Example sentences of "it can be [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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61 It can be networked with other workstations including Silicon Graphics Inc Irises and IBM Corp RS/6000 via Ethernet and has what Division claims to be the first purpose-built virtual reality software environment , dVS .
62 It clearly needs to be a part of the school 's work on developing its curriculum to consider the place of project work within this curriculum , and to plan ways in which it can be utilised to maximum advantage , especially as a vehicle for the teaching of information skills .
63 That 's very important because vaginitis is n't just uncomfortable — it can be associated with premature labour and pelvic infections leading to infertility .
64 A narrow product line is more suited to a longer channel because , along the distribution chain , it can be combined with complementary products of other manufacturers , resulting in a wider range of items with which to interest the customer .
65 If a grain or cement retains its form during alteration it is sometimes very difficult to determine when that alteration took place , unless it can be linked to other dissolution/replacement phases .
66 Some creasing is inevitable but it can be minimized by judicious stretching of the liner as the pool fills .
67 it can be inhibited by toxic compounds ;
68 Next January the Single European Market takes effect and the conference will highlight the vital role of research and technological development and how it can be shared across national boundaries .
69 It can be clipped to formal shapes so that the flowers are prevented from developing , the plant thus being covered in the delicate , lace-like foliage .
70 Whenever a trust is left , it can be left in precatory words so that someone may ask , enjoin , seek , or hope that the trustee should cause what has been entrusted to him to pass to the person the testator wished , just as he enjoined .
71 Today , quite apart from its scientific interest , the mule , offspring of a donkey and a mare , has enormous economic potential : as a work animal , the mule 's life is almost twice that of the horse ; it pulls more in proportion to its weight ; it needs shoeing less often ; and it can be worked in large teams without difficulty .
72 It can be so — certain women have a perpetual ‘ devouring ’ quality — but it is a natural process , echoed in the menstrual cycle , and in the moon 's waxing and waning , and it can be used to positive effect , regulating the ebb and flow of relationships and opening up pathways of communication .
73 It can be used to positive or negative effect on others .
74 It can be used for automatic generation of failure mode effect and criticality analysis , failure diagnosis , recovery procedure design , and the design of failure management systems .
75 JB Weld works on iron , steel , aluminium , bronze , brass , copper pewter , all woods , ceramics and plastics , and it can be used for mechanical , automotive and plumbing jobs , as well as around the home and garden , and much more .
76 It can be used for serious computing , as a ‘ poor man 's Apple Macintosh ’ , with Atari 's high-quality monochrome screen , and plugged into a TV set for games .
77 If you have the YC5 model , as we saw last month , it can be used for single bed knitting .
78 100–250 copies can be obtained from the master copy or it can be used for short runs until the carbon deposit is exhausted .
79 It can be used on exterior stucco , cement , stone , precast concrete ( within three days of shuttering being removed ) , pebbledash and asbestos .
80 It can be used on ceramic tiles up to 8in wide , and offers and accurate guide to cutting , accommodating angles up to 15 ° and automatically gauging grouting gaps .
81 In practice , as Rowe describes , it can be used with varying degrees of grammatical marking and would in fact be introduced to mentally-handicapped children in telegraphic form , slowly building to full English linguistic structure : e.g. ( 1 ) HALL , ( 2 ) GO HALL , ( 3 ) GO TO HALL , ( 4 ) GO TO THE HALL .
82 ( Oh , and it can be used in marine systems too ) .
83 Others follow , the most interesting for a novice explorer being Long Kin East Cave which can be entered safely by either of two entrances , a wet and a dry , and with the help of a torch it can be penetrated by easy walking along a roomy stream passage for 200 yards .
84 Though not so far observed , this version of the Ikeda instability is of interest because it can be derived by mean field methods , which otherwise preclude chaos .
85 It can be burnt in open fires , central heating boilers , and room heaters ( with or without boilers attached ) .
86 If it can be weathered without undue damage , interest rates should fall sharply in the latter half of next year .
87 It can be wrapped around various parts of the body , with the steel wool side inwards .
88 It can be released through physical action such as sawing logs , by stamping one 's foot onto the accelerator and driving like a maniac or simply by smashing a plate .
89 In following his guidelines Christians believe that they are in no way impoverishing human nature or divesting sex of its importance but are putting it into its proper sphere , where it can be enjoyed with mutual benefit and with no tragic side-effects .
90 There are various methods for its manufacture and it can be produced in various forms , chief of which are homopolymers [ propylene alone ] and copolymers with ethylene in which the ethylene constituent can be located either randomly in the polymer chain or in controlled blocks along it .
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