Example sentences of "[conj] can [be] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that case he said : As I understand it , the essence of this branch of law , whatever the origin of it may be , is that a person who has obtained information in confidence is not allowed to use it as a springboard for activities detrimental to the person who made the confidential communication , and springboard it remains even when all the features have been published or can be ascertained by actual inspection by any members of the public . |
| 2 | Faxes can be saved in order to be printed later or can be sent to other system subscribers — again using the keypad on a touch tone phone . |
| 3 | Two oligonucleotides ( which are easy to make artificially on automatic machines or can be purchased from several suppliers ) are added to the tube . |
| 4 | Such errors are predictable , or can be measured in steady flight conditions for varying configurations of the aircraft , but an accurate assessment of manoeuvre-induced errors is not possible . |
| 5 | ‘ Michelet has strong emotions , and he smears what he feels on to paper without caring in the least how he does it , and without giving the slightest thought to technique or conventional forms — just shaping it into any form that can be understood by those who want to understand it . ’ |
| 6 | At the bottom of the argument about running state schools like a chain of McDonalds hamburger restaurants , handing out Big Mac gift vouchers to disadvantaged kids , is the issue of whether education is ultimately just a utilitarian service to the marketplace that can be understood in simple commercial language , or something more important and fundamental that warrants different treatment . |
| 7 | Terence Johnson has pointed to the limits that can be placed on some professions by their clients or employers . |
| 8 | The exact manner in which the excavation proceeds can vary considerably depending on the site 's characteristics , and there are usually several possible strategies that can be followed in any particular situation . |
| 9 | There are always two sets of reasons that can be given for psychical events , one that is phrased in terms of the culture 's Weltanschuung , and the other which the psychoanalytic observer can bring in terms of the unconscious feelings underlying the system . |
| 10 | Education has learned to grab with ease but not to reach out and yet there is a good deal of help that can be given to small businesses and voluntary organisations once the idea of level three partnership has been grasped . |
| 11 | Any food enjoyed by the child that can be given in small ‘ pieces ’ for example : yoghurt , cheese , biscuits . |
| 12 | A window lets you control the information that can be seen at any one time . |
| 13 | Can you find out about any others that can be seen at this time of year ? |
| 14 | It is essentially a natural phenomenon that can be seen in any sort of complex physical activity , and the only important matter is to remember the restriction , specific to English , on voicing assimilation mentioned above . |
| 15 | If there are several competing paths , only those paths that can be matched to long words are continued , and a short word will only be retrieved from the buffer if none of the possible paths can be matched to a long word . |
| 16 | My only hesitation when praising this excellent meat is that I have found few who like to eat cold lamb , and while curried leftovers are an option , I suggest buying a joint that can be eaten at one sitting . |
| 17 | We have now moved on from looking at syllables to looking at words , and we will consider certain well-known English words that can be pronounced in two different ways , which are called strong forms and weak forms . |
| 18 | All Stick models now come with new , mega-adjustable hardware : a new bridge/tailpiece unit , a patented truss rod , a height-adjustable nut , a pickup that can be tweaked for individual string volume and a four-way strap system for altering the angle of dangle . |
| 19 | Early afterdepolarisations are transient membrane oscillations triggered by a previous cardiac depolarisation that can be sustained in succeeding cycles by repeated triggering of the EAD to cause a tachyarrhythmia ( fig 2 ) . |
| 20 | Insufficient attention has hitherto been given to the role that can be played by scholarly publication in influencing harmonization . |
| 21 | A game that can be played by all the family is quite rare so this is sure to be popular among readers . |
| 22 | A game that can be played by all the family is quite rare so this is sure to be popular among readers . |
| 23 | A game that can be played by all the family is quite rare so this is sure to be popular among readers . |
| 24 | Consequently ICAO has very wisely given guidance in general terms that can be applied to all types of large fixed wing aircraft ( not helicopters ) . |
| 25 | There is no simple pattern or model of social change that can be applied to all villages , and there is no single continuum on which all rural communities can be placed ( see chapter 1 above ) . |
| 26 | If there is no blanket strategy that can be applied to all , then more and better individualised pain care is needed . |
| 27 | Unfortunately the degrees of confidence that can be applied to such scientific dates are inadequate for a period which can be viewed in terms of generations ( Campbell , Baxter and Alcock 1979 ) . |
| 28 | Most important , the formal statistical reasoning that can be applied to a-priori hypotheses is strictly invalid for exploratory analysis . |
| 29 | Cost , manpower and time availability will influence the number of measures that can be applied to any one public consultation exercise . |
| 30 | ‘ This resulted in an extension of the available technology that can be applied to nuclear plant for process , safety and safeguarding purposes . |