Example sentences of "something which can be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then it is also objected that utilitarian thinking , which has reached its apotheosis in modern cost benefit analysis , regards all values as commensurable , and therefore thinks of every harm as something which can be compensated for , reaching , it is felt , particularly repellent extremes when the value of a human life is calculated as something to be set against the goods achieved by a motorway or by economy in safety precautions at a factory . |
| 2 | They will see the gradual integration of text , graphics and video into a single multimedia approach as something which can be handled within the reskilling tradition which is now being established . |
| 3 | For the benefit of those who would suggest that section 2(1) ( b ) shows that appropriation is something which can be done with the consent of the owner , I would paraphrase that provision by saying ‘ if he appropriates the property in the belief that he would have the other 's consent if the other knew what he had done and the circumstances in which he did it . ’ |
| 4 | True relaxation is something which can be learned by anyone — although , like anything worth having , it does take a little practice . |
| 5 | Your notebook is the tool which enables you to take any experience , any observation , any physical sensation and turn it into something which can be shared by others . |
| 6 | His example makes it seem that the circle is not simply a detachable result of , or something which can be considered in isolation from , certain motions , but rather something whose very nature and properties are essentially tied up with its method of production . |
| 7 | A will in my judgment is a document which must at least purport to contain something which can be described as a testamentary disposition . |
| 8 | This is not something which can be left to governments or industry ; each one of us must be aware of our own actions — what products we use , how we treat the earth and so on . |
| 9 | Grab any makeshift weapon as the gang approaches — something which can be used as a club or baton is best — and attack at once . |