Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] can [be] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Education has learned to grab with ease but not to reach out and yet there is a good deal of help that can be given to small businesses and voluntary organisations once the idea of level three partnership has been grasped . |
| 2 | Any food enjoyed by the child that can be given in small ‘ pieces ’ for example : yoghurt , cheese , biscuits . |
| 3 | There is no guarantee whatever that all formal equivalences can be given meaning , and there is no guarantee that such meaning as can be given to them will seem interesting or important from a poetic point of view . |
| 4 | It is the name that can be given to a historical construct . |
| 5 | Taking into account the notion of support , the most satisfactory definition that can be given of the English bare infinitive in the present state of our knowledge is therefore as follows : the bare infinitive is a non-finite verb form that provides for the incidence of its event to a support through all the instants of time required to actualize the complete lexical content of this event . |
| 6 | For those examples that have been described so far , the best advice that can be given to individuals is to help them to strengthen their time-cues and to take more notice of them . |
| 7 | For more detailed information than can be given here , readers should turn to A Study Manual of Professional Competence in Road Transport Management by David Lowe . |
| 8 | They differ from connotative terms like ‘ metal ’ — and to this extent ‘ are in the same condition as proper names ’ — in that whereas to the question , ‘ What are the things the resemblance to which you mark by calling this thing a ‘ metal ’ ? ’ the answer , ‘ Things of which it is true that their oxide dissolved in water yields an alkaline solution ’ can be given ; to the question , ‘ What are the things the resemblance to which you mark by calling this sensation ‘ a sensation of white ’ ? ’ the only answer that can be given is , ‘ Sensations to which I have given the name ‘ a sensation of white ’ ’ , an answer that does not ‘ unfold the signification of this class of names ’ . |
| 9 | Additionally , they do have continuity of employment and can be given the opportunity to do extra hours whenever possible . |
| 10 | Despite the dangers , however , there seems some point in setting out such information as can be given about the terms and even if the results are ultimately inconclusive , in order to help to define the problem . |
| 11 | Within the profession the general feeling is that the greater the degree of autonomy that can be given to teachers and schools , the more likely are they to accept responsibility for educational provision and become committed to improving its quality . |