Example sentences of "can [adv] be [vb pp] to [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | alcohol can only be served to persons taking table meals . |
| 2 | Is a complex idea which can only be explained to parents with great difficulty . |
| 3 | In the case of the substantive apple , it is obvious that the lexeme evoked by this word can only be applied to objects of our experience which are by nature apples : it can not be said of a pen or an eraser . |
| 4 | Moreover , the system of land tenure , wherein the land belongs to the indigenous Fijians and can only be leased to Indo-Fijians ( the descendants of indentured cane workers who were drafted in from India in the early colonial period ) militates against conservation measures because it ensures the political dominance of the former ; and the encouragement of production ensures that such land is seen to be in use , an artefact to maintain internal stability . |
| 5 | Opinion on an individual 's functioning can only be given to others with that person 's consent . |
| 6 | For example , we have already noted the argument ( and see Chapter 2 below ) that if semantics is to be truth-conditional , then the truth conditions can only be assigned to utterances , not sentences — in other words , contextual specifications are a necessary input to a semantic component , and thus pragmatics is ( at least in this respect ) 16 prior to semantics . |
| 7 | This means that the kind of discount which supermarkets , for example , are able to offer on other consumer goods can not be applied to books . |
| 8 | This rule can not be applied to items from the newer weaving countries ( Pakistan and the Balkans , etc ) which produce workshop versions of almost any type of design . |
| 9 | Newby Moss merits a leisurely exploration but the broad ridge beyond can not be recommended to walkers who travel for pleasure . |
| 10 | The relevant concept is seen to be that choice , influencing cost , which is borne exclusively by the decision-maker , can not be shifted to others and is dated at the moment of the decision . |
| 11 | Unlike their wimpish , ambitious colleagues in the Lower House , they can not be reduced to tears or submission by bullying whips . |
| 12 | technology can not be reduced to machines . |
| 13 | Lawrence Stenhouse ( 1970/1 ) has seriously doubted whether the articulation of behavioural objectives is practical in ( for instance ) the teaching of Hamlet : The content of a work of art can not be reduced to students ' behaviours . |
| 14 | It followed that the proper jurisdictional limits were the same as those applying to subpoenas , which can not be addressed to persons outside the United Kingdom . |
| 15 | This task is , in my view , something for all of us , and can not be left to doctors or parents to determine , unless we decide formally to authorize them to do so by law . |
| 16 | Lott quotes Grady : ‘ An awareness of the different social and economic conditions for women and men can not be left to sociologists if psychology is to maintain its integrity as a science ’ ( 1985 : 160 ) . |
| 17 | The oral shield of A. bellis is slightly rounded triangular while in A. tritonis it is distinctly arrowhead-shaped and this disparity can not be attributed to differences in size . |
| 18 | The long-term decline in the participation of older people , particularly older men , in the workforce can not be attributed to changes in the individual characteristics of older people themselves — their health , attitudes to work and so on . |
| 19 | This suggests that the grade differences can not be attributed to employees in the lower grades being more likely to take the odd day off or to those in the higher grades staying at work despite minor illness . |
| 20 | A solution might be to accept that while public policy in general can not be confined to considerations of economic efficiency , it is inappropriate for competition policy to examine wider social costs and benefits . |
| 21 | Equally , uncertainties over delivery timing can be drastically reduced when subcontractors are located close to the parent and the Japanese obsession with inventory control can easily be extended to suppliers . |
| 22 | It can easily be taken to places such as hospitals , prisons and community centres . |
| 23 | Part 4 deals with how this , and all it involves , can best be delivered to parents . |
| 24 | It can possibly be traced to Taps in 1981 . |
| 25 | Not specifically recorded in the NVC , but occurrences of this community can probably be equated to records for B.rufus . |
| 26 | Apart from its direct interpretation , the TSP can also be applied to problems that have nothing to do with towns and salesmen . |
| 27 | The principle that larger cylinders will withstand more wear can also be applied to discs . |
| 28 | Artificial names can also be applied to objects or even to countries . |
| 29 | Although Dr Gale 's project is largely concerned with metals , this technique can also be applied to ceramics and rocks , as well as corals , bones and molluscs . |
| 30 | GPs make many decisions which have financial consequences and all the arguments for clinical budgets to be applied to hospital doctors can also be applied to GPs . |