Example sentences of "could [be] adapted to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turning to Charles Kettering , who 'd invented an electric motor small enough to power a National Cash Register , Leland asked if something similar could be adapted to the internal combustion engine . |
| 2 | He has often told friends he would like to write and he obviously has the creativity that could be adapted to another form of expression . |
| 3 | The mountain goat 's ancestry , as a member of the Bovid family , gave it a good start : it gave the animal the means of subsisting on the poor mountain vegetation , and it provided it with feet that could be adapted to moving around in the precipitous terrain . |
| 4 | In principle , the behaviour of the tits could be adapted to the job of building a safe , warm nest for offspring in three separate ways . |
| 5 | The interior of the carriage could be adapted to such varied uses as kitchen , bathroom , dressing room , office and dining room . |
| 6 | An idea used by both a leading paint manufacturer on the introduction of a new type of paint and a hair product manufacturer on the launch of a new shampoo and which could be adapted to quite a number of other fields was based on the headline " Do n't write about it until you 've tried it . " |
| 7 | Speaking in early 1989 , Medvedev ( an economist by training ) spoke still more positively of the market as a ‘ flexible instrument for reconciling production and consumption ’ which could be adapted to the purposes of a wide variety of social systems . |
| 8 | Everyone who worked with Laura at this time agrees that , as a fashion editor , she had a sure instinct about forecasting trends , a canny feel for coordinating colour and fabric that was invariably right , and knowledge of which of the latest details could be adapted to the ‘ Laura Ashley ’ look . |
| 9 | AS far as processor requirements are concerned , the flowchart of Fig. 8.6 assumes that the microprocessor is dedicated to the control of a single stepping motor , but the software could be adapted to the control of several motors . |
| 10 | Though he had no great stock of small talk he had a great store of commonplaces , which could be adapted to any subject . |
| 11 | The speed of the system was an important consideration as was the fact that Signet could be adapted to the firm 's precise needs . |
| 12 | This sort of structure could be adapted to the situation where the departing shareholders of Target are willing to accept deferred consideration ( the debentures ) , the managers become or remain shareholders in Target and a venture capital partnership wishes to invest directly in Target . |