Example sentences of "can [adv] be made [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Continuous time means that observation is unceasing , such as a continuous record of river discharge ; quantized time is when imaginary sections are used to subdivide time , as when precipitation amounts are measured daily or weekly ; discrete time is when interest focuses upon time duration and frequency of events per unit of time ; and sampled time is when observations can only be made at particular periods , such as weekly measurements of plant growth . |
| 2 | Staverman and co-workers ( 1956 ) paid particular attention to approximations to the solution of the integral equations used in the exact theory , since , experimentally , observations can only be made over limited periods of time ( in creep for example ) or limited frequency ranges ( in dynamic methods ) whereas the exact theory of linear viscoelasticity requires the use of infinite integrals . |
| 3 | Not surprisingly , left-inclined social scientists go on to take the view that good sense can only be made of British politics if the pluralist ideology is set aside and a start to understanding is made elsewhere than in the world of interest-group activity . |
| 4 | That is unremarkable since the anticipation of such problems and assessments of some of their causes and magnitudes can only be made by environmental scientists . |
| 5 | A distinction can thus be made between ordinary ‘ domestic ’ dollars — those used for transactions with the US — and Eurodollars . |
| 6 | The ions and many of the compounds can not be made by direct combination of their constituent elements . |
| 7 | So even if we agree that abolition was his intention and that that intention would have failed , if we consider also that it was mistaken anyway , we need pursue the point no further , except to add this : granted that the evil of insufficiently regulated competition is that it leads ultimately to the vicious exploitation of employees , the point can hardly be made of industrial co-operatives . |
| 8 | These data compare predator assemblages with trapping data from the same habitat over which the predator was known to hunt , and comparisons can also be made between different species of predator that live and hunt in the same locality . |
| 9 | Silage can also be made in large plastic bags which must be carefully sealed so that no air can enter . |
| 10 | In addition to cotton and chemical woodpulp , paper can also be made from mechanical woodpulp . |
| 11 | A decision can then be made on genuine grounds of comparative suitability , not just who sticks in the interviewer 's mind most . |
| 12 | This makes it possible to calculate the number of visits performed within the previously claimable hours of 2300 to 0700 and comparisons can therefore be made with historical numbers of claims for night visits and with earlier published research . |