Example sentences of "can be [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The craft of weaving requires threads that can be bound together , the skill to combine them , and knowledge of the patterns that can be formed . |
| 2 | It can be concluded therefore that the action project appears to make a difference in terms of the length of time people are sustained at home , but only to a certain type of dementia sufferer , and the numbers affected are likely to be small unless a wide geographical area is covered . |
| 3 | Tobacco accounts for ‘ little more than 1% of the $50bn ( £28.9bn. ) spent on advertising in the EC in 1990 ’ ( Financial Times , 20.5.91 ) and advertising industry forecasts are for a strong rise in total advertising expenditure throughout the EC , so that the removal of tobacco advertising can be absorbed easily . |
| 4 | When buying shoes , opt for lace-ups , or those with T-bars , as they can be secured firmly . |
| 5 | Granted structures of the Prisoners ' Dilemma type , cooperative behaviour can be secured only granted a certain level of assurance , and the need of norms ( in particular of sanctioned norms ) to produce that assurance shows that the assurance can not be adequately delivered by genetically based signals . |
| 6 | It follows that overseas salespeople need to understand how culture functions in individual overseas markets in order that the selling approach can be tailored accordingly . |
| 7 | It can be tailored specifically to the needs of the child and parents and its design can vary widely . |
| 8 | This has the advantage that the courses can be tailored specifically to meet company requirements and individual employee 's needs . |
| 9 | Whether they can be mapped seismically within or below thrust sheets is more of a problem , but it is one that the industry seems confident of defeating in other parts of the world . |
| 10 | In addition to the fact that multiple complexes with defined stoichiometries can be mapped simultaneously , this in gel procedure circumvents the limitations imposed by the aforementioned factors , whereas its inherent advantages renders it ideal for methylation protection analysis of non-abundant and/or kinetically labile complexes . |
| 11 | You can be calling professionally . |
| 12 | I put " as if " in quotation marks because electron spin is not a phenomenon which can be visualised quite as simply as that . |
| 13 | In view of the statement made by the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary that terrorist movements can be destroyed very effectively from within , will the Secretary of State consult his right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to ensure that the full weight of the intelligence services is brought to bear on all terrorist movements within the United Kingdom ? |
| 14 | Indeed the great scope for integrating walking and public transport into a new system of transport can be realised partly through attention to the interface between the modes . |
| 15 | The decoder has to create a cognitive space in which the deictic elements and terms can be realised indexically . |
| 16 | In his discussion of two lyric poems Keith Green suggests that the deictic expressions occurring in each text guide the reader in the construction of a context where their symbolic meanings can be realised indexically , i.e. where they perform a referential function . |
| 17 | The reasons given can be gathered under four broad heads : it would be a ‘ perilous adventure ’ to superimpose one part of a foreign system of law ( that is , the English law of mortgage ) upon the different system of land law in Sri Lanka ; the evidence about delay in enforcing mortgages and its adverse effects on the confidence of investors was thin ; the English rule , that a mortgagee should be able to sell the property on default without intervention of the court , would lead to breaches of the peace ; and there was a need to protect borrowers . |
| 18 | At best , the CTP is a vacuous summary of these observations , a framework within which they can be gathered together . |
| 19 | All , however , can be gathered together under a common theme : that concerned with the genetics of psychosis . |
| 20 | All expertise in a particular technique or on a certain topic can be gathered together in one place , and the level of collective knowledge can then be ascertained , supported and made available . |
| 21 | A large amount of information can be gathered systematically in this way — data on techniques , personnel involved , subjects covered etc . |
| 22 | But part of the necessary information can be gathered only by professional observation and requires the application of educational judgement before it can be used to assist in the formulation of recommendations for action " ( Audit Commission 1989:7 ) . |
| 23 | Auto-defrost is a useful feature , though most foods can be thawed successfully on medium-low ( 30 per cent ) . |
| 24 | Obviously the tables must be used with caution ; one lacks information of how far the figures for southern England , for both wages and prices , can be parallelled elsewhere in the country ; also some short-term price fluctuations clearly reflect an individual harvest rather than any long-term population change . |
| 25 | It is a book that can be related closely to the age in which it was written , and especially the personal circumstances of its author , then a young classical scholar . |
| 26 | Where these can be related definitely to known diseases then appropriate remedies can be used . |
| 27 | However , high doses of radiation that damage cells usually produce effects that can be related specifically to the radiation exposure . |
| 28 | Expenditure figures can be related more readily to the revenue projections , so that ‘ finance [ can ] determine expenditure and not expenditure finance ’ . |
| 29 | Expenditure figures can be related more readily to the revenue projection , so that ‘ finance [ can ] determine expenditure and not expenditure finance ’ . |
| 30 | Uncontrollable items , such as inflation , are best treated separately from controllable costs so that cause and effect can be related more readily and to avoid unnecessary worrying about items over which the budget-holder has no influence . |