Example sentences of "can be held [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can be held for 48 hours without charge under the Prevention of Terrorism Act and for a further five days at the discretion of the Home Secretary . |
| 2 | As time goes on , if the horse stance is repeated daily , you will discover that the position can be held for longer and longer as your legs become stronger . |
| 3 | No brief can be held for any solution that would put France and Western democracy influence out of Indo-China or leave natives believe US indifferent . |
| 4 | Mainframe and minicomputers have data storage facilities which are remote from the majority of suppliers and users of the data They can be stored on magnetic material , often in the form of tape ( much as music can be held on magnetic tape ) These tapes are held centrally and are frequently accessible to many users . |
| 5 | Additional types of data , such as geographic , image , bibliographic and text files , can be held in central data stores and called on as needed using advanced software to write new floristic and monographic works , to examine unpublishable data , and to provide information in other forms to researchers , horticulturalists , students at all levels , and the general public . |
| 6 | Spatial information can be held in immediate memory and reproduced accurately , just as verbal material can , although verbal immediate memory has received much more research attention . |
| 7 | These histories can be held in separate , personal files . |
| 8 | Later sessions with the parents can be held in private if necessary if there is significant information that can not be discussed in front of the child , but usually this applies only to specific marital problems or sexual difficulties . |
| 9 | Serial files can be held in one coherent file . |
| 10 | The PoqetPad weighs 1lb 2oz and can be held in one hand . |
| 11 | We can not see that power can be held in different ways , and that personal and professional relationships that work effectively are often a delicate balance see-sawing on power shifts . |
| 12 | This can be held in main storage during processing and be printed out on the log or stored in a file label area at the end of the run . |
| 13 | If , because of the size of the cylinder index , only a higher-level index than the cylinder index can be held in main storage , a 20–50 per cent improvement over the performance of the file when the master index is stored on disk can still be achieved . |
| 14 | Keeping the index record size down is helpful because if the inverted indexes are small they can be held in main storage , and so cut search times down to a minimum . |