Example sentences of "[conj] can be " in BNC.
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| 31 | These beds can be used to produce salad crops and fresh herbs or can be used as nursery beds for self-raised perennials and shrubs until they 're sufficiently well-established to be planted out . |
| 32 | COHSE says trusts and units are joining a ‘ lemming-like rush ’ to abandon their current systems in favour of job evaluation , despite scant proof that the system works effectively or can be properly adapted to nursing . |
| 33 | This report describes a study design to establish whether nursing is — or can be — therapeutic , by evaluating the effect on patients admitted to an experimental clinical nursing unit where therapeutic nursing was practised . |
| 34 | Ideally , in the interests of spontaneity , the normal lighting , whether artificial or daylight , will be adequate or can be supplemented without too much fuss . |
| 35 | If you are holidaying in hotels , or in places such as caravan parks which provide electric power hook-ups , you should have no problem in this country or on the Continent , provided that the plug on your charger fits the power supply socket or can be made to do so via an adapter . |
| 36 | Where the company subsequently becomes aware that its figure is no longer the ‘ best estimate ’ , or can be replaced by an accurate figure , this information should be sent to the inspector without unreasonable delay . |
| 37 | The second layer can be added as a separate , usually movable , pane inside your existing window ( known as secondary glazing ) , or can be provided by fitting a twin-wall sealed glazing unit in place of the usual single pane . |
| 38 | The twin handled grill pan pulls forward horizontally to a safety stop position or can be lifted out altogether . |
| 39 | The hood is designed to fit in with standard kitchen units or can be fitted on its own over a freestanding cooker and is available in white or brown . |
| 40 | Delusions that the mind is being controlled by an external force or that thoughts are being inserted or removed or can be heard by others . |
| 41 | In other words , psychiatrists have used as their analogy disorders such as Huntington 's chorea or Alzheimer 's disease , which are known ( or can be assumed ) to have a discrete organic cause in the nervous system and which are like other infective or degenerative physical diseases , except that they happen to affect the brain . |
| 42 | This is certainly a limitation of windstopper over microfibres or pertex coverings , which have some rain resistance or can be treated with a water repellent . |
| 43 | Most of these ideas can be used directly as you knit or can be sewn on afterwards as a pleasant ploy during the holiday season . |
| 44 | It has shown up deficiencies in common law where protection does not exist or can be waived for people with HIV . |
| 45 | ‘ And should any other prince or captain , Christian or infidel , of whatever law or sect or condition he may be , pretend to any right to these lands and seas , I am ready and prepared to deny him and to defend them in the names of the Kings of Castile present and future , whose is this empire and the dominion of these Indies , islands and mainland , northern and southern , with their seas , in the arctic pole as in the antarctic , on both sides of the equinoctial line , within and without the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn — so that each thing and part of it belong and appertain most completely to Their Highnesses and to their successors , as I declare more at length by writ setting forth all that may be said or can be said and alleged in behalf of their royal patrimony , now and for all time so long as the world shall last until the final universal judgement of all mortals . ' |
| 46 | Faxes can be saved in order to be printed later or can be sent to other system subscribers — again using the keypad on a touch tone phone . |
| 47 | These exercises , which are easily and quickly generated , can be presented to your students either as printed worksheets — you will be provided with the answers on a separate sheet — or can be put on to a floppy disk so that a student or group of students can work on screen . |
| 48 | The four levels of Streamline provide either four separate coursebooks or can be used as a series . |
| 49 | The cameras can be mounted on a stereo base or can be part of stereo instruments such as microscopes or laproscropes . |
| 50 | Network statistics and error levels can be reported or can be configured to disable a port automatically , isolating problems before they affect the rest of the network . |
| 51 | The Foyer on the ground floor of the Chesham Building offers suitable space for small exhibitions and poster sessions or can be used for registration purposes . |
| 52 | These are usually available or can be bought for less than £5 from opticians . |
| 53 | The diagram presumes that which theory it is rational to hold is ( or can be ) fully determined by the findings of experience . |
| 54 | Thus : are we to read ‘ solely ’ the property of shareholders as implying that it is in fact that , or can be , someone else 's property ? |
| 55 | Exclusive Or can be used to invert a specified bit of a word , as shown in Figure 2.12 ( c' ) . |
| 56 | Most of the arithmetic and logical operations discussed in the previous chapter are ( or can be reorganized as ) binary operations ; that is , they require two operand values . |
| 57 | Or is there any sense in which those who oppose and vote against a particular policy or decision can be said to assent to it , or can be said to be governing themselves when they have voted against the policy that has been adopted ? |
| 58 | If r is a known eigenvalue ( which we assume here to be unrepeated ) and unc the corresponding column and row eigenvectors respectively , then unc Since unc are each arbitrary to a scalar multiplier , we can in each vector make a suitable element unity ; then Equations ( 3 ) provide in each case n linear algebraic equations for the ( n — 1 ) unknown elements : one equation is superfluous , or can be used as a check . |
| 59 | Their addresses and phone numbers are listed in your local telephone directory or can be obtained from the directory enquiries operator by dialling 192 . |
| 60 | These are usually determined by the conductivity measured under controlled conditions , the instrument used giving readings that indicate , or can be related to , the content of dissolved salts in the water . |