Example sentences of "can be [verb] away " in BNC.
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| 1 | But French nuclear experts are convinced that the ‘ reference accident ’ ( a core melt-down in which the molten fuel reacts with the sodium coolant ) is so improbable that the secondary containment dome can be done away with . |
| 2 | No natural laws can be done away with . |
| 3 | One of the most exciting is the happy demise of eleven character file names — the old 8 and 3 construction of filename and extension can be done away with by opting for a 32 bit High Performance Filing System ( HPFS ) which allows long file names — things like ‘ letter to bank manager about my loan ’ which have much more meaning than ‘ Letloan.doc ’ , for instance . |
| 4 | Criticism may devote itself to an actual performance ; analysis , both musical and dramatic , can be done away from the theatre , by an examination of the score . |
| 5 | Alternatively , the transfers can be scraped away with a scalpel . |
| 6 | Fresh green growths should not be cut down , but any stems that have yellowed and withered can be cleared away . |
| 7 | A novel feature is that the display and key pad is detachable and can be placed away from the weighing area . |
| 8 | They can be pushed away fairly easily , but any character heading into the room will soon find many of them surrounding him . |
| 9 | Trees of a pendulous habit are for streams and riversides where their fallen leaves can be whisked away by the rains of autumn and winter . |
| 10 | Because of the opaque quality of the pastels mistakes are easy to rectify ; unwanted passages can be brushed away with a stiff hog hair brush , leaving a hint of colour on the surface of the paper which can be covered simply and quickly with subsequent applications of pastel . |
| 11 | This trust can be blown away or eroded . |
| 12 | This may be perfectly legitimate but not all problems can be referred away . |
| 13 | Here a spacing of 4m to 6m is advisable and , contrary to normal practice , each member should carry a couple of loose coils in the hand which can be cast away in the event of seeing a slip . |
| 14 | Try to plan to seat at least six comfortably , and also have some really occasional chairs that can be stashed away in a cupboard somewhere or brought in from the hall or a bedroom . |
| 15 | By mounting the diodes on diamond blocks , the heat generated at the base of the diode can be conducted away far more rapidly than by mounting it directly on a copper heat sink . |
| 16 | And if you , an intelligent man who can think , can be swept away by him , how do you think they 've been affected ? |
| 17 | Extra liquid exuding from the far edge can be evaporated away quickly by blowing across the specimen ; this avoids wrinkling at the edge of the film , which would make it difficult to flatten the peel for subsequent study . |
| 18 | Body can be divided into parts which can be moved away from each other ; space can not . |
| 19 | Such unrepresentative surfaces can be stripped away by bombardment of the sample with electrons or ions , and this is often done as a routine precaution to ensure that the surface examined is typical of the bulk material . |
| 20 | In these the water flow is from end to end or from middle to side , respectively , the clear water leaving by weirs or troughs , and the sludge on the bottom being removed by mechanical scraping gear that carries it to a sump from which it can be pumped away . |
| 21 | It is only with your help that the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic can be snatched away from the looming danger of counter-revolution . " |
| 22 | It is only with your help that the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic can be snatched away from the looming danger of counter-revolution . " |
| 23 | Maxol 's Homewarm 600 heat generator , with a maximum output of 6kW , can be hidden away in a kitchen cupboard . |
| 24 | If the item is not too heavy or too expensive it can be given away as part of the press pack the journalists take away with them — but do remember to provide good strong carrier bags . |
| 25 | On other occasions the product to be launched is considered to be over the limit of what can be given away and one creative idea which has now been taken up by quite a number of manufacturers is to raffle a small number of the items or to organise an amusing competition which journalists attending the launch are invited to enter . |
| 26 | We are back with the problem which Eliot had considered in March 1914 when one of his seminar colleagues , Sen Gupta , had read a paper that Eliot had written dealing with the work of Lévy-Bruhl ‘ on primitive race-psychology ’ and the ‘ law of participation ’ , a paper in which it was stated that , ‘ Causality is something which can be explained away but not explained . |
| 27 | The outcome is that the complexity of organization is ordered and made familiar in experience ; the reality of differences in authority , power , and status can be explained away ‘ in the mind ’ in terms of family roles — father , son , uncle , cousin . |
| 28 | Any conflict within the enterprise can be explained away in terms of ‘ personality conflicts ’ which not only lodges the conflict in a few people but ensures that others can cooperate as a good family might do in phantasy . |
| 29 | According to Sampson , many other features of transformational grammar can be explained away in a similar fashion once one adopts this evolutionary perspective . |
| 30 | Even if this flaw can be explained away , however , a further examination of the concept of protected interests should deprive interests theory of the title of a contender for the proper articulation of a liberal theory of contract . |