Example sentences of "can be [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But no civilised state can be bound by the whims of the people . |
| 2 | What can be concluded from the discussion thus far is that the approach to findings of evidence is integrally related to the view of jurisdiction adopted . |
| 3 | So , what can be concluded from the PIMS data base about the relationships implied in the portfolio matrices ? |
| 4 | It can be concluded from the evidence of Table 16.5 that there is little relationship between low tax burdens and faster economic growth . |
| 5 | Finally , care should be taken not to overstock the pond , as if too many fish are present they will consume more oxygen than can be absorbed across the water surface . |
| 6 | A vomitoxin can be absorbed through the skin , causing a soldier to remove his mask to vomit and thus exposing him to other toxic agents , through his respiratory system . |
| 7 | During digestion , enzymes then break these nutrients down so that they can be absorbed through the walls of the digestive tract and enter the bloodstream . |
| 8 | It is toxic by inhalation or ingestion and can be absorbed through the skin . |
| 9 | At 100 metres ( 325 feet ) , a dolphin 's lungs are probably completely collapsed — all the air has been forced into the thick-walled windpipe and nasal passages , from where no nitrogen can be absorbed into the blood . |
| 10 | Alternatively , imbalance of forces can be absorbed into the body , as strain or deformation , until the elastic and plastic limits are reached and the body disintegrates . |
| 11 | ‘ I use a rough canvas for my oils so that many layers of paint can be absorbed into the grain . |
| 12 | The rate at which people can be absorbed into the public social service sector , or are willing and able to enter it , does not depend on the social planners alone , and there is much scope for improvement in our whole approach to manpower and womanpower problems . |
| 13 | The study also reveals that heavy metals , in particular cadmium and zinc , present in the sludge , are taken up by plants and can be absorbed into the food chain far more easily than previously thought . |
| 14 | There is a growing interest in other ‘ guest ’ molecules that can be absorbed by the ‘ host ’ zeolite . |
| 15 | Moreover , mercury in the banned products can be absorbed by the skin and lead to hypertension , stroke and heart failure . |
| 16 | One of the processes of digestion is to reduce food to a substance which can be absorbed in the bloodstream as sugar . |
| 17 | These can be secured at the beginning by placing the laddered stitch on its adjacent needle , with the empty needle in WP throughout OR these stitches may be allowed to ladder and then be picked up and ribbed with the latch tool to form a purl stitch on the right side of the work . |
| 18 | All other decisions can be delegated by the full governing body to a sub-committee , an individual governor , or to the headteacher . |
| 19 | The content of each lesson is agreed beforehand in consultation with teachers so it can be tailored to the priorities and individual needs of the school or class . |
| 20 | They 're particularly useful where a layer system can be tailored to the individual 's needs and they are very tough-wearing . |
| 21 | Chromatograms are automatically analysed and detailed reports can be tailored to the application . |
| 22 | ‘ Piracy is widespread throughout the developing world , ’ said Sir Roger Elliott , who , in addition to his presidential duties , is chairman of a PA working party set up to explore ways in which copyright can be tailored to the need of the new technologies , in particular electrocopying . |
| 23 | Tachycardia recognition seldom proves difficult , pulse generators have a projected life of 5 years , and tachycardia therapies can be tailored to the individual needs of the patient . |
| 24 | Maths tuition can be tailored to the needs of people budgeting for the family groceries , learning to measure and switching over to metrication or simply those wanting to be able to help their children with maths homework . |
| 25 | The requirement for mesenchymal support can be mapped to the initial stages of intrathymic development because the later stages of maturation , from double-positive CD4 + CD8 + thymocytes into single-positive CD4 + or CD8 + cells , can be supported by epithelial cells alone . |
| 26 | The knowledge model , if it can be mapped to the physical world , must itself comprise discrete quantities , varying in a quantised ( step-wise ) manner . |
| 27 | The development of an approach stating that the functionality of an item can be mapped on the geometric domain , leads naturally to the inverse argument that the domains themselves can be seen as logical spaces . |
| 28 | Such instruments as the Abney level and aneroid barometer ( Peel , 1949 ; Sparks , 1953 ) can be adapted to the determination of elevations , while the extent of the terraces can be mapped on the 1 : 25 000 or 1 : 10 560 maps by reference to the field boundaries . |
| 29 | In a large proportion of the cases , when they can be applied at all , both uses — associative and ascriptive — make equally good sense because the facts observed or imagined can be described equally well either way ; the mental , linguistic , difference is there but both mental representations can be mapped onto the same single external situation . |
| 30 | Although many adjectives can , in this phrase or that , be unambiguously assigned to ascriptive use or associative use there is undoubtedly a border zone where adjectives can be interpreted either way ; there will be many phrases for which both interpretations can be mapped onto the same single situation , not just in some particular token occurrences , but in all cases . |