Example sentences of "[noun sg] can be do " in BNC.

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1 I am sure if The Box is just something you stick the kids down to watch while you get on with something else , harm can be done .
2 No harm can be done by doing so : some good may result . "
3 It is not by welding distress and aspiration that any good can be done .
4 Useful preparatory study can be done by using social subject modules like ‘ People and the past ’ , ‘ People and society ’ , ‘ People and politics ’ and ‘ People and the environment ’ in the European/EC society context .
5 Screening for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy can be done either by echocardiography or by genetic screening .
6 In addition , these systems have built-in memories , so that once the details of a series of edits has been finalised , the actual assembly of shots onto the copy tape can be done with single-frame accuracy entirely automatically .
7 Once it is recognized that the job of the visual system is to recode the retinal image in terms of a representation of the outside world , and that much of this encoding can be done by comparing the properties of the retinal image in different parts of the visual field using fairly straightforward rules , constancies present no problem .
8 Stocktake can be done in half a day with the Psion Organiser
9 Administration can be done by double-entry book-keeping , but is quicker and cheaper if the core group has access to a computer .
10 In this way , with a little money but much commitment , a great deal can be done . ’
11 A great deal can be done by government to help and encourage such development .
12 But a great deal can be done by everyone involved in food handling — including people in their own homes — to reduce the incidence of food poisoning dramatically .
13 A great deal can be done using only an undifferentiated notion of abnormality , especially in conjunction with suitable ‘ diagnostic frames ’ ( see below ) ; but it will not have escaped the notice of the attentive reader that the ( a ) sentences in 17–21 above are all odd in different ways .
14 If research can be done in Holland and the USA , I do n't see why it should n't be done in Britain , except I suspect that some British police forces are just hostile to outsiders .
15 This type of research can be done on a small scale .
16 The new test can be done without harming them , as Ken Goodwin reports .
17 Roof windows are easy to install , as all the work can be done from inside the loft , without the need for scaffolding or ladders .
18 Finally , more work can be done on refining computer models of ‘ real swings ’ .
19 Most of the restoration work can be done in-house , however the greatest problem is the loss of the aircraft 's rear armament along with the centre and wing bomb racks .
20 Field work can be done first or second hand even among the savages , in the middle of pile dwellings , not far from actual cannibalism and head-hunting .
21 Just get busy with your needle and see if the work can be done by Friday .
22 While the excavation was in progress , it may have been possible to wash some of the finds and mark each one with a code indicating where it was found : this task has to be completed before any further work can be done .
23 Much good work can be done by comparing legal development in the various common-law countries .
24 support on design and method , encouragement that useful work can be done
25 Government-sponsored ’ neighbourhood work stations ’ in suburban areas are proposed so that more work can be done without driving downtown to the office .
26 It may finish earlier where no further work can be done or it may finish some minutes later in order to complete sensibly .
27 No further work can be done on the DC until assessments have been received from these users .
28 no more work can be done on any of the modules in the package
29 no more work can be done on any of the modules in the package
30 No further work can be done on the DC until assessments have been received from these users .
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