Example sentences of "[Wh det] can [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Returning from a visit to Uganda , where he met with patients in the villages and with other agencies , Maurice Adams said , ‘ It is a beautiful country which is being devastated by a disease which can be stopped . ’ |
| 2 | Instead of introducing procedures which can be relied upon to identify and protect all those at risk of human rights violations in their own country , Government has introduced a range of measures which create obstacles in the path of those seeking asylum in the UK . |
| 3 | The standards which can be obtained in colour reproductions today are high , but not always attained . |
| 4 | The reader can hope , all the same , that the writer will give an account of the special merits of key pictures , and it is these art critical passages which can be of most help in enjoying or appreciating the chosen artist 's achievement . |
| 5 | Interpretation of iconography , the historical context of works , or personal information about sitters for portraits are only a few of the varied topics which can be spelt out in catalogues . |
| 6 | There are some aspects of a work of art which can be measured , for example its size , natural or chemical composition , and some facts can be discovered about works through specialist techniques such as infra-red photography . |
| 7 | The theory is nevertheless of a sort which can be of real use in a classroom . |
| 8 | There is far less of the mystification which can be attributed to the account of the troubles in Guerrillas : what we get is the mysterious politics of forest and township as observed by an outsider , by an African Asian who understands a good deal of what is going on . |
| 9 | The biographer of T. S. Eliot , who was himself to speak of the ‘ dark ’ experience , of the ‘ rude unknown psychic material ’ , incorporated in his poem The Waste Land , can be seen in Hawksmoor to contribute to the tradition of romantic fabulation which began with the Gothic novel — a tradition in which darkness is privileged , in which a paranoid distrust is evident , in which can be read the evergreen message that the deprived may turn out to be depraved , and in which there can be two of someone . |
| 10 | ‘ Tho ’ I was young Thomas Chatterton to those I met , I was a very Proteus to those who read my Works ' : Chatterton 's story is mostly told by himself , and with a felicity of cadence and of reference which can be caught in the sentence I have just quoted . |
| 11 | And it is a condition which can be recognised in the reception of his work . |
| 12 | You either have it or you do not — talent is certainly not something which can be taught . |
| 13 | When presenting a classical and a modern piece women may use a practice skirt for one selection which can be used over jeans , or another skirt . |
| 14 | The range is obviously very wide , and you may find yourself in a Greek tragedy , or even a modern ‘ exercise ’ play such as Games by James Saunders , where the student may add to the text by research material which can be incorporated in the project . |
| 15 | In his analysis of the popular culture which appeared among the promoters of the Pro-Life Campaign , set up to achieve a constitutional ban on abortion in the Republic in 1983 , O'Carroll pin-points certain characteristics , which can be abbreviated here : a monolithic and absolute view of the world , with its accompanying intolerance , derived in part from the direct consultation of clerics and politicians on public moral issues and the subsequent failure to develop an ethos of public debate ; a localized belief system , rooted in family and communal authority and issuing in a spirit of absolute conformity ; sexual prudery , a product partly of the inheritance problem ; and the development of acute anxiety when such beliefs — inhering partly as they do in their practice and shaping of society — are threatened . |
| 16 | Innsite , however , is realistic in its view of the market , for it also offers a budget start-up package that teaches the fundamental of Innfront in five consecutive days , which can be topped up later with further training . |
| 17 | The computer system will only bring the returns that the company expects if the people using it are using the system fully , which can be guaranteed through investment in adequate training . |
| 18 | Soups , salads , potatoes and other hot vegetables , hot puddings , fruit and yoghurt are fixed-priced items : main courses and the ‘ grill bar special ’ are among those which can be adjusted . |
| 19 | Each function has a menu screen which can be fully customised . |
| 20 | There is the obvious price dodge of skimping on the thickness of silver , measured by cutlers in microns — which can be anything from one to 50 . |
| 21 | While stainless is tough and harder to scratch in the first place , once it does become marked the scratch is permanent , unlike a mark on silver-plated cutlery which can be removed by re-plating . |
| 22 | DAIRY Crest has joined forces with Taylor Freezer to produce an iced yogurt , Piccolo , which can be stored in ambient conditions , and a soft-serve machine from which to serve it . |
| 23 | COFFEE Rich is a frozen non-dairy creamer which can be used for whitening coffee or creaming sauces . |
| 24 | Sow a row of turnip ‘ Manchester Market ’ to grow for green tops which can be harvested in early to mid-winter . |
| 25 | Some bulbs will flower without conventional planting , which can be fun . |
| 26 | The Ballerina series comprises three eating apples , all derived from ‘ Golden Delicious ’ which maybe accounts for their unremarkable flavour , and a very attractive crab called ‘ Maypole ’ which can be left to grow as tall as you like if you do n't want to pick the fruits . |
| 27 | The carrot will attract any wireworm around , which can be lifted out as they munch on it ( Harry says he finds this particularly useful for melon beds ) . |
| 28 | Planted into well-scrubbed clay pots topped with gravel , miniature spring bulbs make unusual Christmas presents which can be transferred to the recipient 's garden after reflowering |
| 29 | There are other situations involving reduced ‘ g ’ which can be incapacitating . |
| 30 | It is an important skill because even experienced pilots do occasionally make approaches which are far too high and which can be redeemed if they can side-slip quickly and accurately . |