Example sentences of "[noun] can be drawn " in BNC.
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| 1 | An analogy can be drawn to a human-being continually expending energy yet simultaneously absorbing life-force energy from the environment , which offsets the amount expended . |
| 2 | A close analogy can be drawn between cancer of the cell and a society hooked on drugs . |
| 3 | An analogy can be drawn with study of the law of contract : books are written both on particular types of contract , such as contracts of agency or sale , but also on the general principles of the law of contract . |
| 4 | An analogy can be drawn with the notion of mutations in genetics . |
| 5 | An analogy can be drawn with Corfu Channel where Albania was held liable for its failure to take action to prevent the mining of the British ships , and the Iranian Hostages case where Iran was liable for its failure to protect the American Embassy . |
| 6 | But their Lordships do not accept that any analogy can be drawn between those cases and the instant case . |
| 7 | An analogy can be drawn with the judiciary , which is often involved in ‘ interpreting ’ Acts of Parliament in terms of Parliament 's intention . |
| 8 | Personal cheques drawn on overseas banks are generally difficult to negotiate in the UK and , even if accepted , it may be many weeks before the funds can be drawn . |
| 9 | Personal cheques drawn on overseas banks are generally difficult to negotiate in the UK and , even if accepted , it may well be many weeks before the funds can be drawn . |
| 10 | On one type the switch-off is automatic when water ceases to flow and the proportioner must be re-set before more chemical can be drawn again . |
| 11 | Some optimism can be drawn from Clinton 's promise to secure a GATT agreement , but it also would be foolish to forget that the president can haggle over the complex details in the months ahead . |
| 12 | No firm recommendations on weeding practice can be drawn from the conflicting findings of these reports . |
| 13 | If the census data and the voters ' register are available for each block in a particular city then electoral boundaries can be defined on the basis of equal voting populations per electoral district , and maps of these districts can be drawn . |
| 14 | Wax resist Shapes can be drawn with wax candles and then painted over — the paint will not be absorbed by the waxed areas . |
| 15 | Can construct accurately 2-D shapes with a ruler , protractor and compass The test results , described in Chapter 4 ( pp. 41–102 ) , suggest that rectangular shapes can be drawn with good accuracy but they were not drawn with the use of geometrical instruments . |
| 16 | If control factors 1 and 2 are held constant the three-dimensional shape then developed in that part of their range can be drawn as in Figure 15.2 . |
| 17 | The third image pictures the state in liberal democratic societies as a corporatist network , integrated with external elites into a single control system : here talk of external control versus state autonomy is irrelevant , for state and economic elites are so interpenetrated by each others ' concerns that no sensible boundary line or balance of influence can be drawn . |
| 18 | . But if you think , all polygons can be drawn inside a circle . |
| 19 | This can be achieved by a variety of teaching strategies , which could include : ( 1 ) starting from the local area ; ( 2 ) using resources related to the locality ; ( 3 ) finding a local example of the general theme ; ( 4 ) use of a " topical peg " , some current event of interest from which work can proceed , or with which analogies can be drawn ; ( 5 ) the enquiry-based approach ; ( 6 ) encouraging " learning through doing " ; ( 7 ) capitalising on something a pupil has brought into school ; ( 8 ) capitalising on an out-of-school visit ; ( 9 ) inviting a visitor into the classroom . |
| 20 | If stored in or applied by these materials QACs can be drawn out of solution and become unavailable to use . |
| 21 | It only remains for miniaturisation , integration and market demand to reach the point at which the various elements can be drawn together into a single commercially viable device . |
| 22 | Bills can be drawn for almost any amount but the maximum usually negotiated is £500,000 . |
| 23 | The department 's wide expertise in technical matters can be drawn upon more easily . |
| 24 | Three generalizations can be drawn about voting behaviour in the four general elections held in the period from 1950 to 1959 : |
| 25 | One indication of the importance of state pensions in increasing the financial security and independence of the bulk of the British population can be drawn from statistics of wealth distribution in England and Wales collected for the Royal Commission on the Distribution of Income and Wealth . |
| 26 | Just as a statistical sample ( Chapter 5 ) must be of a certain size before reliable inferences concerning the population can be drawn , so a number of simulations must be run before the average behaviour can be treated as being descriptive of the real system . |
| 27 | On the basis of analysis by Tresch ( 1981 ) , Hughes ( 1987 ) , Musgrave and Musgrave ( 1989 ) and Boadway ( 1979 ) , attention can be drawn to the assumptions required to make mobility efficient . |
| 28 | But no distinction can be drawn in Advaitin thought between Reality and the highest Self or Ātman , so the quest for Truth involves knowing the Self which also involves ahi sā for to injure or inflict deliberate violence on another is to violate the ātman which all men share . |
| 29 | Parkin agrees with Marxists on one point , that no distinction can be drawn between state power and class power in liberal democracies . |
| 30 | It may be that a distinction can be drawn between two different groups of provisions . |