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

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1 There are also two ‘ pad ’ settings , one which puts the ground lift on or off and another which can be set at 40dB , 12dB or 0dB .
2 Our gloss acrylic coating can be burnished to a mirror-like gloss surpassing that which can be obtained with polyurethane varnishes .
3 that the only kind of learning worth seriously measuring is that which can be evaluated by making a mark on a card for subsequent ingestion by a machine ( An awful corollary to this is that judgments made by human beings must be given less weight than electronically certified facts . )
4 The choice of treatment may be skewed towards that which can be paid for , rather than that which may be in the best interests of or preferred by the patient .
5 Although the speed of the computer does not allow animation comparable to that which can be produced on film , there is no doubt that this facility , which has only just begun to be explored , can give real power to the teacher .
6 Both these birds eat only that which can be picked off the surface or tweezered out of the crevices .
7 Undoubtedly it would appear to be more sensible in the longer term for cattle numbers to be limited to those which can be sustained on the winter fodder production capabilities of the farms so as to eliminate fodder purchases .
8 As well as publicizing the activities of the Library the Friends contribute money towards purchases over and above those which can be made from the College funds .
9 ( b ) those which can be obtained by modifying or extending the system software — but which will run on a ‘ standard ’ hardware system
10 The supposedly most securely dated vessels are those which can be related to Continental chronologies ; vessels which occur on the Continent but not in England date to before the migration , those on both sides of the North Sea to the migration period itself , and those which are only found in England must have developed after the migration period .
11 By far the most important diagnostic features for the excavator are those which can be sexed upon inspection .
12 The only matters that I discuss with Irish Ministers in intergovernmental conferences under the Anglo-Irish Agreement are those which can be discussed under the rules of the agreement .
13 Changes in the number of households may be broken down into those which can be attributed to the changing numbers in each age group and those attributable to changes in headship rates .
14 Students attending shorter university courses , i.e. less than six months , will normally receive free care for minor illnesses ( i.e. those which can be dealt with in general practice ) but , to cover any necessary hospital care , they must arrange medical insurance through the University , which will pay for this insurance .
15 Scientists use experiments , especially those which can be carried in a laboratory or under controlled conditions to simplify these interactions .
16 If for any reason the existing trap on a basin , sink or bath needs replacing , it is best to replace the waste pipe at the same time if it is lead , although traps are available which can be connected to materials other than plastic .
17 For workers at field level , a first and necessary step is to make a kind of local map , in which they seek to pinpoint the characteristics of the neighbourhoods which they serve and what is currently available which can be built upon .
18 Thus , 534–6 ( Subsonic vibrations ) provides -6 which can be applied with 534.63 ( Measurement of frequency ) to give 534.63–6 ( Measurement of the frequency of subsonic vibrations ) .
19 Inside the forward light cone ( t > 0 ) lie all the space–time events with time-like separation from P 1 which can be influenced by what happens at P 1 .
20 The two shocks have identical effects : they both leave prices in period t + 1 unaffected and they both induce a difference between prices in period t and t + 1 which can be responded to by increasing output in accordance with equation ( 5.1 ) .
21 A feasibility study completed earlier in 1986 demonstrated the viability of the project and the value of the information on the small enterprise owner and self-employed which can be obtained through such a procedure .
22 Names , like words , in Hebrew are things ; they are not merely descriptive labellings , but possess a dynamic of their own which can be communicated to those touched by them .
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