Central . |
| 22 | This theft can only be bad news for the preservation movement . |
| 23 | This may be done in various ways , but one simple and useful device is to adopt two auxiliary variables : unc and to write the equations in the form unc Then if we now write unc and unc proportional to exp unc and again seek the complementary function , the four equations may be written , with a little rearrangement , unc This equation can clearly be written in partitioned form as unc or unc where unc The quartic determinantal equation obtained from this first-order set of equations may be seen by inspection to be identical with that obtained from the quadratic formulation . |
| 24 | This equation can also be expressed as where c is the concentration . |
| 25 | The value of long-term rotation plan in solving this equation can hardly be overstressed ( see Figure 3 , p. 46 ) . |
| 26 | We have taken steps to ensure that the circumstances that led to this tragedy can never be repeated . ’ |
| 27 | This effect can also be observed in the overall values of B which are around the 3.5 which corresponds to unbiased responding in all cases except for risky exemplars of low-risk junctions . |
| 28 | It is not only that severe hypoglycaemic attacks cause distress for diabetics and their families — this distress can also be socially devastating . |
| 29 | This cut can easily be transformed into a stunning , highly fashionable . |
| 30 | This does not , however , mean that high quality results can be achieved only by such methods : where a small volume of sections is involved , many of the techniques described in this chapter can easily be adapted for manual preparation of thin sections . |