Example sentences of "a [noun sg] can be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result , a function can be replaced by another , perhaps more efficient version , without changing the rest of the program as long as the external behaviour remains the same . |
| 2 | Before a function can be managed , one must understand how it works and Fig. 17 suggests how the exhibition communication process works . |
| 3 | I agree with my hon. Friend that perhaps a moral can be drawn from that . |
| 4 | A case can be transferred from the County Court to the High Court or vice versa if it is for a claim between £25 000 and £50 000 at the determination of the court after the court has considered ( a ) the financial substance of the case , ( b ) the importance of the case , ( c ) the complexity of the legal issues , and ( d ) the speed of trial . |
| 5 | A case can be made for both its constitutional propriety and its administrative efficiency . |
| 6 | A case can be made for giving tolbutamide to those 65 years and over who are obese Type 2 patients and need an oral agent . |
| 7 | Scaevola is less than enthusiastic , but he does state that a case can be made for a trust 's having been established . |
| 8 | However , a case can be made out for cyclically adjusting such figures so that the long-term trend of unemployment may be observed . |
| 9 | second time around , by chance or otherwise , as animals further evolved to repopulate the Earth , the mammals came out on top ( although a case can be made that it was really the insects that came out on top ! ) |
| 10 | The position of the beads in the grave normally suggests they were worn on a necklace , but a case can be made for some having been worn in the hair . |
| 11 | Although perhaps a case can be made for self monitoring by patients treated with insulin , there is no evidence to justify this expensive and uncomfortable practice for most people with non-insulin treated diabetes . |
| 12 | ( The fact that I found it offensive to have to make any such argument for human equality shows that I was working with an ethical a priori approach , but I believe that a case can be made . ) |
| 13 | A case can be made out for the 1918 election as a Unionist victory rather than a coalition victory . |
| 14 | However , a case can be made to support the view that both perspectives are ideologically based . |
| 15 | When the village was almost entirely an agricultural community then a case can be made , as we shall see , that the close-knit and overlapping social ties produced a situation in which everyone more or less knew everyone else , but we should be wary of sanctifying the agricultural village with a misplaced nostalgia . |
| 16 | It is precisely because prisoners are shut away , lacking legal , moral and political respectability , held at the mercy of , and dependent on the goodwill of , the State , that a case can be made for vesting special positive rights in prisoners . |
| 17 | A case can be made with some conviction both for and against each type of tax . |
| 18 | However , some organisations and companies may wish to build on the flexibility enabled by an entirely unit-based system and so design customised groups which no not meet all of the national criteria but for which a case can be made for special recognition , for example in the implementation of a particular programme of training or career development . |
| 19 | However , institutions may put forward proposals for fully integrated courses in any subject areas where they believe that a case can be made . |
| 20 | A case can be made here , for the latter as scenes of a " life-cycle " , spaced between the seasons of the year and followed by the ultimate triumph over death ( signified by ? |
| 21 | For this reason very few unassisted clients will be in a position to commission a report just to see if a case can be made out . |
| 22 | As far as er the honourable gentleman for Edinburgh Central is concerned , he said there was a case for a wider inquiry into the auditing o of companies , well that is not something specifically called for er by Bingham although I acknowledge that a case can be made for that but I think we want to be extremely careful before extending that in the way that he and the honourable member for Great Grimsby proposed beyond the direct er responsibility to the members or the owners of the company . |
| 23 | It is true that the claim in such a case can be distinguished as being proprietary in nature . |
| 24 | Many a case can be cited where business strategies of this kind have utterly failed . |
| 25 | A case can be fabricated around this chassis without too much difficulty ( or one might be bought ) . |
| 26 | Under s36 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 a subpoena can be issued for service on a witness anywhere in the UK , but the court must give leave to issue a subpoena for service in Scotland or Northern Ireland . |
| 27 | The ends of a helix can be joined to form a continuous ring or torus . |
| 28 | HOLIDAY HEARTBREAK : But returning home to a burglary can be avoided |
| 29 | It may involve the agency 's casting team ( which may be a specialist in a large agency , but is usually the creative group head and the TV producer in a small one ) in seemingly endless poring over directories of actors , and actually seeing a large number of them before a decision can be made . |
| 30 | The paper does not specify how a decision can be made about a word 's identity during continuous speech . |