Example sentences of "can be [adj] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alcohol taken in moderation can be beneficial to health . |
| 2 | Rashes , itching and irritation can be due to heat , inadequate UVA protection or the ingredients in some suncare products . |
| 3 | As spina bifida can result from incomplete closure of the neural tube , so abnormalities in the development of the gut can be due to failure of tubes to seal properly . |
| 4 | The structural style , thermal history , and pressure gradients in these belts can be favourable to generation , trapping , and retention of hydrocarbons ( Gries 1983 ; Angevine and Turcotte 1983 ) . |
| 5 | Those who feel that patience , trust and a capacity to put up with uncertainty are gifts rather than skills — and gifts which not all adults share — will doubt whether these personal dispositions can be amenable to training . |
| 6 | In the same way that coins with mint names can be used to identify sites , so datable coins can be used to date objects or structures found in association with them . |
| 7 | In churches and places of worship they give clues to the identities of benefactors and , with a little skilled assistance , can be used to date important events . |
| 8 | It can be used to date finds from anywhere in the world and so offers a means of comparing dated finds from different regions . |
| 9 | So , if the current of interest can be made to produce a magnetic field which varies in the right way along the length of the fibre , this can be used to measure current . |
| 10 | The resulting motion of the tip can be used to measure the amount of dopant atoms below it . |
| 11 | The same method can be used to measure backscattered-electron scanning electron-microscope images . |
| 12 | It is less clear whether it can be used to measure plant area though a possible technique is to redesign its optical system to focus on a small area and then use it to scan a larger area , agreeing that a reading above some pre-determined level is ON , below it is OFF . |
| 13 | The object of establishing the Centre is the development of research which can be used to measure and evaluate the functions of social work , which is one of the major areas of local government activity in Scotland . |
| 14 | Recent research in the Transport Studies Group has shown how information available for transport planning in large cities can be used to measure accessibility to employment for different kinds of people with and without cars . |
| 15 | Moral density can not grow unless material density grows at the same time , and the latter can be used to measure the former . ’ |
| 16 | This was to lead to an increase in real wages and to a decline in rents for land , and in so far as these can be used to measure the standard of living of the people , they suggest that the condition of the peasantry improved markedly in the fifteenth century . |
| 17 | Changes in the log of variables can be used to measure the percentage change of that variable . |
| 18 | This diary is a method of building up a record of the learning which is taking place through workplace experience , which extends the student 's previous knowledge and skills and which can be used to measure competences in the workplace . |
| 19 | Then a machine like this can be used to measure bone density . |
| 20 | Of the various bridges considered so far , only the Hay bridge mentioned in section 7.4 features balance conditions that exhibit an explicit dependence on frequency so that it can be used to measure the frequency of the source in terms of appropriate components . |
| 21 | Thus , Mark ( 1989 ) suggests that the ‘ image-schema ’ can be used to structure perceptions of space and provides examples drawn from Johnson ( 1987 ) such as CONTAINER ( associated with the preposition ‘ IN ’ ) and PLATFORM ( associated with the preposition ‘ ON ’ ) . |
| 22 | This fact can be used to advantage by those who drink alcohol occasionally perhaps only once or twice a week on social occasions , and not every day . |
| 23 | Trying out new materials depends on what the artist wants to do and how the medium can be used to advantage ; at the same time it would be foolish to try to fit a new tool exactly into your pattern of work and thus limit it . |
| 24 | In the young fetus , the high mitotic index obviates the use of a mitotic arrestant such as Colcemid ( Sigma ) or Velbe ( Lilly ) , but if the mitotic index is low , as in older specimens , or if large numbers of mitotic cells are required , mitotic arrest can be used to advantage . |
| 25 | The ability to re-position the individual components within the machine space can be used to advantage in any kinematic analysis . |
| 26 | However , the underline character can be used to advantage . |
| 27 | In older systems , the inspection chamber nearest the boundary of the concrete inspection chamber property may be fitted with an interceptor trap through which the water will normally flow : a rodding arm is fitted with a stopper which can be used to unblock this length of drain . |
| 28 | These can be used to pay-in at any branch of your bank , usually without charge . |
| 29 | overt beliefs expressed by the organisation and its members , which can be used to condition ( a ) above . |
| 30 | Compressed air , if available , can be used to power these tools . |