Example sentences of "[coord] it can [be] [verb] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But gradually the pattern emerges and it can be seen that the cells ' filopodia attach best in the ring region . |
| 2 | In Fig. 3 the oldest branch ( c ) will soon have to be cut right back to the vine stump and it can be seen that the vigneron tending this vine has already decided to cultivate another branch ( b ) in preparation . |
| 3 | Table 3.1 lists the four factors which determine the financial status of elderly people — employment , state benefits , private savings , and family transfers — and it can be seen that their relative shares have changed over time , with the decline in employment income roughly matching the rise in state benefits . |
| 4 | However , Fig. 4 b shows the data during the satellite overpass at higher time resolution and it can be seen that the southernmost event was coincident with the cusp ( between the large arrows ) . |
| 5 | Table 29 summarises before and after information for completed schemes and it can be seen that this target is being achieved with a total estimated reduction of 52 accidents for local road schemes with a further reduction of 16 on trunk roads . |
| 6 | It is true that many sociologists of religion have suggested definitions of their subject matter , but there is no clear agreement and it can be argued that if we were to stick to only one definition then we would not be able to ask — let alone answer — some of the questions in which they are interested . |
| 7 | This has the advantage of improving house-keeping and it can be argued that the absence of human beings reduces the danger of starting a fire . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , both MSC and other agencies are involved in training schemes for adults , and it can be argued that this is the most appropriate form of ‘ educational ’ provision for the unemployed . |
| 9 | To this extent , then , a photon feels the gravitational force and it can be argued that a photon should travel along a curved path in a gravitational field . |
| 10 | But they do have plenty of guns , and it can be presumed that some of their provision comes from hunting . |
| 11 | Establishments were obviously catering for a different market in the evening , and it can be assumed that customers were prepared to spend more time and to pay more for a different ‘ meal experience ’ . |
| 12 | Both breweries are now up-to-date and efficient plants , and it can be assumed that neither will require extensive re-investment for some years yet . |
| 13 | In 1955 radiometry at planetary wavelengths established that the cloud-top temperatures were about 238 K , and it can be shown that if the clouds consisted of water ice crystals then there would be far more water in gaseous form in the atmosphere above the clouds than was observed . |
| 14 | In the case of Venus thermal tides make a very large contribution and it can be shown that it is this component of the overall circulation that may drive the 4–5 day zonal circulation and thus speed up the axial spin ( section 4.2 ) . |
| 15 | However , the marked path is still the highest scoring of the paths considered , and it can be shown that , if all the paths had been considered , it would still have a high probability of being the highest scoring . |
| 16 | The justice meted out in children 's games ( like that on the screen ) may be rough and ready , but it can be argued that ‘ violent play ’ is by no means all negative . |
| 17 | It still represents a cost to the Exchequer and a loss of potential output , but it can be argued that it is not particularly distressing to the people concerned and , for the economy as a whole , it may actually result in a more efficient use of labour : this is because high short-run unemployment may be a reflection of greater mobility of labour between jobs and areas and consequently may result in the labour force being more suitably and productively employed . |
| 18 | But it can be argued that this will not give a quick cash flow fix at present due to the difficulty of disposing of a lease . |
| 19 | Their own proposals for reform are aimed at restructuring the British press but it can be argued that even they fail to come to grips with the sort of major ‘ shortcomings ’ of the press ( and media ) identified above . |
| 20 | Goldthorpe has argued that this justifies studying only male mobility , but it can be argued that women 's occupational position and chances are both important sociologically , and important to women and their families . |
| 21 | The introduction of life peerages was partly designed to broaden the base of membership but it can be argued that life peers have not made as large a contribution to the work of the House as had been hoped . |
| 22 | McLuhan lambasted the print media for encouraging linear thinking , but it can be argued that this way of thought brought to mankind very substantial benefits which one is not confident would be matched by the uncriticized new tribalism . |
| 23 | They are good educative examples of the search process , but it can be argued that they have little to do with practical intelligence . |
| 24 | But it can be argued that we should not view rights in this way , and that when their use has adverse effects on third parties , rights should not be treated as signifying a moral entitlement in the right-holder to bring about those effects . |
| 25 | But it can be argued that marketing has a significant role within any social work agency . |
| 26 | But it is , I I think automatically the mother 's name is given to the child , but it can be decided that the child takes the father 's name . |
| 27 | These verbs are very similar in sense , but it can be maintained that they are not quite synonyms , because shut focuses on the completion of the event , and so suggests an abrupt momentariness which chimes with click.6 In [ 9 ] , the separation of the " shutting " and " clicking " in two clauses means that they are conceived of as separate , though simultaneous events . |
| 28 | But it can be seen that , while occupational and income motives are dominant in the Welsh borderland , employment reasons are less important in the Herefordshire survey . |
| 29 | Mention has already been made of the significance of national trends in age structure , but it can be seen that these effects can be substantially reinforced at the regional and local level through migration . |
| 30 | But it can be assumed that many millions of poor rural women are caught in a vicious cycle : they eat food to get human energy , and then spend all this energy in producing food and collecting the energy needed to cook it . |