Example sentences of "can be [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The retained profit can be unlocked by declaration of a dividend . |
| 2 | However the actual molecular mechanism by which so much energy can be absorbed during fracture varies a great deal between the different kinds of solids . |
| 3 | The issue of the legitimacy of corporate enterprise can , however , be saved from being swallowed up in this wider debate if the assumption is made that alternative patterns of distribution can be secured through state action should the prevailing one be considered morally unappealing . |
| 4 | Their datasets are familiar and close at hand and , in some circumstances , can be tailored for student use perhaps with the aid of self-instructional documentation or workbooks . |
| 5 | Both services can be tailored to customer requirements , according to the company . |
| 6 | The driving position can be tailored to perfection by purring motors that raise , lower and recline with hair-breadth precision . |
| 7 | Hard tough polymers can be typified by cellulose acetate and several curves measured at different temperatures are shown in figure 13.7(a) . |
| 8 | A shape can be flipped from left to right , mirror imaged vertically and / or horizontally and rotated through any angle as mentioned earlier . |
| 9 | The home ought to be a safe haven , the place where people go to get away from fear and violence , and it is this fundamental feeling of safety which can be destroyed by child sexual abuse . |
| 10 | It 's a ludicrous game of make-believe and let's pretend , and the biggest let's pretend is that Britain is fighting a war of principle , on its own terms , for purposes which the people understand and support , and for aims which can be realised by war . |
| 11 | The slugs obligingly congregate beneath the citrus dome and can be gathered for disposal . |
| 12 | Seasiders have traditionally viewed the shore and estuaries as an interesting playground with a few resources that can be gathered for supper . |
| 13 | For a given polymer + solvent system at a specified temperature , [ η ] can be related to M through the Mark-Houwink equation |
| 14 | SPELLCHECK has a dictionary of over 6000 words which can be related to text on file . |
| 15 | For Sartre 's singular universal could never be expected to solve the formal theoretical problem of how individual existential existence can be related to History insofar as it simply renames , in one oxymoronic category , the original antithetical terms . |
| 16 | 1 ‘ The way that the subject is taught through the life of the school e.g. health habits , games , school government and self help in building and decorating etc. 2 ‘ The way that the subject taught in school can be related to life in the community , e.g. community health , social service , home vegetable plots etc . |
| 17 | The spatial units can be related to census areas in a number of ways , though none is judged to be very satisfactory . |
| 18 | For example , Proposition 13 , which sought to curtail local government expenditure , can be related to antipathy towards property taxation . |
| 19 | They are therefore both concerned to establish on a number of different fronts how the precepts of law can be related to reality . |
| 20 | This introduces the famous expectations-augmented Phillip 's curve , which can be related to Fig. 10–5 and is employed below . |
| 21 | No , the true hard luck tale can be related by jockey Andrew Adams , 27 , who missed the winning ride after smashing his left knee in a fall at Doncaster in February and remains on the sidelines for the rest of the season . |
| 22 | Perhaps what is needed is smaller , more easily accessible places that can be reached on foot and where closer attention is paid to the social needs of users and to identifying individuals ' choices about their requirements for leisure , work and education . |
| 23 | Of course , the possibility that an agreement can be reached with birth parents not to contest an adoption application on the promise of built-in contact is not enough by itself . |
| 24 | Both the north and south coasts can be reached for day trips . |
| 25 | The summit can be reached by foot or by donkey , with breathtaking views of the surrounding scenery . |
| 26 | St Michael 's Mount , 2 miles away , can be reached by foot when the tide is out or by motor launch at high tide . |
| 27 | The bigger beach at Gumbet can be reached by dolmus ( bus ) for about 25p . |
| 28 | For those who are not so energetic , the high peaks can be reached by cable cars and chair lifts from mid June onwards . |
| 29 | The main reservoirs of Wasserfallboden and Mooserboden can be reached by road from the village , while the Limberg dam is reached via the Limbergstollen , a lift in an inclined shaft that is 2 miles long , quite an experience ! |
| 30 | Along Hadrian 's Wall ( which from July to September can be reached by coach from Corbridge ) there are a number of interesting historical sites — the Roman Army Museum ; Vindolanda ( large Roman fort ) ; a Roman hospital and a Roman cavalry fort . |