Example sentences of "[pron] can be [vb pp] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the pattern of research work in the humanities and social sciences is such that perhaps the only generalisation which can be made is that no article or book is written using only the resources of one library , still less the home library of a researcher 's institution . |
| 2 | Sometimes the only advice which can be given is , ‘ Learn to live with it . ’ |
| 3 | Such approaches have been applied to cursive words of English ( Frishkopf and Harmon 1961 ; Harmon , 1962b ; Earnest , 1962 ; Farag , 1979 ; Brown and Ganapathy , 1980 ) , but to achieve any degree of accuracy the vocabulary which can be recognised is very small . |
| 4 | ‘ Sackholders ’ which look like dustbins but lack proper handles which can be grasped are INADEQUATE for loose refuse and MUST NOT be used except to hold tied plastic sacks . |
| 5 | The first and most obvious question which can be asked is , why call the union between a man and an operated transsexual a ‘ marriage' ? |
| 6 | The second aspect which can be noted is the reluctance of government sometimes to appreciate or accept possible resource implications . |
| 7 | The work which can be done is any work a solicitor normally does other than representation in a court or tribunal . |
| 8 | It will be noted that where there is no penetration but aggravating circumstances exist , the maximum penalty which can be imposed is heavier than in cases where there is sexual penetration but aggravating circumstances are absent . |
| 9 | The only measure of performance which can be yielded is the comparison of budget with actual . |
| 10 | even those words which can be produced are often poorly articulated ; |
| 11 | The Local Government Act 1972 specifically states that the only business which can be transacted is that appearing in the summons convening the meeting . |
| 12 | The range of fabrics which can be knitted is amazing , but so often we do not have time to explore them . |
| 13 | This makes very good sense , for in the wild there is much less food available during the winter , and the plants which can be found are less nutritious in winter than in summer . |
| 14 | The number of motors which can be controlled is limited by the requirement that step commands may have to be issued to all motors between successive clock interrupts . |
| 15 | However , the range which can be used is amazing . |
| 16 | There are , however , two limitations : the thickness of the paper which can be used , and the fact that if the cost is not to be prohibitive , the only colour ink which can be used is black . |
| 17 | Unfortunately , video imaging systems are not very tolerant of contrast , and the range of brightness between the lightest and darkest areas of a picture which can be reproduced is very much less for video than it is for ordinary colour photography . |
| 18 | Such phyla so persist because the only way they can be recognized is by reference to themselves . |
| 19 | As with all other aspects of capitalist society , however , local variations in the interpretation of these two roles and the institutional framework within which they can be operated are normal . |
| 20 | Details of where they can be obtained are given on p. 146 . |
| 21 | And the assumption that they can be given is grounded on faith alone . |
| 22 | They often get left on the shelf , and the only way they can be sold is if the price is reduced . |
| 23 | The rejoinder must be : although we may generally have neither the time nor the inclination to look at literary language under the microscope in this way , the fact that it can be done is important , and the doing of it can not fail to sharpen observation , by making us aware of how larger effects are built up from smaller ones . |
| 24 | The effect , however , turned out to be a somewhat elusive one in subsequent research , until the conditions under which it can be obtained were elucidated by Johnston and McClelland ( 1973 ) . |
| 25 | The extent of such informal activity will vary greatly in different areas and the extent to which it can be stimulated is unclear . |
| 26 | Once alcohol has reached the blood , the only way it can be removed is by the liver . |
| 27 | It is not necessary to set out all the evidence for the writer 's opinion : a summary of it , or a reference to where it can be found is sufficient . |
| 28 | When the inputs to a perceptron s0 , s1 , … sN can only be 1 or 0 , then the possible inputs that it can be shown are the corners of an N-dimensional cube . |
| 29 | A good example of what can be achieved is Susanna Wade-Martin 's research on the Holkham estate in Norfolk . |
| 30 | What can be seen is that Parliament can not have intended an implied limitation along the lines of Ex parte Blain , 12 Ch.D. 522 . |