Example sentences of "thing that can be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the theory that linguistic communication consists in conveying mental things — ideas — from one person 's mind to another person 's mind by means of things that can be heard or seen , things which if one accepts the theory , are called ‘ signs ’ or ‘ symbols ‘ . |
| 2 | If , however , this investment of time and effort for training and research into the market is beyond the reach of your dealership , there are , after all , only so many things that can be tackled in a day , it is worth looking at the alternatives . |
| 3 | And his programme was to try to show that really ultimately the only things that can be accepted are our own sense experiences , and to try to exhibit everything else , ordinary material objects , and then of course , physical objects in turn , as constructions , as logical constructions out of these . |
| 4 | They are always composed : 1 ) of a dissimilar thing that can be exchanged for the thing of which the value is to be determined ; and 2 ) of similar things that can be compared with the thing of which the value is to be determined . |
| 5 | In many cases , things that can be defined as entities could also be defined as attributes , and vice versa . |
| 6 | March 3rd , pure gloom ; ‘ For days I have seen nothing but the most terrible things that can be painted from a human mind . ’ |
| 7 | I like to design things that can be made simply but create a dynamic relationship when the elemental parts are put together . |
| 8 | The intelligent amongst us have already been looking at the questions on page forty seven and realizing that despite the weirdness of the sound of this music there are some quite direct things that can be asked . |
| 9 | for example , to solve any design problem there has at some stage to be a switch from systems thinking to thinking in terms of physical entities because these are the things that can be created , precisely located and manipulated in the real world . |
| 10 | But if descriptive phrases are necessary to introduce names or things that can be seen and pointed at , they are clearly even more necessary in respect of objects that can not be seen , or no longer exist . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , there are certain things that can be done . |
| 12 | These are just a few of the things that can be done with a relatively crude form of recording of four basic parameters on a time base . |
| 13 | Horses are not things that can be forgotten about . |
| 14 | We obviously ca n't afford to do that , on that scale , but what we can do , is fund into the regional scr er , screen commission at Birmingham , to their register , where they will hold details on what 's available , er , what houses , what large houses are available , things that can be set in , what lo what er , countryside there is , what facilities there are , what firms there are locally that can provide services to for a cost . |
| 15 | Lear is quantifying love , confusing it with other things that can be measured , weighed , counted . |
| 16 | All the things that can be passed down , the inhibitions , guilt and fear . |
| 17 | The important thing about form , in either the Platonic or Aristotelian senses , is that forms are the sort of things that can be thought , or apprehended intellectually . |
| 18 | I do n't think it 's the sort of thing that can be explained unless you can understand it without explanation . |
| 19 | Few primary schools are likely to match the example of Meadowfield Comprehensive School in Sheffield that raised £80,000 by accommodating conferences for the City 's Area Health Authority and its Training and Enterprise Council but it 's an example of the sort of thing that can be done with imagination and energy . |
| 20 | I agree with the hon. Gentleman that every conceivable thing that can be done should be done to ensure that the applicant — the hon. Gentleman was right to say that he may be old and slightly confused — is assisted in filling out the forms . |
| 21 | The only thing that can be said for astrology is that it makes money for those who write and publish horoscopes , despite being wrong on most occasions . |
| 22 | One thing that can be said for this type of control is that you only need a minimum of movement in the pot to switch between crunch and scream . |
| 23 | The one thing that can be said in favour is that it sends vegans and animal rights activists incandescent with rage . |
| 24 | ‘ The only thing that can be said is that somebody has just snuffed out a very special person who was going to achieve an incredible amount in life . |
| 25 | Chief Superintendent Paul Green of Holborn Police said at the scene last night : ‘ The only thing that can be said about the target is that it was in one of London 's main streets at a very busy time . |
| 26 | The one thing that can be said with certainty about mildew is that it is unpredictable . |
| 27 | One thing that can be said in opposition to the simultaneity idea is that if we persist in thinking precisely of causation , of one thing causing another , as distinct from any related kind of connection , we are inclined to try to substitute successions for simultaneities . |
| 28 | The best thing that can be said of them is that their contact with women is slight , the numbers who participate regularly are few , and whilst this reinforces the commonsense definition of poverty as being a result of apathy , it protects those who escape from the prescriptions of unperceptive need-meeters and from yet more management by misguided missionaries . |
| 29 | One thing that can be said about is that he he 's never drab . |
| 30 | ‘ HERE is the new Shorter Oxford Dictionary of which the first thing that can be said with confidence is that if you drop it on your foot you will never walk unaided again ’ — Commentator Bernard Levin . |