Example sentences of "[noun] can be [vb pp] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The black-and-white images can be converted to false colour by computer , which looks much prettier , and is easier to interpret by eye , although it does n't really give more information . |
| 2 | Existing direct cylinders can be upgraded to indirect — see below . |
| 3 | But thought itself can be creative and this creative thinking can be put to good use in all areas of life — from running a business to preparing for Christmas . |
| 4 | Prunes can be added to other dried fruit to make a fruit compote , or to a muesli ; add pumpkin , sunflower or sesame seeds to provide further vital nutrients . |
| 5 | Unir , which is pressing the time-to-market argument , says that Calico can be applied to pen-based computing , object-oriented database servers , real-time object-based systems and special-purpose telecommunications systems that are either open or proprietary . |
| 6 | Unir , which is pressing the time-to-market argument , says Calico can be applied to pen-based computing , object-oriented database servers , real-time object-based systems and special-purpose telecomms systems that are either open or proprietary . |
| 7 | The XPC can be added to existing 2200s without any modification to existing application programs and will come in three implementations . |
| 8 | Most goldfish keepers would agree that most , if not all of their problems of fish losses and loss of condition can be attributed to poor water quality . |
| 9 | It is an excellent example of the way in which thorough research methodology can be applied to complex human experience and provide useful and thought-provoking results . |
| 10 | Theory Z was put forward by W G Ouchi as an ‘ advance ’ on Theory Y. It attempts to draw on the successful management techniques of large Japanese companies , and suggests how the key elements of successful Japanese management methods can be applied to Western management and organisation . |
| 11 | Albumin secretion can be restored to dedifferentiated flattened cells grown on type I collagen by the addition of dilute soluble EHS or laminin . |
| 12 | As long as this is respected , the rigidity can be used to good purpose . |
| 13 | Paul Coggins , a Dallas criminal lawyer who represents Mr McBirney , complains that the trials can be compared to drug-dealing trials in the 1960s when winning a conviction was as easy as dropping the dope on the courtroom table , . |
| 14 | Alternatively , vouchers can be allocated to selected consumers if the public interest requires that a specified social group enjoy a lower price for some service or commodity . |
| 15 | The need to separate the functions of chairman and chief executive has been a raging debate in City of London parlours for the past couple or years , and companies at which the two roles are combined in one person have been under enormous pressure to accept a separation of powers : now the same debate could take off across the Atlantic as Compaq Computer Corp 's ( non-executive ) chairman Ben Rosen tells the House Telecommunications and Finance Subcommittee that the troubles that have beset some of America 's largest companies can be traced to cozy relationships between their boards and their chief executives — he declares that the boards of most US companies are chaired by the company 's chief executive , who picks the board members and controls the agenda — ‘ With an appropriate form of corporate governance , I fully believe that the current problems of IBM , Digital Equipment , Westinghouse and other major American corporations could have been addressed and probably solved far earlier with much reduced ill effects , ’ Rosen told the legislators , adding that a company 's chairman should be a ‘ truly outside independent director , ’ not the chief executive or a former chief executive , and that all board members , with the exception of the chief executive , should also be outsiders , who should get their directors ' fees in the form of shares or options . |
| 16 | The parameters appearing in the Richards functions can be related to biological factors . |
| 17 | Studies of rural migration have largely neglected these factors although Dunn ( 1979 ) has shown that a substantial amount of short-distance movement in rural areas can be attributed to changing housing needs . |
| 18 | In short , then , errors can be referred to social/communicative as well as psychological/cognitive causes . |
| 19 | This can sometimes be done very successfully by helping her to channel her energy and abilities into some local club or voluntary service organisation where her talent for management can be put to good use , as well as meeting her own need to be a little bit of a ‘ bossy-boots ’ . |
| 20 | Various effects can be attributed to other instances of recurrent imagery besides that of merely providing a satisfactory feeling of unity in the narrative performance . |
| 21 | Subtle wash effects can be used to great effect on iced backgrounds , where different coloured fondants would be too strong . |
| 22 | It is an attempt to partition the intellectual content of a subject area so that individual elements can be mapped to recognisable and clearly defined sub-areas . |
| 23 | Thick felt-tip pens can be used to good effect . |
| 24 | I am sure they feel much safer in open water , where their surrounding radar system of lateral lines can be used to utmost effect . |
| 25 | These motives can be exploited to good effect by skilful MPs who understand the system and work with it rather than try to change it . |
| 26 | The old money-lender with her ‘ Jewish ’ interest rates is to be murdered because her life is worthless and her hoarded wealth can be put to good use ; when the unimportant deed is done the doer will launch himself into something that really matters , a large-scale philanthropic exercise . |
| 27 | I would like to know if the machine can be converted to full time four wheel drive , There are no real advantages to permanent four wheel drive but , if you wish to , use the transfer box from a 1948–50 Series One . |
| 28 | Terrain can be used to great effect by the course designer . |
| 29 | The rapidly deteriorating relationship which has developed between the Polytechnic of Central London ( PCL ) and the Inner London Education Authority ( ILEA ) in recent years can be ascribed to similar factors . |
| 30 | A piano can be used to good effect with the organ , provided its pitch is compatible . |