Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] can be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rate at which this happens can be estimated . |
| 2 | As the name suggests this boards can be used in slalom competition where speed and manoeuvrability are important . |
| 3 | Some indication of how this operates can be seen in the last extract quoted , other answers to these questions are to a certain extent dictated by the nature of the activities involved in each specific arts subject , and the way they are examined . |
| 4 | Barth travels far and wide through the Bible , from Genesis to Revelation , and digests , criticises , and re-states a vast amount of material from the previous history of Christian thought , and from contemporary discussion — much of this in lengthy pages of tiny print , which readers are sometimes relieved to discover can be passed over without loss of the main drift ( though it should be said that some of the finest passages are to be found in the small print ) . |
| 5 | If response is enhanced by learning to look for more , then this approach seems to offer a way whereby such looking can be energized . |
| 6 | These setting can be used as the default setting for all the paragraphs of the document or to alter the characteristics of an individual paragraph . |
| 7 | The stepping rates at which these dips are likely to occur can be predicted if the natural frequency is known either from Eqn . |
| 8 | The properties of the state so formed are related in a probabilistic way to the properties of the states out of which it is composed [ the photon has a chance unc a of transmission ( which is a certainty for polarisation along y ) and a chance cos ' a of not being transmitted ( which is a certainty for polarisation along x ) ] This is what is meant by the superposition principle : that states can be combined in this way with a probability interpretation of the result . |
| 9 | Although basic information on those remarrying can be obtained from marriage records there are no details of the children involved or duration of the previous marriage ( Haskey , 1987 ) . |
| 10 | ( e ) Conflicts of interest Where firms involved in an amalgamation have previously acted for clients who have been involved in litigation against each other , the amalgamated firm must not accept instructions to act for any of those clients unless they are able to erect and maintain effective " Chinese Walls " and : ( 1 ) none of the solicitors involved are professionally embarrassed by continuing to act ; ( 2 ) all the clients have given their consent ; ( 3 ) those clients have received full and frank independent advice before giving their consent ; and ( 4 ) such continuing to act can be shown to be in the best interests of the clients . |
| 11 | The current laws on all kicking should remain except that any ball caught on the full from kick in general play can be returned directly into touch with the line-out at the point where the ball goes out of play — e.g. a scrum-half kicking for touch would still need to bounce the ball into touch but , should the kick be gathered on the full , then it can be kicked directly into touch . |
| 12 | If retrieval of the CS-US association depends upon the presence of the cues of the conditioning context whereas the cues of the pre-exposure context allow retrieval of the information that the target stimulus is not followed by any event , then no conditioned responding can be expected when the CS is presented in the latter context . |
| 13 | Active euthanasia , where intent to kill can be shown , still remains strictly illegal , whatever the wishes of the patient , and that is the cause of the fiercest debate . |
| 14 | The last displayed can be rotated , enlarged and panned . |
| 15 | Ordinary everyday flaking can be controlled with an anti-dandruff shampoo . |
| 16 | The earth 's magnetic field changes in strength and direction over time , and by measuring the local magnetic field around the clay , an estimate of when the clay was last fired can be calculated . |