Example sentences of "about what can [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , there is uncertainty about what can be kept electronically , and what should be kept . |
| 2 | ‘ I think there has to be a realism about what can be achieved without turning London into a fortress , ’ he said . |
| 3 | It seems irresponsible and morally indefensible to intervene in clients ' lives if you are uncertain about what can be achieved and the best methods of doing so . |
| 4 | Tunnard ( 1989 ) makes some excellent suggestions about ways this can be achieved , including : improving ways of providing emergency protection for children at times of crisis by drawing upon the support of the extended family and local community ; involving parents in decision making , providing parents ' representatives and encouraging the development of local support groups ; improving what happens after separation by offering children and families choices about what can be done , and ensuring contact is promoted and maintained ; dealing with sexual abuse cases in ways that help non-abusing parents to avoid taking a defensive position and that give them the resources and support they need to be able to protect their children . |
| 5 | We must be realistic about what can be done on miles and miles of open line . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , the Secretary of State has the power to draw up regulations about what can be charged for and what can not and the Education Reform Act required local authorities and school governors to draw up policies on charging parents for their children 's out-of-school activities . |
| 7 | The modes which he adopted were such as to licence elisions and lacunae , to enable him to leave out bits of his life — a procedure which would seem to be connected with his scepticism about what can be known about people by biographers . |
| 8 | Taking their cue from quantum physics , Allen and Starr theorise only about what can be known , not about what ‘ exists ’ . |