Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] can be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reasons given can be gathered under four broad heads : it would be a ‘ perilous adventure ’ to superimpose one part of a foreign system of law ( that is , the English law of mortgage ) upon the different system of land law in Sri Lanka ; the evidence about delay in enforcing mortgages and its adverse effects on the confidence of investors was thin ; the English rule , that a mortgagee should be able to sell the property on default without intervention of the court , would lead to breaches of the peace ; and there was a need to protect borrowers . |
| 2 | Discourse analysis deals with a more general speech style in which the different choices speakers make can be described in functional as well as formal terms . |
| 3 | That the financial parameters adopted can be related to or inform the levels of payments for services that will support alternative arrangements for some individuals assessed as requiring residential care services . |
| 4 | If one adult is in role and another remains out of role the roles adopted can be pushed farther ; it is easier to take on very challenging Devil 's Advocate roles . |
| 5 | ‘ Their origin will , however , become clear as soon as the number of neutrons produced can be increased by increasing currents and temperatures . ’ |
| 6 | We shall examine random additions to a file ; as the principles involved do not change if the additions are grouped or regular in pattern , the methods used can be adapted to suit those cases . |
| 7 | However , radar has the advantage over the passive receipt of radio waves that the pulses sent can be controlled and their nature and time of sending are known . |
| 8 | The idea is to see if the terms on which bargainers settle can be influenced by such cues . |
| 9 | The combination of intellectual abilities and personal qualities which employers seek can be developed not only through academic study but through wise use of leisure time and vacations. , |
| 10 | By promoting the exchange of ideas and experiences , the lessons learned and technologies applied can be adapted by LASMO engineers to be reapplied and to add value to new ventures . |
| 11 | Several of the sites recognized can be considered to be divergent forms of the consensus sequence which is recognized by Vmw175 . |
| 12 | The comments and criticisms made can be categorized into two substantial debates — funding and management . |
| 13 | The choice of bibliographies used can be monitored and spot checks made on the orders proposed , taking some limited subject areas and using sections of a reliable and up-to-date bibliography . |
| 14 | Less thoroughgoing and less dangerous aspirations to verse can be allowed to subside of themselves . |
| 15 | Many of the theories and models proposed can be shown to have application to observable patterns of settlement on the ground . |
| 16 | Under normal domestic circumstances barking can be controlled without such mutilation being necessary . |
| 17 | Ask the vendor if you can defer discussion until you 've completed the survey , so that all matters arising can be dealt with at one go . |
| 18 | The advantages identified can be summarised as follows : |
| 19 | For simple recording with no editing using a single camera system the skills needed can be acquired from reading the manual and developed by using the camera . |
| 20 | It would be unduly optimistic to assume that management skills have risen to a level such that costs undertaken can be assumed to be equivalent to value . |
| 21 | The various bridges considered can be modified to allow the inductance of an inductor to be measured as a function of the direct current carried . |
| 22 | The C applications generated can be executed under Unix V.4 , Santa Cruz Operation Inc Open Desktop and Unix System V/386 3.2 , DEC Ultrix and OSF/1 , Hewlett-Packard Co 's HP/UX , and IBM Corp 's AIX ( which one , or all of them ? ) |
| 23 | The major difference between these two forms is that CPM assumes that the time required to complete an activity can be predicted fairly accurately , and thus the costs involved can be quantified once the critical path has been identified , whereas PERT assumes that time has to be estimated in drawing up the critical path . |
| 24 | As a result of the seminar , a private meeting with senior officials from the Department of Transport and the Office of Fair Trading has been arranged so that some of the ideas discussed can be perused further . |
| 25 | With the exception of polyanthus , all the plants mentioned can be sown in a spare piece of ground outdoors . |
| 26 | After the anti-war protests of the 1960s , the university forbids classified research — but weapons work can be done if it is publishable . |
| 27 | The OFT will look at why a cartridge which trade sources say can be made for less than £10 can cost up to £65 . |
| 28 | Developments across the country are uneven , but the shape of things to come can be seen in the greater provision of minor surgery by general practitioners , the increase in health promotion work in general practice , the employment of staff such as physiotherapists and dietitians to work alongside general practitioners , the establishment of shared care arrangements for treating conditions such as diabetes and asthma , and the introduction of ‘ treat and teach ’ schemes , in which specialists carry out some of their consultations in general practitioners ' surgeries and develop the skills of general practitioners in the process . |
| 29 | The validity of some of the figures used can be challenged and different methods of accounting can demonstrate different relationships between growth and spending . |
| 30 | Then too , the solutions to some problems exemplified can be applied elsewhere . |