Example sentences of "[noun] which can [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Ministry of Agriculture in Britain has developed a forecasting system based primarily on soil temperature in the early spring which can predict the likely severity of nematodiriasis . |
| 2 | On the other hand , they provide no support for the pipework which can cause the cistern to split or make the plumbing noisy if the pipes are not adequately supported in some other way . |
| 3 | Under a heavy parallel processing load , the whole thing will tend to slow down as the 10Mbps links clog , so at the SP1 's launch , the company concentrated on its new , high speed packet switch which can replace the Ethernet . |
| 4 | To take the particular case of relevance to this book , adjectives in English are , broadly , those words which can instantiate the P in both patterns of : Verbs can instantiate the latter position but not the former ; the lexical meaning expressed by a given verb must , exactly , undergo a change of syntactic class in order to do this , this usually being marked by an overt morphological change . |
| 5 | He exhibits a number of adjectives which differ in precisely the way required while maintaining the same or essentially the same lexical value ( we modify his examples slightly where it is possible to do so without damage to his case , so as to make the distinction sharper ) : ( 19 ) visible stars vs stars visible the only navigable rivers vs the only rivers navigable a handy tool vs are your tools handy ? guilty people vs people guilty As it happens , the examples which Bolinger uses employ words which can make the distinction a rather subtle one , with perhaps the exception of visible stars ( a group recognized astronomically ) beside stars visible ; but it is quite easy to produce further instances which seem to confirm his view : ( 20 ) a complaining visitor vs a visitor complaining the eligible bachelor vs the bachelor eligible In other cases , the divergence of lexical value between the two positions may be greater but still with the characteristic value for the former , and the occasion value for the latter : ( 21 ) the responsible man vs the man responsible a sorry sight vs the girl is sorry He notes that the acceptability of an adjective in pre-adjunct position may apparently depend on whether or not it can be regarded as indicating a relatively enduring characteristic of what is expressed by the noun , as in : ( 22 ) the faint girl vs the girl is faint an asleep man vs a man asleep This possibility of course depends not only on the adjective itself but also on the nature of the noun being qualified , so that " when one scratches one 's head the result is not *a scratched head but when one scores a glass surface the result is a scratched surface " . |
| 6 | Prices in the shops , politics and politicians , food and drink , smells and tastes are all subjects which can stimulate the mind . |
| 7 | In Final Honours year students may also make a submission which can take the form of compositions , or a dissertation , or an edition , or a portfolio of practical work , or a recital . |
| 8 | More important for them is the other alternative which can follow the first primitive stage : feudalism . |
| 9 | There is a carefully defined hierarchy of offices which can provide the organisation with continuity via recruitment from below . |
| 10 | Due to the development of an instrument which can staple the ends of the rectum together lower than was previously possible , fewer abdomino-perineal resections now need to be performed . |
| 11 | Heroin acts as an ill-fitting key which can open the lock but can not then be withdrawn . |
| 12 | Certainly there is little doubt that the technologies which can manage the ambiguous and variously interpreted data of history are likely to be highly transferable ones . |
| 13 | This activation of a hypothesis through connections to any part of it is enough in itself to recover the missing information , but TRACE II also has feedback from the higher level which can increase the activity of all the lower level descriptions which support it . |
| 14 | Refinements include adjustable pressure options , detergent feed , dead man 's handle and attachments such as spray hoods and changeable nozzles which can shape the water jet from a fine pencil to a broad fan . |
| 15 | In practice however it is possible to have a permanent majority which can deny the protest votes of minorities who are unable to bring about their desired changes . |
| 16 | The matrix of social differentiation which can form the basis for collectivities includes other dimensions , such as parentage , region , religion , income level , form of housing tenure . |
| 17 | In other words , to the extent that Christianity is seen as providing a source of values which can legitimise the market economy , those same values undermine the assumptions from which a humanistic defence of the market economy starts . |
| 18 | This list is of vital importance , for it gives a broad approach to the curriculum which can unite the profession . |
| 19 | ‘ Pranksters waste vital minutes which can make the difference between life and death . ’ |
| 20 | This VDU is the only one in the installation which can access the personnel database . |
| 21 | LEFT Iron objects are best drawn with the aid of X-rays which can give the shape and form of an object under the corrosion . |
| 22 | There is extensive areas of woodland , many commercial plantations which can become the starting point for accommodating the new village . |
| 23 | For example , the Social Security Commissioners will regard a failure to have regard to the principles of natural justice as an error of law which can form the basis of an appeal to them . |
| 24 | The nostrils open into cups which can detect the most minute changes in the chemical composition of water . |
| 25 | Without such public support , egalitarian governments have to resort to excessive authoritarianism which can destroy the very notion of true equality that it hopes to achieve . ’ |
| 26 | The following is a specimen layout for a typical bill of exchange although there are many different styles of exchange which can satisfy the definition given above . |
| 27 | We need to ensure that we get a ferry between Rathlin and Ballycastle which can operatate the whole year round and open the island much more to tourist traffic and economic development . |
| 28 | There is a different form of automatic teaching device called a pacing machine which can facilitate the development of motor skills . |
| 29 | It is also the location for equipment which can link the islands of Westray , Stronsay , Sanday , Hoy , Papa Westray and Rousay with Kirkwall and Stromness , or even Aberdeen , for interactive lectures , tutorials or lessons . |
| 30 | Instead of responding directly by logical rules and paths which have been envisaged and stored by the programmer an expert system training programme contains a knowledge base and an inference engine which can consult the knowledge base and respond more adaptively to the idiosyncratic needs of the trainee . |