Example sentences of "[noun pl] can [adv] be identify " in BNC.
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| 1 | First of all , contradictions can only be identified in the context of the whole , because it is only within it that states of affairs become incompatible with one another . |
| 2 | A further 7 per cent ( 31 ) of ulcers occurred above the gaiter area ; trauma may be responsible for some of these , particularly those on the anterior aspect , but the aetiological pattern of ulcers occurring in this region have been found to be so varied that positive aetiological indicators can not be identified from the ulcer site alone . |
| 3 | The disposition of cathedrals from the earliest times onwards is well known , and early or important monastic sites can usually be identified , supported by estates in the ways already discussed . |
| 4 | If SBUs with largely separate commercial lives can not be identified , or are misidentified , the first basic requirement of this type of analysis is not met and there is little point continuing with the technique . |
| 5 | However , when we look at continuous speech in English utterances we find that these tones can only be identified on a small number of particularly prominent syllables . |
| 6 | Three motives can perhaps be identified for the creation of special agencies in Britain , although there are of course dangers in taking ostensible motives as real ones , to create an effective separate and accountable ‘ management system ’ to reduce political ‘ interference ’ and to provide for the direct representation of special interests . |
| 7 | A number of reservations can readily be identified . |
| 8 | In order to protect the privacy of those whose lives are recorded , the material may be kept confidential for some years , or may be available only in a form where individuals can not be identified . |
| 9 | Secondaries can usually be identified because they cluster around the larger primary , often forming chains and other small groups , and because the impacts producing them are at low angles and low speeds and so the craters are usually elongated . |
| 10 | The SAS and LBS have been subject to a process known as ‘ Barnardisation ’ , in order to blur them and make sure that individuals or households can not be identified . |
| 11 | Category symbols can generally be identified with classes rather than with functions . |
| 12 | As vowel realizations vary along relatively easily specifiable continuous dimensions such as height or backness , and more than two variants can often be identified , vowel variable scores are often ( but not always — see 6.3.2 ) calculated in a rather different way , using a vowel index score . |
| 13 | The examples of external critique I gave earlier show how this works in practice , but other more pointed examples can easily be identified . |
| 14 | Traces of water courses can still be identified around the site . |
| 15 | But the ruling by two judges in favour of the mother , who in the interest of the children can not be identified , was described as ‘ cruel kindness ’ by the third , dissenting judge . |
| 16 | There are two reasons for this : ( i ) the analyses for the technical feasibility of graduated test levels in Chapter 6 ( pp. 153–87 ) are based on these success rates ; ( ii ) for economy of presentation as difficulty factors can easily be identified using these figures . |
| 17 | These two probabilities can not be identified separately because of how they are specified . |
| 18 | Documents can only be identified as relevant by scanning the rather larger numbers of documents listed under the broader heading . |
| 19 | It has already been noted that obstructive attitudes can prevent progress in therapy , and that such attitudes can usually be identified by carefully analysing the patient 's attempts to achieve goals and the reason for failure . |
| 20 | What is clear beyond doubt is that the level of intensional entities can not be identified with any level or world of objectively existing referents ; ( 25 ) is a perfectly coherent remark despite the fact that the speaker explicitly denies the existence of one of the principal participants in it : ( 25 ) If Jack had married , his wife would now be the dowager duchess of Luntshire |
| 21 | These makers can now be identified as Jean and his two sons , Martin and Jean fils aîné . |
| 22 | Dependent conditionals can initially be identified , as they have been here , as typified by the " if " statements we accept in connection with our standard causal beliefs- " If the switch had n't been flipped , the wipers would n't have started " , " Since the switch was flipped , the wipers started " , and the like . |