Example sentences of "can [be] [verb] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Responsibility for changing this and keeping information up to date can be delegated to a staff nurse or senior student . |
| 2 | It is , as was stated in Andrew Fortune 's thesis , a proactive rather than reactive approach , where customer service can be tailored to a customer 's needs . |
| 3 | A duty of care can be owed to a trespasser ( see " Defective Premises " , p. 116 . ) |
| 4 | This view can be related to a number of outstanding features ofthe British political system . |
| 5 | One example is the third-century kiln at Godmanchester , which can be related to a building in Pinfold Lane , while a clay-floored structure at Hacheston was interestingly associated with both a third-century kiln producing grey wares and an iron-smithing furnace . |
| 6 | It is more useful if the boundary feature can be related to a more closely datable field monument , so that the relative dates can be shown . |
| 7 | That 's proved to be quite difficult because the firm as a whole is trying it out but it for example with M C S it can be related to a particular task , to a particular erm assignment , so it 's assignment related . |
| 8 | If the approach to be found here can be tied to a previous tradition , it will be to the modern speculative grammar of which Jespersen and Sapir were eminent exponents earlier in the century ; this tradition has become unfashionable in the past two or three decades , though distinguished work in this mode has still been produced by various scholars , for instance P. H. Matthews in England and Dwight Bolinger in America ; in particular , if there are any worthwhile results in the present text , they owe much to Bolinger 's example of investigation through careful scrutiny of what really happens grammatically when a given expression is used . |
| 9 | The question as to whether a specific hypothesis is confirmed or not confirmed by the data is in principle different from the issue of whether the research findings can be generalized to a wider population . |
| 10 | The annual models provide good publicity at the Motor Show , but surely there is a limit to what can be done to a car that has to be instantly recognisable by its shape ? |
| 11 | These exercises can be done to a strong rhythm , so choose a record that you will enjoy working out to . |
| 12 | Finally , the four bent metal legs are predrilled so the device can be screwed to a heavy board . |
| 13 | Professor Mathias has stressed that rising output and improving productivity will lower the average costs of a commodity " only if the goods can be cleared to a widening market … |
| 14 | This collection of concordances now forms a subset of the corpus and can be treated to a separate frequency analysis , to discover the collocates of the original node ( in this case the word ’ money ’ ) . |
| 15 | One significant difference is when an ‘ illness ’ has a starting date , or when the decline in energy or function can be pinpointed to a particular time . |
| 16 | It consists of a strong moulded plastic housing , which can be clamped to a board or bench , using the slots provided . |
| 17 | And we are encouraging managers to be sympathetic to the sudden disruption of working hours that can be caused to a parent of either sex responsible for children . |
| 18 | This can be raised to a higher level by suggesting that personal disputes be settled informally and those between state and citizen formally . |
| 19 | If you find your new sum insured is not adequate , please let us know so that it can be increased to a more appropriate amount . |
| 20 | Working within an embassy office or the regional office of a multilateral bank it is not difficult for donors ' staff to come up with a list of potential projects which can be presented to a recipient country 's ministry of finance for discussion . |
| 21 | The story that follows can be likened to a tale of exploration , not a new land that he stumbled across , but an important discovery , not only for himself but for the whole of mankind . |
| 22 | The result of all this can be likened to a vast ocean , teeming with fish of which only one in a million is edible , and just as this would present a monstrous task to fishermen entrusted with the responsibility of feeding a hungry populace , so does the almost unbelievable quantity of religious teaching and literature by its very size and complexity make it impossible for it ever to serve a serious purpose in satisfying the undoubted universal desire for a respected and well-beloved religion . |
| 23 | The Behringer studio noise gate can be likened to a surgeon 's scalpel ; it 's a shining , finely-honed blade of a rack unit , innocent enough in the hands of the unwary , but capable of being used to lethal effect . |
| 24 | The combination of the Rasakumbha , which can be likened to a battery , the metal disc on which the yantras are inscribed , or the gems along the spine acting as chakras or energy absorption and distribution points , the sound vibrations of the mantras or bells , results in an emission of electrical energy from the head of the idol . |
| 25 | Its nature , in scientific terms can be likened to a ‘ paradigm ’ . |
| 26 | Rupert Sheldrake , a Cambridge biochemist and author of A New Science of Life and The Presence of the Past , formulated his theory of morphogenetic fields which can be likened to a blueprint for determining biological processes and creating forms . |
| 27 | While the American federal system has been likened to a marble cake , the British political system can be likened to a patchwork quilt . |
| 28 | For they are presented as holding between structures , or between a structure and the class struggle , and it is so far only an article of faith to suppose that they can be refined to a point where one can identify a specific connection such as that between an aspect of the peasant class and a particular form of capitalist state . |
| 29 | If this abbreviated plan is convincing , then it can be refined to a more nearly faithful one . |
| 30 | But the fact that the Morris principle can be misapplied to a company theft case ( and that the Lawrence principle can not be so misapplied ) is not an argument for saying that the Morris dictum is wrong and the Lawrence dictum right . |