Example sentences of "[conj] they can be [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you do not have space for a build-in model beside or under the sink , there are portables available that sit on the worktop , where they can be connected to the taps and drains for washing . |
| 2 | Potting of growing plants should be continuous until they attain a size where they can be transferred to the outdoor pool without hazard . |
| 3 | The atoms can then be made to interact directly with the laser beam , as in the so-called collinear methods , or they can be converted to an atomic beam by heating in a small hot tantalum tube . |
| 4 | The leases make the publican responsible for the upkeep of the pub and , although they can be assigned to another person after two years , the original holder would be responsible for meeting payments if that person defaulted . |
| 5 | But the images of beauty may be lost and forgotten and a mnemonic is needed so that they can be recalled to the mind easily . |
| 6 | The principles on which these three kinds of bodies are built are so fundamentally different that it is difficult to believe that they can be related to one another except right at the very roots of the evolutionary tree . |
| 7 | The same effect can be achieved with a small pair of school compasses ( which have the advantage that they can be adjusted to exactly the right size ) , but these are more difficult to use to get an exact line . |
| 8 | In addition the laser methods are so powerful that they can be applied to excited nuclear states . |
| 9 | If you are conscientious at organising your notes and materials so that they can be referred to easily , then you will quickly be able to build up a personal library and reference system . |
| 10 | Arguably , the major advantage of procedures and functions is that they can be referred to by name . |
| 11 | For they are presented as holding between structures , or between a structure and the class struggle , and it is so far only an article of faith to suppose that they can be refined to a point where one can identify a specific connection such as that between an aspect of the peasant class and a particular form of capitalist state . |
| 12 | The objective is to transform instincts and desires in such a way that they can be fitted to the overall goals of a person 's deliberative life . |
| 13 | Would you please let me have the photos we supplied for your exhibition , so that they can be added to our stock and used by other people . |
| 14 | If you want a printed sleeve for your record , you need them before the discs are being made so that they can be delivered to the pressing plant and bagged up . |
| 15 | I do n't think that they can be taken to be in any particular order . |
| 16 | Having tried out these various methods you might consider them too time-consuming to use for large areas but they are so attractive that they can be put to good use as trimmings . |
| 17 | Some spotlights have a magnetic backplate so that they can be attached to any surface and pointed in any direction or can be set to swivel around inside a container . |
| 18 | ‘ The management executive is saying that some of that money can be spent on supplying condoms to GPs so they can be given to patients . ’ |
| 19 | Although the second- and third-years do n't officially come back until next week , Puddephat 's tutees have been called back early so they can be allocated to new people quickly . |
| 20 | There are , of course , many more and they can be applied to both consumer and industrial users . |
| 21 | Working widths are 2.8m , 3.2m , 4m and 5.6m ( 9ft 2in , 10ft 6in , 13ft and 18ft 4in ) respectively , and they can be retrofitted to any tanker fitted with a positive displacement pump . |
| 22 | The general lay-out of such a passage is perfectly simple because the tune fits the trumpets and trombones like a glove and they can be trusted to ‘ come through ’ anything . |
| 23 | Prison officers are now salaried and take time off in lieu rather than accumulate high earnings on overtime ; they can purchase their own houses , and they can be promoted to governor grades rather than remaining a secondary uniformed branch . |
| 24 | These three fires are each at different times and well dated by samian burnt in situ and they can be attributed to accident . |
| 25 | Distributors and retailers selling " own brand " goods can be liable if they can be said to be holding themselves out to be the producer . |
| 26 | Words are used to inflect if they can be assigned to a number of grammatical classes , and the members of all these classes are distinguished from each other by their morphology ( internal shape ) and by their syntax ( the rules of their use ) . |
| 27 | The activities of delinquent fans might be more intelligible if they can be related to particular roles and positions with respect to other fans . |
| 28 | Surpluses on a period of account should not be automatically lost , if they can be demonstrated to be the result of efficient working and not over budgeting , otherwise controllers will ensure that there are no surpluses . |
| 29 | If they 're relatively technical , then I , then I 'd be grateful if they can be left to the officers , but obviously if there 's anything that erm , is political in anyway , big P or small P , then at least we can get in touch with the er , P A G , and if necessary call a meeting in respect Chair . |
| 30 | The argument is that funds should not be diverted to the government sector if they can be put to a more productive use in the private sector . |