Example sentences of "can be [vb pp] to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Massey agrees that the fate of entities which are part of large spatially diverse enterprises can be related to explicit planning decisions , but considers that it is dangerous to somehow regard such actions as ‘ worse ’ than the consequences of the anonymous system forces of capitalism as manifested through market relations . |
| 2 | Not only is the method not scientific but , to the extent that Marx did make certain historical prophecies which can be related to empirical evidence over long periods of time , these can be examined and by and large they have not proved to be valid . |
| 3 | Library education will be more effective if the student understands what he is doing and why he is doing it — that is , if new facts can be related to existing knowledge . |
| 4 | This race is distinctly darker than our British bird and can be seen to good advantage on Sea-lion Island , the most southerly inhabited island in the Falklands . |
| 5 | But the absence , say , of sterile dressing packs can be turned to good use . |
| 6 | Other chemicals media are available , but generally they can be limited to quick removal of disease treatments . |
| 7 | This process is called inovulation , and can be likened to artificial insemination , in that the egg cell is deliberately removed from the woman 's body , and reinserted after fertilization . |
| 8 | Verbivore combines the fantastic ontological postulates of Amalgamemnon with the basically realistic postulates of Xorandor , creating a hybrid form which can be likened to magic realism as practised by many Spanish-American writers , and more recently by a number of British authors . |
| 9 | Faxes can be saved in order to be printed later or can be sent to other system subscribers — again using the keypad on a touch tone phone . |
| 10 | Marx 's argument that the proletariat becomes a revolutionary force because : machinery reduces differences thus homogenising the labour force ; the nature of work in a modern factory requires organisation ; and the exploitation of the industrial system leads to poverty and alienation , can be applied to rural society in Latin America . |
| 11 | Theory Z was put forward by W G Ouchi as an ‘ advance ’ on Theory Y. It attempts to draw on the successful management techniques of large Japanese companies , and suggests how the key elements of successful Japanese management methods can be applied to Western management and organisation . |
| 12 | Information on the effects of social work is frequently not systematically collected ; where a programme of research studies has been conducted over the past decade , it has often proved difficult to develop a co-ordinated body of knowledge which can be applied to future work . |
| 13 | Poulson , the well-known Tory who demonstrated what sort of corruption can be applied to private enterprise competitive local authority services ? |
| 14 | It remains to be seen to what extent they can be applied to social work . |
| 15 | Sociolinguists working in the variationist paradigm have concentrated on studying phonological variation , and it is doubtful whether variationist techniques can be applied to grammatical variation at all . |
| 16 | Much the same comment can be applied to comic crime . |
| 17 | ‘ This resulted in an extension of the available technology that can be applied to nuclear plant for process , safety and safeguarding purposes . |
| 18 | Unir , which is pressing the time-to-market argument , says that Calico can be applied to pen-based computing , object-oriented database servers , real-time object-based systems and special-purpose telecommunications systems that are either open or proprietary . |
| 19 | Unir , which is pressing the time-to-market argument , says Calico can be applied to pen-based computing , object-oriented database servers , real-time object-based systems and special-purpose telecomms systems that are either open or proprietary . |
| 20 | Once the hydrogen is produced it can be converted to other fuel forms such as methanol . |
| 21 | I would like to know if the machine can be converted to full time four wheel drive , There are no real advantages to permanent four wheel drive but , if you wish to , use the transfer box from a 1948–50 Series One . |
| 22 | The black-and-white images can be converted to false colour by computer , which looks much prettier , and is easier to interpret by eye , although it does n't really give more information . |
| 23 | The schizophrenic 's and schizotypal individual 's hypersensitivity , which many clinicians have emphasised , can be traced to weak modulation of stimuli that impinge upon the mind , leading to an undue awareness of events — both internal and external — less available to others . |
| 24 | Such individuals , because of their active interests and state of mind , do tend to live longer than those who are not so active and aware , but whether this can be ascribed to homoeopathic treatment or whether it is a spin-off of their state of mind is a moot point . |
| 25 | Only one in 12 instances of poor quality can be ascribed to insufficient effort by the practitioner . |
| 26 | In the pre-Hellenistic sections of the Bible there is no notion that can be ascribed to Greek influence : indeed there is no certain Greek word . |
| 27 | Over half the issues of British public libraries can be ascribed to recreational reading , although — as will be seen — public libraries are rarely arranged to suit the recreational approach . |
| 28 | A coloured variation can be made to simple cable panels . |
| 29 | SCOTVEC representatives gave an assurance that the results of the survey would be taken into account in considering areas where further improvements can be made to National Certificate procedures and practices . |
| 30 | Not surprisingly , different viewpoints have emerged over the range of activities which can be justified under the name of academic freedom , over the kinds of threat which are most felt to be present , over the circumstances in which appeal can be made to academic freedom , and over the justifications which academics employ to claim a right to ‘ academic freedom ’ . |