Example sentences of "can [be] [verb] [prep] [be] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Secondly , issues of social policy are peculiarly sensitive and dependent on domestic policy and prevailing social conditions , so that even within the European Community the best that can be hoped for is a set of minimum standards .
2 You know that from here on in the best that can be hoped for is a sufficient economic upturn , plus a helpful nudge from the boundary redistributions , to carry you back into power — again probably , with a modest parliamentary majority and all the headaches it brings .
3 The induction in the core is magnified by the high permeability , except in the saturation regions where the result can be seen to be a trapezoidal induction waveform ( Fig. 3 ) .
4 The document is especially interesting in retrospect because it can be seen to be a fairly crude thought about the need to escape the deadening effects of 16+ examining .
5 The Ferrari-Ibañez ( 1986,1987 a ) solution can be seen to be a modification of the Khan-Penrose solution , while the more general case is a generalization of the Szekeres solution ( 10.19 ) with .
6 ( 10.45 ) By a comparison with ( 10.37 ) and ( 10.19 ) , this can be seen to be a generalization both of the above Ferrari Ibañez solution and also of the Szekeres class of solutions described in Chapter 9 .
7 ( vi ) The solution of Tsoubelis and Wang ( 1989 ) given by ( 10.44 ) has ( 11.33 ) This can be seen to be a generalization of ( 11.29 ) and ( 11.32 ) , and its properties can immediately be deduced .
8 This for Lévi-Strauss is tied up with the business of ‘ science ’ , which aims to discover truths that are universal and that can be seen to be a product of their method .
9 The project budget can be seen to be a result of the strategic planning ( Figure 2.2 ) loop 5 , 6 , 7 .
10 Referring to Figure 10.3 , the first quarter ‘ telling ’ can be seen to be a P-C transaction .
11 The project budget can be seen to be a result of the strategic planning ( Figure 2.2 ) loop 5 , 6 , 7 .
12 Referring back to the main circuit diagram , Fig. 2 , resistor R5 can be seen to be the charge resistor for capacitor C3 , whilst a rapid discharge occurs predominantly through R6 .
13 Some caputs can be seen to be the logical successors to Roman and pre-Roman sites , the latter remaining as hillforts which may have been reoccupied in post-Roman times .
14 Even the notorious " one consonant or two ? " problem can sometimes be solved this way : " reccommend " can be seen to be the wrong spelling because the word is made by adding the prefix " re " to the word " commend " .
15 There are few examples of their being scattered extensively and repeatedly used within a single text ; where this does happen , as for instance in Les quatre Souhais Saint Martin , the practice can readily be justified by its thematic significance ( on which see further below ) , as again can be seen to be the case with the cornucopia of excrement that Robin drops on to the deservedly victimized Jouglet .
16 Indeed , it can be said to be a consequence , but also a cause , of the growth of the academic subject with which this book is concerned .
17 A market can be said to be a place where buyers and sellers meet to make an exchange of goods ( or services ) .
18 From a socio-economic point of view , the low-input/low-output farm , which predominates especially , but not exclusively in the Mediterranean and upland regions , can be said to be an adaptation to the extremely difficult conditions under which it operates .
19 Of course , as recognized by the judge in the above case , if the structure is dictated by function then it can be said to be an uncopyrightable idea although , often that will not be so ; there will be a variety of potential structures possible .
20 It can be said to be the wind rustling through the trees , when first heard as the Tsarevich climbs over the wall to find his Princess .
21 If then you say that in such cases the mind thinks , I would only draw your attention to the fact that you are using a metaphor , that here the mind is an agent in a different sense from that in which the hand can be said to be the agent in writing .
22 But it still leaves us with the crucial problem that Sartre had to solve , namely how to link human consciousness with the processes of history so that the former can be said to be the agent of the latter .
23 The subject in the USA is , therefore , still implicitly dominated by one major theoretical perspective , and given the dominance of US scholars in the literature at large , Realism can be said to be the major current approach .
24 As the balloon expands , the distance between any two spots increases , but there is no spot that can be said to be the center of the expansion .
25 This can be understood to be a truce .
26 Burrough ( 1986 ) suggests that the area of the map covered by lines can be assumed to be an area of uncertainty .
27 This is that , where there is judicial uncertainty over the meaning of a legislative text , in the absence of any consequent overt expression of a contrary parliamentary view , certain categories of statement on the effect of the provision of a Bill by one of a narrowly defined group of parliamentarians , if not later withdrawn or varied , can be assumed to be an expression of parliamentary intention .
28 Surpluses on a period of account should not be automatically lost , if they can be demonstrated to be the result of efficient working and not over budgeting , otherwise controllers will ensure that there are no surpluses .
29 An aim can be taken to be a statement of intent on the part of the teacher , usually expressed in general terms , whilst an objective is a statement describing in specific terms what the student is expected to do at the end of a course of learning experience .
30 If the number of children varies , then the branching ratio n can be taken to be the number which makes this sum give the right answer .
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