Example sentences of "[noun sg] can be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this respect the relationship between society and religion can be compared to that between families and the homes they live in . |
| 2 | Zarathustra 's monotheistic religion can be regarded as a response to the social conditions of his time , an age of transition when a settled agricultural and pastoral community was being threatened by predatory tribes who still followed the nomadic way of life . |
| 3 | RIGHT Religion can be regarded as a primitive attempt to explain scientifically all the phenomena around us . |
| 4 | The variation of pull.out torque with speed can be approximated by the straight lines shown dotted in Fig. 6.8 , i.e. TV ) is approximated by the functions : The step length is 15 degrees = 0.262 radians = 2n/np . |
| 5 | This is an outline of the way speed can be achieved during normal updating . |
| 6 | Direct drive stepping motors eliminate backlash and speed can be varied from 50-5000 microns per second with a focus resolution of 0.5 microns for precise control . |
| 7 | These observations of distance and speed can be coupled with general knowledge of the way a small probe behaves in the gravitational fields of bodies in the Solar System to determine the spacecraft 's position with astonishing accuracy , typically to a few hundred metres at a range of hundreds of millions of kilometres . |
| 8 | Unlike pluralist and elitist accounts ? this Marxist theory denies that individuals choose freely and that political action can be based upon their subjective and value-free preferences . |
| 9 | If this action can be maintained against a newspaper it can be maintained against every private citizen who ventures to criticise the ministers who are temporarily conducting the affairs of his government . |
| 10 | Enforcement action can be stopped at any stage by the payment of the amount due . |
| 11 | If Stein 's action can be seen as a rearrangement of Cristofori 's action , then the Viennese action , formally speaking , can be seen as a transformation of the English . |
| 12 | By giving pupils access to such software , the educational aim of allowing creative thought and action can be achieved by school librarians and teachers . |
| 13 | In both countries the movement away from the pure gospel of self-help to a demand for state action can be dated from the late 1840s . |
| 14 | This means that , if the conditions are all true in some state , then the operator called action can be applied to the state , and what is more , this operator may help the search . |
| 15 | The condition is a predicate which is true of just those states N that the action can be applied to . |
| 16 | A suggestive thing about it is that action can be measured in units of Planck 's constant h . |
| 17 | The advantage of the new representative action is that action can be taken on behalf of the body of investors , large and small , at the expense of the S.I.B . |
| 18 | No formal action can be taken on them through the UCAS scheme until after 25 July . |
| 19 | To stimulate the development and the application within the agency of techniques of environmental modelling and forecasting in order that adequate preventative action can be taken at the appropriate time ; |
| 20 | This action can be taken at the same time as your writ is issued and prior to judgement being given . |
| 21 | In view of public concern about violence and indiscipline in schools and the problems faced by the teaching profession today , to consider what action can be taken by central government , local authorities , voluntary bodies owning schools , governing bodies of schools , head teachers , teachers and parents to secure the orderly atmosphere necessary in schools for effective teaching and learning to take place . |
| 22 | Consider it essential proper principles are consolidated and that action can be taken in each case without reference to you . |
| 23 | A supervision order allows for close observation but requires evidence of deterioration before action can be taken in the form of recall to hospital to restart treatment . |
| 24 | Whatever action can be taken against censorship at an institutional or individual level depends on the firmness and strength of the profession 's stated position , and that requires an examination of views , role and actions of the professional association , namely the Library Association , in response to censorship . |
| 25 | Legal action can be taken against an authority if it either goes beyond its powers — that is , acts ultra vires — or does not fulfil its duties — its mandamus . |
| 26 | Under this power , action can be taken against any development ( or use ) whether it was specifically permitted under the postwar planning acts or established prior to them . |
| 27 | Having the right livelihood : doing the kind of job where right action can be practised without compromise . |
| 28 | The beginnings and endings of shots can be trimmed down to exact lengths and , given sufficient editing skill and technical resource , even cuts on action can be included in your movies . |
| 29 | In the event of non-compliance , in English law , an action can be brought for breach of contract or tort up to six years after the date of the event , as laid down in the Limitation Act 1980. [ 1 ] Documents that originate through the existence of the contract and evidence the events arising under the contract should therefore be maintained for that six year period . |
| 30 | 2.37 Only one action can be brought on behalf of the dependants ; see s2(3) of the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 . |