Example sentences of "can be [vb pp] [adj] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A detailed analysis of time likely for elements of each job before commencement should be undertaken to indicate ways in which , for example , some stages can be done back-to-back and total time saved . |
| 2 | These have a long shelf life and can be served hot or cold , making them a very good standby to have in the cupboard . |
| 3 | Fortunately , it has been found that flint pebbles with surface layers of ferric oxide can be rendered radioactive and this eliminates much of the laboriousness of the earlier experiments . |
| 4 | The random effect of such variations can be assigned upper and lower bounds , based on a Poisson distribution model . |
| 5 | Bay Laurus nobilis , can be grown large or clipped to size as can many of the conifers , particularly junipers and thuja , all of which cope well with drought . |
| 6 | We have now identified two levels of stress : primary and secondary , as well as a third level which can be called unstressed and regarded as being the absence of any recognisable amount of prominence . |
| 7 | Hence so nodes 4 and 2 can be declared inactive and the problem is solved . |
| 8 | It has been known for many years that neurons , like other cells , can be maintained alive and well under such conditions for periods of many days or even weeks , provided they are kept warm , aerated and well fed with glucose and other essential molecules . |
| 9 | Now I can be constipatied constipated and I can be the other way . |
| 10 | Now I can be constipatied constipated and I can be the other way . |
| 11 | Cells and embryos can be viewed alive or fixed immediately after staining . |
| 12 | Glen Sligachan offers another worthwhile expedition that can be made easy or arduous according to taste . |
| 13 | Anything can be made controversial and the stuff of newspapers is obviously controversy . |
| 14 | In effect what applied linguistics does is to enquire into cross-cultural accommodation : it transfers ideas and methods from different disciplinary cultures and seeks to demonstrate how they can be made coherent and effective in the different conditions of pedagogic practice . |
| 15 | First , conventionalism explains how the content of past political decisions can be made explicit and noncontestable . |
| 16 | In part three ( chapters twelve to fifteen ) our objective is to examine what is involved in helping a person in doubt , and to see how this can be made practical and specific without being mechanical and stereotyped . |
| 17 | It 's despair that perfectly normal young men can be made vicious and evil because they 've won a lot of money . |
| 18 | This is one advantage of having an external control unit — the temperature rise is not only easy to do , but can be made slow or swift according to species . |
| 19 | The opportunities can be made known but too much pressure on recruitment will dissuade attendance . |
| 20 | Bearing all this in mind , it may be helpful to those who are still open to suggestions to try to work out with them some very simple menus for a seven-day period ; meals which will suit their pocket , entail little expenditure of energy , but at the same time cover all their basic dietary requirements , and which can be made tasty and interesting by the addition of some of the sauces , seasonings , and flavourings will which you can supply them . |
| 21 | The fundamental approach must be to visualise the risks of a fire from every aspect in the total project , to ensure that if a fire occurs , it can be kept small and cool . |
| 22 | Bryan Jennett , of Glasgow University 's department of neurosurgery , a specialist in brain injuries , said the advance of medical technology has meant that more and more patients can be kept alive but often only with a poor quality of life . |
| 23 | In this way a long-running scheme can be kept active and exciting for participants . |
| 24 | The method can work if there is a long time for the change-over , if both channels can be kept open and if it does not matter that the two systems are being used haphazardly . |
| 25 | Obviously , there are limits to how long options can be kept open and fairly soon a commitment will have to be made . |
| 26 | Widely used in Eastern cookery and in strict vegetarian diets in other parts of the world , tofu is bean curd and can be eaten cold or cooked in a number of ways . |
| 27 | Oat bran , which is the outer protective coating of the oat grain , is one of the best sources of soluble fibre and can be eaten raw or cooked . |
| 28 | As , managing director of business psychologists , John Nicholson Associates , explained : ‘ A crude analogy is if you are a fleet manager and one of you cars is not working properly , then you check out the problem and see if it can be fixed in-house or go to external specialists to get it back on the road in peak condition as soon as possible . ’ |
| 29 | The glass door can be hinged left or right to suit your kitchen and there is a storage compartment below the oven . |
| 30 | There 's a whole range of things from the Foreign Office downwards where they have made mistakes costing many millions of pounds and we shall certainly be wanting to take evidence from this area of activity just to see what went wrong and how it can be put right and how we can prevent this sort of thing happening in the future . ’ |