Example sentences of "[noun pl] that can be [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Norwich Union says that drivers of cars that can be costly to repair and low-risk policy holders could save up to 15 per cent .
2 Medicine is being revolutionised by a host of natural proteins that can be mass-produced by bacteria , ranging from human growth hormone costing $700,000 ( £400,000 ) a kilogram to the blood clotting agent Factor VIII which costs $1 billion per kilogram .
3 There is a considerable literature on the psychological strategies that can be effective in dealing with crises .
4 Contradictions , splits , can readily be perceived , by those minded to perceive them ; pursuits that can be married , like oral history and psychoanalysis , can be found to separate .
5 As a result of the syntactic ambiguity and the number of grammar rules that can be satisfied , multiple parses are possible .
6 This powerful technique has been limited so far to molecules that can be excited by CO 2 lasers , which have limited tunability .
7 This extends itself to winters very often — the types of winters that can be available are obviously very attractive , not just to professional cricketers , I mean , but to the vast majority of the population .
8 The area microphone was retained chiefly to record all those cockpit noises such as fire alarm bells , mach warnings , landing gear and flap selector operation and the hundred and one other identifiable noises that can be helpful to investigators .
9 Methods are given in Section 4.3 for the removal of those metals that can be troublesome .
10 The range of things that can be addictive , though , is wider even than the range of available drugs .
11 Provide pots that can be half-filled with water and then have stones dropped into them so that children can see the water level rising and find out about displacement .
12 A Greenpeace spokesman commented : " The dictates of free trade lead to competitive pressures on companies , which seek the lowest costs in ways that can be harmful to the environment . "
13 It has several aspects , including : ( a ) the range of options offered to the teacher is crucial in fitting the program to his style and enabling him to contribute effectively , but too many will be confusing ( b ) the designer may see a whole range of possible extensions to the teaching possibilities of the program : the lengthy development process of all good teaching units makes such extensions attractive but trying to include them in one program will tend to make it difficult to ‘ see through ’ and to use ( c ) the desire for compatibility with different hardware configurations often inspires programming constraints that can be severe ; conversely , programs that fully exploit the facilities of a particular microcomputer are likely to be difficult to transfer .
14 This is a dramatic disorder of the small intestine which produces a massive outflow of water electrolytes that can be fatal within a matter of hours after the onset of disease !
15 Plans for new services and stations ‘ must be schemes that can be grant-aided and must cover their own costs , including running costs .
16 There is evidence that good glycaemic control reduces the risk of diabetic complications that can be disabling or fatal .
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