Example sentences of "their [noun sg] can be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their experience can be used as part of the learning progress for Social Work and joint examination of the subject can be fruitful . |
| 2 | Something of their nature and their variety can be discovered from the signed bills authenticated with the King 's stamp at the end of the reign of Henry VIII . |
| 3 | After wet weather their thunder can be heard from across the dale and once , and only once , in winter when many of the trees had lost their leaves , I caught a glimpse of them from Frostrow : shimmering skeins of white foam through the wooded gill . |
| 4 | Although children can be attached to more than one person from a very early age , there is usually one parent who is special — even if only in the sense that their presence can be taken for granted . |
| 5 | Their work can be seen as a range of attempts to deal with a shared set of problems which have perhaps been most clearly formulated by the greatest among them — by Bloch and Febvre ( the founders of the journal ) in the first generation , by Braudel in the second , and more recently by Le Roy Ladurie . |
| 6 | Further details of the medallists and their work can be found on p370 . |
| 7 | On the whole , their work can be read as a restatement of the late Formalist position . |
| 8 | Their influence can be seen in items from a number of weaving groups , but more faithful versions are now usually confined to Chinese rugs . |
| 9 | Individually they were always at pains to stress the provisional nature of the conceptual apparatus , and their flexibility can be seen in the way in which the theory evolved to include new topics such as narrative and literary history . |
| 10 | Their formation can be simulated in a glass-sided tank in the laboratory , where observation is very easy ( Fig. 8.17 ) . |
| 11 | There are a number of good reconstruction drawings of them and a clear idea of their appearance can be gained from the sixteenth century measured drawings by Renaissance architects like Palladio which were made when the remains were in a better condition than they are now . |
| 12 | The observation statements that form the basis of science are secure and reliable because their truth can be ascertained by direct use of the senses . |
| 13 | Their meaning can be unravelled by paying attention to the structure of signifying elements and interpreting from a cultural context constituted by history . |
| 14 | Desmond Morris claims that his biomorphs " evolve " in his mind , and that their evolution can be traced through successive paintings . |
| 15 | Their ancestry can be traced in the Reading area as far back as 1240 . |
| 16 | People react to external stimuli and their behaviour can be explained in terms of this reaction . |
| 17 | If plates are regarded as rigid caps involved in relative motion around a sphere their movement can be analysed in terms of specific geometric controls . |
| 18 | The individual piece-parts can be drawn on to separate layers of a working drawing in order that their movement can be visualized from any number of positions and orientations . |
| 19 | Their argument can be illustrated by assuming that in an STV constituency election the sole Green candidate is eliminated at the first count . |
| 20 | Discussing successful black sportsmen , Horace Lashley of the Commission for Racial Equality wrote : ‘ it is unlikely that their success can be divorced from the British schooling they have received . ’ |
| 21 | The possibility of errors can never be totally eliminated from any copying process , although their probability can be reduced to low levels . |
| 22 | Fortunately , their mischief can be thwarted by the ship 's captain if he is adept with rhyming banter and riddles , for the Blue Men love to be entertained and leave a ship with good grace if they are bested in a game of wits . |
| 23 | Their size can be assessed by comparing them with the original spread in the chronic sickness rates ; this will be discussed at length in the next section . |
| 24 | Despite , realistically , plenty of opportunity , there is no illicit sex between Nicholas and Alison until the pleasure of their union can be enhanced by Nicholas truly having replaced John by tricking him into a contrived " absence " . |
| 25 | Their eyesight can be corrected in just a few minutes by the use of a lasers . |
| 26 | They stated that their model can be viewed as an amplification of Clark ( 1973 ) . |
| 27 | The production of ideas and the rhetorics of their transmission can be observed on a small scale . |
| 28 | Their position can be contrasted with that of people in professional occupations , where unemployment is rare , mobility is relatively easy , jobs are advertised nationally and retraining is usual . |
| 29 | These controlling structures — proteins , and particularly DNA — are relatively long-lasting , and , in the case of DNA , their structure can be transmitted in the process of replication . |
| 30 | Although Catholics are not cited in the Smolensk Archive with reference to the taking of church valuables , their activity can be traced from other sources . |