Example sentences of "[noun] can be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since BLOBs can be very large , current multimedia database wisdom suggests that each BLOB is best located on its own separate partition of a disc or on its own magnetic or optical disc . |
| 2 | Zarathustra 's monotheistic religion can be regarded as a response to the social conditions of his time , an age of transition when a settled agricultural and pastoral community was being threatened by predatory tribes who still followed the nomadic way of life . |
| 3 | The task is to define the ‘ god ’ and lay down the precepts whereby the corresponding religion can be disciplined and protected from the kind of exploitation for political or financial advantage which in the past has corrupted or destroyed so many of the world 's religious activities . |
| 4 | The idea that a single , finite form of religion can be universally valid is inappropriate . |
| 5 | The Wanderer argues that religion can be a support , and gives examples of ‘ natural religion ’ , in this case from Ancient Greece : |
| 6 | RIGHT Religion can be regarded as a primitive attempt to explain scientifically all the phenomena around us . |
| 7 | The net result is that no religion can be ‘ absolute ’ or ‘ final ’ , and Troeltsch eventually rejected the attempts of Schleiermacher and Hegel to establish the uniqueness of Christianity in any absolutely distinctive sense . |
| 8 | At very best , any particular religion can be normative or valid only for those who happen to subscribe to it . |
| 9 | In this respect the relationship between society and religion can be compared to that between families and the homes they live in . |
| 10 | The uses to which religion can be put are not always beneficial — indeed can be very damaging indeed . |
| 11 | Of course religion can be challenged , but there are plenty of sound reasons for religion . |
| 12 | Religion can be creative . |
| 13 | ( The meaning of symbol in religion can be undermined not just by literalism , but by evacuating the content of the symbol , making it " just symbolism " . ) |
| 14 | Now we have to be careful with the word ‘ redemptive ’ because in a final way only Christ 's sufferings can be deemed truly redemptive ; but I feel that we can make guarded use of the term . |
| 15 | The turbulent wind behind a sail extends about five boards length downwind and if you are sailing in this area your speed can be as much as halved . |
| 16 | SPEED CAN BE VITAL BECAUSE DELAY MAY COST YOU AN OPPORTUNITY . |
| 17 | A speed can be locked in by selecting a dial letter and pressing the Power-on button . |
| 18 | Chapter 5 considers other aspects of the store ; protection of store areas from being inadvertently overwritten , the use of particular store locations for special purposes , means by which the store 's apparent capacity and speed can be increased , and the use of associative and cyclic stores . |
| 19 | These observations of distance and speed can be coupled with general knowledge of the way a small probe behaves in the gravitational fields of bodies in the Solar System to determine the spacecraft 's position with astonishing accuracy , typically to a few hundred metres at a range of hundreds of millions of kilometres . |
| 20 | This is an outline of the way speed can be achieved during normal updating . |
| 21 | The variation of pull.out torque with speed can be approximated by the straight lines shown dotted in Fig. 6.8 , i.e. TV ) is approximated by the functions : The step length is 15 degrees = 0.262 radians = 2n/np . |
| 22 | Direct drive stepping motors eliminate backlash and speed can be varied from 50-5000 microns per second with a focus resolution of 0.5 microns for precise control . |
| 23 | I am not an uncritical admirer of the Labèque sisters : their performances can be uneven , and I have sometimes found them guilty of grabbing a composition by the collar and belting off with it before it can gets its breath . |
| 24 | He is convinced everybody needs a clear yardstick against which performances can be judged . |
| 25 | Michael Kelly , the director whose company is responsible for Celtic 's public relations , yesterday confirmed that the manager has been asked to report back to the board with his observations on how the club 's performances can be improved . |
| 26 | A few words can be said by a relative or friend , or , if there is no wish for a religious ceremony , a non-religious one can be planned . |
| 27 | These words can be summed up in an acronym DOSES . |
| 28 | Most written languages have an alphabet , and in English everyone is familiar with the 26 letters from which many thousands of words can be constructed , each having a dictionary definition to help the process of communicating . |
| 29 | Words can be emotionally neutral and factual like ‘ black man ’ and ‘ illegitimate ’ , whereas others — ‘ nigger ’ and ‘ bastard ’ — not only indicate a fact but suggest a derisive attitude . |
| 30 | ‘ Foreign ’ words can be heard but meaning can not be attached to them ; they can not be interpreted . |