Example sentences of "can [verb] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is infatuated with a handsome police chief , goes rather grimly to bed with him in the time he can spare from gambling sessions , and then kills herself . |
| 2 | As they get older they tend to have very thin skin and can bruise from the slightest injury . |
| 3 | But while the large number of coins means that they give us a large quantity of information , their small size and the consequent brevity of their inscriptions greatly restricts the level of interpretation we can make from them compared with , say , a lengthy edict of a Roman emperor fully inscribed on stone . |
| 4 | Subsequent studies showed that the TVA chemists had hit upon just about the most sensitive explosive you can make from ammonium nitrate and wax . |
| 5 | On the other hand , if the flying fantasy is out of reach , there is always the wind sail , or windsock , you can make from scrap leftovers to erect on a mast as a bright locator for your base on the field . |
| 6 | If you are still greedy for high , pastoral places to spend the day in , there is one other exhilarating excursion you can make from Saint-Jean , to the south-east , up the valley of a stream called the Laurhibar . |
| 7 | The flatness is a shame , because this is a public service : you can glean from the programme an idea both of how irrational the law can be , and of how flimsy most people 's understanding of it is . |
| 8 | Salina 's husband is dead , she has three children whom she feeds mostly from the food she can glean from the rubbish tips , largely banana skins . |
| 9 | Serious RP gamers tend to be the sort of nylon misfits who have no social life and can afford to spend the best part of a month mapping out Narnia-esque landscapes and jotting down all the facts and clues they can glean from meeting a variety of talking mushrooms and jovial trolls . |
| 10 | In the same way we can transplant from the wilderness of our lives these images to our gardens . |
| 11 | They need to know someone has charge of their lives , then they can build from a base of safety and security . |
| 12 | Once pupils begin to see how activities can build from ideas and objects others bring in , they gain the confidence to bring in things that interest them . |
| 13 | The argument from analogy supposes that you can construct from your own case a concept of pains which can be felt by others rather than by you . |
| 14 | Users can upgrade from an entry-level Series 40 supporting 40 users to a top-of-the-line Sequoia Series 400 that can support thousands of users . |
| 15 | The only thing I can recollect from the briefing in relation to the operation and the way that was , it was erm o it was executed . |
| 16 | Another nice touch is that you can swop from one PCMCIA card to another by simply sliding them in and out of the slot . |
| 17 | The truth is that it is an exceedingly complex concept ; and nothing but confusion can arise from attempts to reduce it to curt labels and pat slogans . |
| 18 | Margaret of Carlisle , 47 , was widowed two years ago and knew at first hand the financial problems that can arise from the sudden death of a loved one and the trauma of finding that her partner was inadequately insured . |
| 19 | This can arise from predators carrying their prey to favoured eating places , storing excess food supplies in caches , and from deposition of pellets or scats with indigestible prey remains contained inside them . |
| 20 | If there were no damage to the bones there should be exact correspondence between the numbers of major limb bone elements like humerus and femur and numbers of mandibles and maxillae , and departure from this can arise from preferential damage to or selection against either group . |
| 21 | Locals in one area for example became accustomed to pungent odours , which can arise from the manufacture of mushroom compost if the mix is not correct , and did not complain . |
| 22 | Ambiguity can arise from two sources : |
| 23 | This is because ‘ breakdown can arise from unilateral decision . |
| 24 | We fully realise the problems that can arise from buying a secondhand vehicle but a new minibus with facilities for helping the disabled would cost £16,000 . |
| 25 | Conversely , emotional or mental problems can arise from a physical cause , as was the case with the victim of the instant coffee , and this is even less likely to be recognized by orthodox practitioners . |
| 26 | They are said to relieve cramp In the forearm which can arise from long periods of practice flying : but here another caution should be observed . |
| 27 | Taxable ‘ gains ’ can arise from such policies if more than one death benefit is paid , even where the policy has no investment content and no surrender value , because of the rule dealing with partial surrenders of the rights conferred by a policy . |
| 28 | The counsellor is often able to observe the spark of insight and realization which can arise from contact with another troubled individual . |
| 29 | These variations can arise from the nature of pre-school opportunities for active play and exploration , as well as from the amount of useful vision the child possesses . |
| 30 | These different conditions can arise from over-protection or lack of understanding of visual handicap . |