Example sentences of "what can be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is surprising what can be achieved in an old and complex building to provide for disabled people and also how much the internal and external architecture can benefit from the refurbishment that the opportunities of converting a building for disabled access can provide . |
| 2 | But if attempts to produce this concrete research are doomed to neglect or derision or to be defined as ‘ espionage ’ , then what can be achieved ? |
| 3 | It offers a reminder of what can be achieved without recourse to star names or the Vienna Philharmonic . |
| 4 | The successful work that was done to eradicate smallpox some years ago shows what can be achieved . |
| 5 | But the Debussy , wonderfully evoked in a lengthy review by Cardus , demonstrates equally well what can be achieved when music , design , and stage movement are perfectly congruent . |
| 6 | In order to see what can be achieved by a successful agrarian reform policy and yet how these achievements can subsequently be reversed , it is worth examining Chilean agrarian changes . |
| 7 | As well as operating trains ( which carry over 150,000 passengers p.a. ) , the entire Railway , engines , coaches , track , stations and equipment , have all been restored from total dereliction to their present condition , a remarkable example of what can be achieved by qualified volunteers . |
| 8 | Returning to Figure 2 we can see just what can be achieved for glass . |
| 9 | Spontaneity is by no means sacrificed by ‘ inhibition ’ — the cat , spontaneous and graceful in action and yet perfectly in control of its responses , is a wonderful example of what can be achieved this way . |
| 10 | Incidentally , I listen for my own information and education to the early recordings of the Busch quartet to get the measure of what can be achieved , and what pianissimo and dolce really mean . |
| 11 | As we have seen , there are distinct limitations on what can be achieved by way of conditions on a planning permission ; this can often be as awkward for the developer as it is for the planning authority . |
| 12 | If the UK Government is serious about stopping the greenhouse effect it should stop wasting time on long-term impracticalities such as nuclear power and look at what can be achieved now . |
| 13 | The AEF 's concept is being taken forward by representatives of two groups which might be seen as having totally opposing interests : the IATA-sponsored Air Transport Action Group and the AEF — a co-operative effort which is in itself an encouraging indication of what can be achieved . |
| 14 | The practical limits on what can be achieved by laws have been illustrated repeatedly in recent years in the United Kingdom in connection with trade union legislation . |
| 15 | This week 's threat by Ofgas regulator Sir James McKinnon to take legal action against British Gas if it does n't reduce its prices is an indication of what can be achieved by forceful regulation of the privatised utilities . ) |
| 16 | He was amazed with the improvement I had made and it showed just what can be achieved with hard practice . |
| 17 | ‘ I think there has to be a realism about what can be achieved without turning London into a fortress , ’ he said . |
| 18 | the inhouse best practice technique represents a valid , low-cost approach for identifying what can be achieved and the key elements needed for better performance ; |
| 19 | The story of how Brian Thomas , one of the ‘ 72 Cup winners , came in and hauled the club out of its curious mixture of complacency and mediocrity is an example of what can be achieved in apparently inauspicious circumstances . |
| 20 | There was , however , no control of length of exposure or parent/teacher fluency and so the effects may be an underestimate of what can be achieved . |
| 21 | It is seldom practised with roses now — there is so little advantage over what can be achieved by budding — and is really of superfluous interest to be included here . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Long hours and hard work , they say , show just what can be achieved . |
| 24 | But in addition to explaining this mystery , it is a beautiful example of what can be achieved by neurons having the appropriate projective zones . |
| 25 | As his captain David Graveney observes : ‘ He is bound to make a tremendous impact on our game by making everybody aware of what can be achieved by speed between the wickets . |
| 26 | All these options , it should be noted , remain within the basic framework of the categorial schema of objects and attributes , and this inevitably sets limits to what can be achieved by the respective philosophies of mind " . |
| 27 | It is interesting to note that JustText is used by Adobe to help produce its regular Colophon newsletter , a production that makes full use of the PostScript language and is an object lesson in what can be achieved , given the computer power . |
| 28 | Once the basic information is captured in electronic form there is technically no limit to what can be achieved with it . |
| 29 | In an easy flowing style , he shows just what can be achieved with a limited palette , two or three brushes and some watercolour paper . |
| 30 | He then urges experimentation on a sheet of watercolour paper , teaching you just what can be achieved by moving the brushes over the paper . |