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

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1 Let your child wash the medicine down with a mouthful of his or her favourite drink , so that an association can be made between the taste of medicine and something more pleasant . ’
2 The main advantage of this type of structure is its relative simplicity , whereby identifiable divisions of labour can be made without causing unwanted overlap or competition between sections .
3 An analogy can be made with the push-down stack of plates in a cafeteria or ( as in the KDF9 manual ) with the magazine of a Sten gun .
4 So , much of the context of research has to do with trying to see if a particular approach , a particular theoretical conception can be made to yield matters of sociological interest .
5 Now the chief purpose of an industrial strategy is to develop strategic thinking about our national industrial affairs and provide a common background against which the key decisions determining that future can be made .
6 She is now a ward of court and no decision about her future can be made until the next court hearing on Tuesday , said a social services chief with Hammersmith and Fulham Council in west London .
7 She is a ward of court and no decision about her future can be made until the next court hearing on Tuesday , said a social services official with Hammersmith and Fulham council in west London .
8 For instance , coffee sponge can be made by adding a tablespoon of coffee ( first dissolved in a little hot water ) , or add 1 tablespoon lemon juice for a moist lemony cake .
9 In short , by manipulating the relative concentrations of applied hormones , segments from the appropriate regions of the dodder vine can be made to mimic in vitro the various patterns of growth seen in vivo , including the formation of haustoria .
10 Storage of samples at the ‘ standard conditions ’ normally gives evidence on which a prediction can be made with reasonable accuracy of the stability/compatibility and shelf-life of the product in domestic market conditions .
11 In the absence of such a process , one prediction can be made with confidence : we shall again lose the opportunity to learn from inevitable problems of implementing complex organisational reform in the public sector .
12 ‘ within the limits of an uncontrolled zebra crossing ’ This point is proved with the last point and mention can be made that the crossing was not controlled .
13 An entry can be made by any part of the accused 's body or by an instrument held by the accused to intimidate someone in the building or to remove goods from the building .
14 Thus one specific entry can be made for each subject in the index .
15 Such an investigation allows both an understanding of the actions of the country concerned , and , as a consequence of this , a realistic attempt can be made
16 No attempt can be made in a work of this scope to relate the full story of how nineteenth century attitudes to death evolved during the present century into those now prevailing .
17 Then an attempt can be made to examine possible changes to the system and so influence social policy as a result of the first-hand experience of the clients .
18 An attempt can be made to relate new information to existing knowledge .
19 So , an attempt can be made to introduce " representativeness " by stratifying the quota sample in terms of objective and known population characteristics such as : age , sex and family status ; socioeconomic group ; occupation ; income level ; ethnic background ; householder/houseowner status ; ( etc )
20 With all this in mind , the point of the argument has been reached where an attempt can be made to move towards an integration of the behavioural and strategic perspectives of corporate resource allocation .
21 Even without details of field systems and earthwork remains some attempt can be made to see how early farmers were exploiting the resources available to their settlement .
22 A figure published by Platt 's for aggregate OPEC output for February was also 22.9 million b/d , but care is obviously needed before any attempt can be made to relate the two .
23 The hole for the flange can be made with a large tank cutter or by drilling a circle of small holes and using a padsaw to connect them up , preventing the disc falling into the cylinder .
24 Time is not considered in classical theories yet no experiment can be made which does not involve time .
25 When sequences are similar the team will indicate their preferences so a rough cut can be made by the editor , who joins all the desired sequences together and cuts the whole thing to the exact time .
26 I have suggested that the channels for the light can be made strong through effort , training and discipline ; this is mainly for a particular purpose , such as writing or singing .
27 Search can be made through a number of different files at the same time .
28 A file in which all the attributes are inverted , i.e. have indexes provided so that a direct search can be made on any attribute , is known as fully inverted .
29 Search can be made by post ( see explanatory leaflet published by the Registrar of Companies ) , by personal attendance or ( the preferable and more common method ) through your law agent .
30 In the event that the defender contends that the case is not appropriate for the Optional Procedure , argument to that effect can be made , but insofar as the Diet Roll will be heard approximately eight weeks after service of the Summons , a decision as to how to proceed will require to be taken at an early stage .
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