Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] can be [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 Plans and drawings or maps can be stored in neat rolls in large baskets or drums or laid flat in thin drawers set into a wall of storage ; these can look interesting in themselves with their severe and narrow horizontal lines .
2 Coloured cards or strips can be used to indicate whether a room is vacant , occupied by staff , being cleaned or out of commission .
3 Both approaches are reflected in the report to annual parent meetings and both require a looking back at a school 's achievements in order that differences or improvements can be headlined .
4 Otherwise cell nuclei of embryos or aggregates can be stained and embryos disaggregated as discussed below .
5 Where this is not so , individuals or groups can be given the task of reviewing a particular area .
6 Such a commentary can be recorded or notes can be taken directly by the analyst .
7 The pages should be reduced and photographed in columns into the microfiche matrix , the top row of which is reserved so that legible headings or titles can be added to identify the microfiche when it is produced .
8 A jammed hinge or latch can be freed with a penetrating oil such as Plus Gas .
9 Cars supplied for hire or purchase can be adapted to suit the needs of the individual , but the types of adaptation that can be made to hire cars is more restricted because they have to be returned to the general market at the end of the hire period .
10 Or is there any sense in which those who oppose and vote against a particular policy or decision can be said to assent to it , or can be said to be governing themselves when they have voted against the policy that has been adopted ?
11 One significant difference is when an ‘ illness ’ has a starting date , or when the decline in energy or function can be pinpointed to a particular time .
12 Along with the Midland and GWR , the L & NWR can be classed as one of the three great Victorian railways .
13 Planned , actual or progressive value for any time period in value or hours can be exported to Lotus , Borland or Microsoft spreadsheets .
14 As we have said , each piece will have its own form , so no set patterns or rules can be formulated .
15 Unless omissions or combinations can be justified the method should use the basic six stages described at the beginning of the chapter .
16 The question is whether David Mellor knows that mere fun gets boring very quickly ; that excellence , whether in the media , sports or arts can be achieved only through difficulty , through painstaking work , through seriousness ; that people can not be conned for long .
17 Consequently , very few weaving centres in India or Pakistan can be said to constitute individual weaving groups .
18 The plaintiff seeks an interim or interlocutory injunction , being an order of the court requiring the defendant to desist from his action in order to maintain the status quo until its legality or illegality can be determined at a subsequent trial .
19 Some clay with coarse sand or gravel can be provided in the tank .
20 Sticks or twigs can be used for poles , and ‘ chains ’ or necklaces suspended from ‘ pole ’ to ‘ pole ’ .
21 Alternatively , the thin section or peel can be placed on the stage of a 35 mm transparency copying machine , and a black and white or colour photograph taken by flash for later printing or projection .
22 For example , queries on absence or overtime can be pinpointed immediately and problems answered very quickly , whereas before it quite often required considerable co-operation between Finance and Personnel .
23 Capital for major expenditure or investment can be raised in a number of ways but as an PLC we would have easier access to the most appropriate funding alternatives .
24 Then either f is a unit or f can be expressed as a product of a unit and finitely many monic * irreducible polynomials .
25 Cottages on Bunkers Hill face directly onto the green , and evidence of a pinfold or pound can be seen by the school wall .
26 Similarly , when moving into areas of hypertext and active documents , they quickly understand how scripts or methods can be associated with active document elements and how these may launch other programs in order to provide database searching or other forms of specialized processing .
27 Abilities or aptitudes can be tested psychologically ; experience can be validated by talking to peers or previous employers .
28 Facilities include 3 tennis courts ( payable locally ) , sunbathing lawns and a large terrace where light meals or snacks can be taken at lunchtime .
29 In any case there is something absurd about the notion that language or words can be attacked independently of their users .
30 The Law Society considers that the Law Commission 's proposals will have a significant practical application , not only to solve problems in relation to incapacitated people , but also to provide ways in which potential conflicts or disputes can be avoided .
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