Example sentences of "it can be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | I think it can be tackled from one or two different ways . |
2 | Everything exchanged in the secret correspondence has to be tiny so it can be hidden in the palm of the hand : pills , passport sized pictures of the family . |
3 | Usually , it is positioned so that it can be operated by the thumb , and normally one press is needed to start recording and a second press to stop . |
4 | There are ways of converting the voice stuff into a more standardised format , so that it can be heard by different systems , but I 've not learnt how to do that yet . |
5 | The cost of a relationship can never be totally abolished , but it can be minimised by extending the common interests . |
6 | Its appeal is furthered by the fact that it can be electrified by rubbing , a property which has sometimes led to its being referred to as ‘ black amber ’ . |
7 | Meiosis , too , is a physical process , and it can be influenced by genes . |
8 | 7 The consequences of a finding of unreasonableness It can be stated with some degree of certainty that both academic and judicial opinion is divided as how to characterise a contract in unreasonable restraint of trade and the consequences thereof . |
9 | But the use of range cattle , though the yield is lower and we are talking now about extensification , is sustainable , largely because it can be sustained with minimal input from fossil fuel . |
10 | Indeed , if necessary , it can be integrated into other classroom activities . |
11 | The company says it can be integrated with an application in an few hours . |
12 | Wordperfect Corp 's WordPerfect 4.2 for AS/400 is now available in the UK through IBM UK Ltd : upgrades will be offered in the future , along with Wordperfect 5.2 for OS/2 , later this year ; WordPerfect for the AS/400 can be integrated with IBM 's Office Vision/400 Version 2 v.II and Query 400 , is compatible with WordPerfect personal computer documents and can be merged with the AS/400 relational database ; it can be integrated with Facsimile Support/400 and uses the workstation controller 's text assist function to provide a more personal computer-like interface . |
13 | It can be integrated with FourGen 's Accounting and Distribution applications for a complete look and feel , arguably increasing a user 's productivity . |
14 | It can be integrated with third-party finance and manufacturing systems . |
15 | The company says it can be integrated with an application in an few hours . |
16 | But this ‘ strategic ’ information is to nought unless it can be transmitted to the organisation 's ‘ strategic decision makers ’ . |
17 | It can be transmitted to humans by contact with contaminated water , through a cut or graze , contact with moist soil , or by direct contact with rats . |
18 | If a message can be compressed one hundred times , it can be transmitted in one hundredth of the time , or transmitted at the same speed through a channel with one hundredth of the band width , and it can be stored in one hundredth of the volume of the original . |
19 | The bench table is fitted with a very useful horizontal angleguide which can be locked into any position in front of the disc , or it can be locked at the desired angle while being free to slide in a slot parallel with the disc face . |
20 | If we have such a low requirement that it can be met from windfalls , small sites and recycling land above commitments , then that is not certainty , that is uncertainty and that is not in my estimation the basis on which the planning system is meant to operate on , so that people can invest with confidence . |
21 | I 'm confident that the scheme wo n't cost anything like as much as the estimate , but I 'm , I 'm sure it 's right that it 's been , having having done some background work to see how many people might claim it I 'm confident that that we 've erred on the safe side here by a substantial amount , and that 's why I 'm sure it can be met from the overall budget . |
22 | It can be met in various ways . |
23 | Hepatitis simply means an inflammatory disorder of the liver and it can be caused by a variety of agents : drugs and poisons , bacteria and viruses . |
24 | It can be caused by several different germs . |
25 | Sometimes it can be caused by the age of the oak casks the wine is stored in . |
26 | It can be caused by a number of agents including bacteria , drugs , and excess alcohol , but of serious concern is hepatitis caused by one of several hepatitis viruses . |
27 | It can be caused by a high level of oxygen in premature babies , but it can occur without artificial administration of oxygen . |
28 | It can be created by a feeling of mere unrealised menace . |
29 | He wrote to James Conant , President of Harvard , before they both attended the meeting : ‘ I am not sure the miserable thing will work nor that it can be gotten to the target except by ox-cart . |
30 | If a sample is rolled into the shape of a sphere it can be bounced like a rubber ball , i.e. the rapid application and removal of a stress causes the material to behave like an elastic body . |