Example sentences of "it can [be] [vb pp] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While both these objections have truth to them , it is also clear that a range of critical writings which share more preoccupations than differences has emerged and that it can be contrasted to other forms of writing about texts and history . |
| 2 | This is the technique of flash photolysis , and again it can be applied to gaseous or to liquid samples . |
| 3 | Our other theme , the more general study of homoclinic orbits and bifurcations , is perhaps of even greater importance because it can be applied to other systems of equations as well { 2,9 , 10,20 } . |
| 4 | It can be applied to variable-length records by padding or the use of fixed-length buckets for variable records , as discussed previously . |
| 5 | Once the hydrogen is produced it can be converted to other fuel forms such as methanol . |
| 6 | Very often assessment of a child 's language is required in order that it can be presented to other professionals who are seeking to help that child . |
| 7 | While this maxim applies especially to press , it can be extended to other media , too . |
| 8 | We need now to assess the validity of this approach , to see whether it can be extended to other kinds of discourse , and to examine alternative approaches too . |
| 9 | The dump will hold the highly-radioactive waste until it can be taken to British Nuclear Fuel 's Sellafield works for reprocessing to extract uranium and plutonium . |
| 10 | Since word order is not now needed for signalling an increased specificity of conceptual meaning it can be put to other purposes , as we shall see presently . |
| 11 | It clearly needs to be a part of the school 's work on developing its curriculum to consider the place of project work within this curriculum , and to plan ways in which it can be utilised to maximum advantage , especially as a vehicle for the teaching of information skills . |
| 12 | If a grain or cement retains its form during alteration it is sometimes very difficult to determine when that alteration took place , unless it can be linked to other dissolution/replacement phases . |
| 13 | It can be clipped to formal shapes so that the flowers are prevented from developing , the plant thus being covered in the delicate , lace-like foliage . |
| 14 | It can be so — certain women have a perpetual ‘ devouring ’ quality — but it is a natural process , echoed in the menstrual cycle , and in the moon 's waxing and waning , and it can be used to positive effect , regulating the ebb and flow of relationships and opening up pathways of communication . |
| 15 | It can be used to positive or negative effect on others . |