Example sentences of "[pers pn] can be [verb] to " in BNC.

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1 This can be seen by computing the scalar invariant given here by ( 9.22 ) Using ( 9.6 ) and ( 9.13 ) , I can be seen to be unbounded when for all values of k 1 and k 2 in the required range ( 9.9 ) .
2 I can be used to graphically estimate the rate of gas generation .
3 I 'm not actually talking to a teenager though I can be talking to anyone .
4 In this she can be considered to be the founder of district nursing .
5 ‘ The sooner they get him , the sooner she can be laid to rest . ’
6 Once the casualty is out of the car , paramedics from the county 's ambulance trust take over , sustaining the patient before she can be driven to hospital .
7 That way you can be seen to be doing a good job and will have more opportunity for improving your pay and possibly being promoted .
8 Once installed with the correct settings you can be talking to other computers within minutes .
9 You have to establish your bona fides before you can be listened to . "
10 President , Congress , Conference I know we will all welcome all the pressure that we can be brought to this government and its pursuit of policies if that 's the right world , policies that do n't have a direction would just have them from one crisis to another .
11 Salim 's flight to whatever is to become of him can be compared to the movement of these flowers , and to the Romeward journey in Virgil .
12 Words are used to inflect if they can be assigned to a number of grammatical classes , and the members of all these classes are distinguished from each other by their morphology ( internal shape ) and by their syntax ( the rules of their use ) .
13 The leases make the publican responsible for the upkeep of the pub and , although they can be assigned to another person after two years , the original holder would be responsible for meeting payments if that person defaulted .
14 The same effect can be achieved with a small pair of school compasses ( which have the advantage that they can be adjusted to exactly the right size ) , but these are more difficult to use to get an exact line .
15 But the images of beauty may be lost and forgotten and a mnemonic is needed so that they can be recalled to the mind easily .
16 For they are presented as holding between structures , or between a structure and the class struggle , and it is so far only an article of faith to suppose that they can be refined to a point where one can identify a specific connection such as that between an aspect of the peasant class and a particular form of capitalist state .
17 To a large extent the crops grown vary with altitude — they can be grown to a higher altitude on the warmer , less exposed south side .
18 In the sense that these parties have provided the electorate with a clear either-or choice in both countries for many years , they can be said to be doing their job .
19 Distributors and retailers selling " own brand " goods can be liable if they can be said to be holding themselves out to be the producer .
20 If you are conscientious at organising your notes and materials so that they can be referred to easily , then you will quickly be able to build up a personal library and reference system .
21 Arguably , the major advantage of procedures and functions is that they can be referred to by name .
22 They can be referred to as bills , drafts or acceptances and often come with a label — bank bills , bank drafts , time drafts , bankers acceptances are some examples .
23 They can be sent to London or Washington and should be addressed to the Editor .
24 The activities of delinquent fans might be more intelligible if they can be related to particular roles and positions with respect to other fans .
25 The principles on which these three kinds of bodies are built are so fundamentally different that it is difficult to believe that they can be related to one another except right at the very roots of the evolutionary tree .
26 The signal contents of these responses need careful reconsideration before they can be related to VOR adaptation .
27 The objective is to transform instincts and desires in such a way that they can be fitted to the overall goals of a person 's deliberative life .
28 They are a useful cleaning option , supplementing chemical activity , although they can be damaging to some surfaces .
29 Surpluses on a period of account should not be automatically lost , if they can be demonstrated to be the result of efficient working and not over budgeting , otherwise controllers will ensure that there are no surpluses .
30 The atoms can then be made to interact directly with the laser beam , as in the so-called collinear methods , or they can be converted to an atomic beam by heating in a small hot tantalum tube .
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