Example sentences of "[adj] that can be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the Court of Chancery : which has its decaying houses and its blighted lands in every shire ; which has its worn-out lunatic in every madhouse , and its dead in every churchyard ; which has its ruined suitor , with his slipshod heels and threadbare dress , borrowing and begging through the round of every man 's acquaintance ; which gives to monied might , the means abundantly of wearying out the right ; which so exhausts finances , patience , courage , hope : so overthrows the brain and breaks the heart ; that there is not an honourable man among its practitioners who would not give — who does not often give — the warning , " Suffer any wrong that can be done you , rather than come here " . |
| 2 | My only hesitation when praising this excellent meat is that I have found few who like to eat cold lamb , and while curried leftovers are an option , I suggest buying a joint that can be eaten at one sitting . |
| 3 | Few biologists have not at one time or another marvelled at the exquisite fit that can be found between the characteristics of an organism and the characteristics of its environment . |
| 4 | However , the division into high and low heads as general types is probably the most basic that can be made , and it would be pointless to set up a more elaborate system to represent differences if these differences were not recognised by most English speakers . |
| 5 | I think the Labour Party 's heart is in the right place , they want to take a positive approach and do what they can to help industry , to train , to put more money into training youngsters for industry then we have a skill work force , not a cheap , not a cheap unskilled labour force , er , you know , which is what we , what 's happening now , because we 've just not been trained , they 're cutting the training , but it 's all the same , anyway you know , I , I , I do n't know , you say what can I do for ya , well er in the short run not much except to help the , the people who are on lower income and the children through the budget er which will be introduced , it 'll be that why er through er child benefits and through er high , high benefits and through er , er lower taxes for the , everybody up to er twenty odd , twenty five thousand year or something , so , erm I mean that 's in the short run and little that can be done , it 's not as much as anybody would like , you put more and more into , into er , into training , er more money into industry to help them to invest , er you know you can have a sort of regional development banks to help industry to invest these in , in each of the regions , but I mean the , these are the positive plans and not like this one who 's just letting things go . |
| 6 | There is so much of good that can be done if we seize the opportunities which a modern world makes available . |
| 7 | The bowling department remains England 's main problem area , despite the batting failures , and there is not much good that can be said about the bowlers . |
| 8 | If there is more than one type of eligible cash market good that can be delivered against the contract , then the short will choose the one that is cheapest to deliver . |
| 9 | Electron storage rings can easily produce visible outputs because of their high energies ( typically several hundred MeV ) , but they are weakened by the very low peak current that can be achieved , which significantly lowers their gain . |
| 10 | Obviously the size of the negative that can be overcome by a given positive decreases as κ/; κ C decreases . |
| 11 | There are many different products available that can be used by the DIY enthusiast to construct the decorative face of a retaining wall . |
| 12 | Indices are available that can be used to compare prices ( or , less often , quantities ) at two time points . |
| 13 | In the following case studies , we will glimpse aromatherapy in action from several different levels : the simple , almost symptomatic approach ( which does occasionally have a role to play ) ; the holistic/intuitive ( valuable for those suffering from stress-related problems ) , and finally , clinical/holistic — the ultimate that can be achieved in holistic healing . |
| 14 | In such a well studied and carefully recorded area , is there anything new that can be said about this Bronze Age landscape ? |
| 15 | There is no pill of which we are aware that can be relied upon to promote adjustment of the internal clock . |