Example sentences of "[noun sg] can be [verb] to " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | The condition is a predicate which is true of just those states N that the action can be applied to . |
| 4 | This Velcro makes a flat fixing — the soft loop side can be sewn to the fabric and the firm hook side has a self adhesive backing which can be stuck on to a wooden , plastic or metal surface . |
| 5 | Finally , a new 10Base-T hub card can be added to any of the RX 7000 models for integrated routing and hub facilities , also from April , at $2,000 . |
| 6 | An analogy can be drawn to a human-being continually expending energy yet simultaneously absorbing life-force energy from the environment , which offsets the amount expended . |
| 7 | Attention decrement can be compared to the order effect in cases where subjects ‘ hold on ’ to initial words and do n't pay attention to later words — ; ‘ tended to remember first 3 adjectives better than last 3 ’ . |
| 8 | This causes no problem , as the defendant can be said to be at fault whenever he commits a tort . |
| 9 | But thought itself can be creative and this creative thinking can be put to good use in all areas of life — from running a business to preparing for Christmas . |
| 10 | The overall responsibility for the organisation of the ward learning programme can be delegated to one particular member of staff , but everyone in the ward team should participate . |
| 11 | It is necessary , in my judgment , to look at the facts somewhat closely to see what amounts to a discharge and how far the reasoning can be applied to the case , not of joint and several debtors , but of several debtors alone , albeit all liable for the same debt . |
| 12 | There are no time limits so study can be matched to the available time you have . |
| 13 | Third , debasement of early medieval coinage in western Europe and the eventual replacement of gold by silver can be attributed to the cessation of the flow of gold bullion from east to west with the abandonment of gold subsidies paid by the Byzantine empire to the barbarians in the west . |
| 14 | Examples would be where the witness can be shown to be unreliable , biased or prejudiced . |
| 15 | The police car can be said to be represented as a " welcome sight " , and there is therefore a reference to the time before its appearance which is not present in the sentence with the subordinate clause . |
| 16 | The impact of this approach on physical geography can be attributed to the ways in which these four types of system could rationalize physical geography endeavour , and could catalyse the introduction of new concepts especially concerned with temporal change . |
| 17 | The induction in the core is magnified by the high permeability , except in the saturation regions where the result can be seen to be a trapezoidal induction waveform ( Fig. 3 ) . |
| 18 | It is hoped that the result can be generalised to the macroeconomic level and that useful insights will be provided about the performance of UK companies in an increasingly competitive international environment . |
| 19 | Elements of each drawing can be assigned to one of 256 available levels , each of which can be displayed separately if required . |
| 20 | It requires the cooperation of every citizen , and no law which unreasonably infringes the freedoms of that citizen can be expected to be effective . |
| 21 | A weight can be tied to the bar by a piece of rope and then raised and lowered to make the exercise more difficult . |
| 22 | For similar reasons , not much weight can be given to the argument that balance of payments difficulties arose from persistent excess absorption ( i.e. too high a level of demand ) in the economy [ Matthews et al. , 1982 ] . |
| 23 | It follows however that , so far as is relevant for the purposes of the present appeal , I do not consider that much weight can be attached to the argument of Wickes that section 47 is inconsistent with article 30 . |
| 24 | So no weight can be attached to the decision . |
| 25 | While it is possible that the missionary who baptized in the River Glen was the Briton , Rhun , and that Bede was mistaken when he located Paulinus at Yeavering , the statement about Rhun in the Historia Brittonum , inserted as it is in a somewhat garbled account seemingly extrapolated from the Ecclesiastical History , can not be regarded as undoubtedly signifying this and it is uncertain what weight can be attached to it . |
| 26 | These , together with marksheets and LEA reports , are produced on a turnround basis ; specific computer files are created at the point of printing the forms so that subsequent data entry can be reduced to a minimum of keystrokes . |
| 27 | Yet , as Mary Ainsworth ( 1969 ) points out in relation to the concept of attachment between mother and child ( monkeys included ) , a mental or physiological condition can be said to be present even when it is not visible in behaviour . |
| 28 | Most goldfish keepers would agree that most , if not all of their problems of fish losses and loss of condition can be attributed to poor water quality . |
| 29 | It is an excellent example of the way in which thorough research methodology can be applied to complex human experience and provide useful and thought-provoking results . |
| 30 | With a brown-field solution disruption can be kept to a minimum . |