Example sentences of "that can [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are few naturally occurring organisms which have the ability to fix nitrogen from the atmosphere and those that can are prokaryotes ( organisms with no membrane separating the DNA-containing organelles from the rest of the cell ) . |
| 2 | Those Japanese firms that can are moving factories overseas where it is cheaper . |
| 3 | The interpretation of imagery , the circumstances of production , the place of the work in the artist 's career , the historical context , the precise information about the work 's appearance and condition , these are things that can be fully discussed in a monograph . |
| 4 | Contradictions , splits , can readily be perceived , by those minded to perceive them ; pursuits that can be married , like oral history and psychoanalysis , can be found to separate . |
| 5 | They are words that can be made to mean different things , and are applicable as such to the story of Jaromil 's poetic progress from private to public , which can also be recognised as a simultaneity of the two , based on an enduring self-engrossment . |
| 6 | The poor boy , who resembles Philip Roth , tells the story in which he takes part , and does so in a manner that can be considered uncontroversial . |
| 7 | Well , anything that can be carried and produced without a lot of fuss is permissable — pipes , cigarettes , mirrors , handbags , fans , matches , etc . |
| 8 | This keeps the material inside reasonably dry and sweet and also provides a liquid fertiliser that can be drawn off regularly via a tap at the bottom . |
| 9 | Although many crops are processed for freezing or bottling , there are wasteful methods with roots and top fruits that can be preserved intact . |
| 10 | Of course , there is a definite limit to the strength of cross wind that can be accepted by some machines , particularly those fitted with tail-skids rather than tail-wheels . |
| 11 | There are two methods of emergency contraception — a pill that can be used up to 72 hours after intercourse and an IUD method that may be fitted within five days . |
| 12 | being able to get into a room that can be used as a bedroom , either upstairs or downstairs , |
| 13 | Before starting adaptations to your home , there may be some problems that can be solved by using various pieces of equipment available on the market at the moment . |
| 14 | There are many aids that can be tried . |
| 15 | Cars supplied for hire or purchase can be adapted to suit the needs of the individual , but the types of adaptation that can be made to hire cars is more restricted because they have to be returned to the general market at the end of the hire period . |
| 16 | The first of the few blocks that can be used in competition to be considered are the slapping blocks . |
| 17 | However , while skill is something that can be trained other aspects of success may be pre-determined . |
| 18 | The important thing about form , in either the Platonic or Aristotelian senses , is that forms are the sort of things that can be thought , or apprehended intellectually . |
| 19 | If we also consider thoughts about them qua spectacles , then we would say that I have not succeeded in thinking about them unless I am thinking about artefacts , thinking about items that can be worn on the nose , that aid vision , that are more-or-less breakable , that did not exist a thousand years ago , that this pair existed yesterday but did not exist in 1983 , and so on . |
| 20 | Furniture requires finishes that can be made perfectly smooth to the touch and that can be brought to a mirror-like gloss , if required . |
| 21 | Mains lights are available from good garden centres and d-i-y stores , and the most versatile type for creative garden lighting is a spotlight with a spike that can be pushed into the ground and a head that swivels so that the beam can be adjusted . |
| 22 | Iron and steel can also be treated with a cold galvanising paint , which reacts with a thin layer of rust to form a rust-proof coating that can be painted . |
| 23 | So from the point of view of the consumer , there are few tests that can be done prior to purchase , to ascertain how well a product will perform when fitted into the car . |
| 24 | But experience has taught me that this is the rule of thumb that can be most profitably proposed and acted upon . |
| 25 | In Mr Dobbs 's words , a telecottage is ‘ a room in a village filled with computer communications that can be used by local people to learn and work ’ . |
| 26 | While the Canadian business has been profitable , WH Smith believes the returns being obtained on £75m of sales from 200 outlets are not comparable with the returns that can be obtained in other markets and did not justify the future investment necessary to develop the chain . |
| 27 | It has style ( Michelotti 's ) , a luxurious , timber-encrusted cabin ( with hard and soft headgear ) , six speeds to play with ( four , plus two overdrive on the manual , though many Stags had three-speed automatic transmission ) and a burbling V8 engine that can be found in no other car . |
| 28 | What of this thirst that can be satisfied by an unquenching drink ? |
| 29 | She advocates building up place settings ‘ with separate yet related pieces that can be combined according to mood , time of day and style of meal ’ . |
| 30 | Three countries — Denmark , Ireland and Belgium — meanwhile indicated yesterday that they remain opposed to another key element , which forsees the abolition of all limits on tax-paid goods that can be carried across borders by private travellers . |