Example sentences of "this can be [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there is a significant urethritis , this can be adduced by first sample can be spun down and the solid matter can be stained and microscopically examined . |
| 2 | First we may consider the phrase : ( 25 ) acrobatic performance In the light of the discussion above we may remark that this can be understood in either of two ways : first , as covering any performance which is so described because it is linked with the idea of an acrobat in the execution of his or her professional duties ; this would include expertise in juggling , tightrope walking , standing on one 's hands , and so on , even if they are performed by an amateur lacking any natural talent for the task ; second , ( 25 ) may be used to designate any performance which is acrobatic in itself , even if not part of the normal repertoire of acrobats , for instance , grabbing hold of a branch growing out from a cliff just after falling from the top . |
| 3 | Helen to be contacted and asked for the plinth so that this can be completed before this years event . |
| 4 | This can be detected in many Australian Chardonnays , fine red Bordeaux and red Spanish Riojas . |
| 5 | This can be counteracted to some extent by the addition of materials such as poly-phosphates , which sequester the calcium and magnesium ions , but this is an expensive way of softening water . |
| 6 | The distortion resulting from this can be magnified in various ways ; for example , a total or a sub-total within a table will combine the errors in the counts from which it is made up , as will a variable obtained by calculations using affected variables , or by aggregating several Enumeration Districts or wards . |
| 7 | This can be made in large enough quantities for very little cost , using any of the commercial foods available . |
| 8 | The flavour of this can be tasted at some sites , for example Staneydale ‘ Temple ’ in Shetland , which lies within a landscape of neolithic settlements and field-systems . |
| 9 | This can be re-planted in early spring . |
| 10 | This can be seen as physiological immaturity or a deficiency in learning where the child has not learned the series of conditioned reflexes necessary for achieving bladder control . |
| 11 | This can be seen in premature foals or those which have had an unduly prolonged birth resulting in temporary lack of oxygen to the brain . |
| 12 | Among the lizards , this can be seen in young skinks of several species . |
| 13 | This can be seen in two ways . |
| 14 | This can be seen in both the number of institutions , organizations and campaigns that have been established but also in the wide range of activities undertaken , including research and information work , programme and service development , organization and union building , campaign and lobby work and solidarity networking . |
| 15 | This can be done with one trainee/one instructor or with one instructor in the role of parent and all trainees acting in consort . |
| 16 | This can be done with one frame or strip of film , or the stages can involve successive strips and rephotographing , although with some possible loss of quality each time . |
| 17 | This can be done with one of the most attractive arguments at the teachers ' disposal , students ' work ; a contrast can be made with the kind of work which students undertook in the 1960s and 1970s , an example of which is included in Figure 1.2 . |
| 18 | WATER TANKS AND PIPES Insulating water tanks is the next job and this can be done with special padded material , secured in place by wire , or with special ready-made padded jackets , or , if you have a standard-sized water tank , with special pre-cut packs of sheet insulation that are placed around the tank and secured with tape or wire . |
| 19 | Ideally , the diagnosis should be confirmed before treatment , and this can be done with capillary blood glucose test sticks . |
| 20 | This can be done through asymptotic deductibles . |
| 21 | All this can be done at minimal cost . |
| 22 | While one can see that a certain number of strategies might be conceived at corporate level before reference to the individual businesses , in general it is very difficult to see how this can be done at corporate headquarters unless the central authority has a careful analysis of the attractiveness and competitive strengths of the major SBUs . |
| 23 | The certificate on form R190(SD) must be completed but this can be done at any time and amounts to little more than a claim procedure . |
| 24 | This can be done at any time . |
| 25 | This can be done for any letter position , including the first and the last letters of a word , and for more than one letter position , although it is not a good policy to allow more than two per word if the accuracy of the recogniser is to be relied on at all . |
| 26 | This can be done in various ways . |
| 27 | This can be done in various ways , most of which can be found in eighteenthand early nineteenth-century fiction , but not used so artfully or extensively . |
| 28 | This can be done in various ways . |
| 29 | This can be done in slatted or packed towers or , if required , under pressure , by the injection of air . |
| 30 | This can be done in two ways , either by giving a description of a world for which the principle fails and proving formally that the description is consistent , or informally by appeal to a counterexample . |