Example sentences of "can [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 175g/6oz can evaporated milk |
| 2 | How can high-bay warehousing be classified in order to identify different degrees of risk which result from equipment layout and complexity over and above the question of differing degrees of combustibility ( this aspect being adequately covered in the Fire Offices ' Committee Rules ) . |
| 3 | Nowhere can economic autonomy be separated from political autonomy , and least of all in the Soviet Baltic states , where separatism stalks every debate . |
| 4 | Firstly , it is widely accepted , though admittedly not conclusively established , that major ice ages may result from the siting of large continental masses in the polar regions , because only in such circumstances can extensive ice sheets become established , with significant consequences for world climate ( Frakes , 1979 ) . |
| 5 | How can that goal itself be unjust ? |
| 6 | ‘ One intervenes to protect competition , to ensure so far as one can that competition continues to exist in the marketplace . |
| 7 | How can that man ever be taken seriously , should he not be locked up ? |
| 8 | How can that how can that man as a socialist justify earning well I do n't know what he gets , but we 'll say he does n't |
| 9 | Then you can that ball again . |
| 10 | How can that how can that bloke be yeah any more comfortable |
| 11 | As the Created God can be made ever greater by the actions of people creating goodness by living within the constraints of the Second Choice , so can that greatness be reduced by the actions of others operating within the evolutionary licence of the First Choice . |
| 12 | And how can that thinking help solve my own and the world 's problems ? |
| 13 | The founder of co-counselling , Harvey Jackin , along with other therapists like Dr Janov , best known for his work on the Primal Scream , believes that only by re-experiencing the pain locked away in the psyche , repressed by not being allowed the simple physiological responses of weeping and crying , can that pain be eliminated from the system . |
| 14 | I mean c can that sort of thing happen by accident or is it just carelessness |
| 15 | Yeah yeah certainly , erm I think that 's er that 's good , well if , if you can , if you can access it er in some way informally or , or , you know , it 's probably un unlikely that you 'd get too much stuff in writing as you say but , you know , er it could be very er productive and interesting erm tt erm can that sort of thing , particularly if you can get it in terms of quotes from people , you can sort of , you know , make a project look quite nice because it looks like if you do all this , you know , sort of stuff with the attitude scales it , it 's er it gives you lots of nice numerical data but er |
| 16 | If ‘ true and fair ’ can that opinion be given without full disclosure ? |
| 17 | Like The Mousetrap , I suspect this debate will run and run , unless of course we find enough Michael Changs who can ace opponents with serves of no more than 62mph and then no doubt , as in the Vilas , Solomon , Dibbs era , we will start complaining that the game has become too slow again . |
| 18 | Can non-religious worldviews offer as much , or as adequate , inspiration as belief in God for actual living and initiative in carrying practical projects through ? |
| 19 | Can strong habituall custome Work with such Magick on the mind , and manners In spight of sex and nature ? ( ii.ii. 140 — 2 ) |
| 20 | Others have been suggested : to prevent the conduct of government business being unduly hampered and delayed by ‘ excessive ’ litigation ; to reduce the risk that civil servants will behave in over-cautious and unhelpful ways in dealing with citizens for fear of being sued if things go wrong ; to ration scarce judicial resources ; to ensure that the argument on the merits is presented in the best possible way , by a person with a real interest in presenting it ( but quality of presentation and personal interest do not always go together ) ; to ensure that people do not meddle paternalistically in the affairs of others ( query : can representative applicants be accused of this ? ) ; to ensure that the applicant has a personal interest not just an ideological concern in the outcome ( but , query , may not a genuine concern for the interests of others be neither purely personal nor purely ideological ? ) . |
| 21 | What can eight songs do that one can not ? |
| 22 | Only four miles from his home of Airyholme Farm , Cook must have visited the market here many times , just as you can each Thursday and Saturday . |
| 23 | 500g ( 1-lb 2oz ) carton or can ready-to-serve custard |
| 24 | Can low blood pressure be a risk ? |
| 25 | Can Spanish hero Carlos Cardus go one better in 1991 , or has he missed his biggest chance of winning the title ? |
| 26 | 4 Regulatory bodies , which can pre-censor material whenever there is a possibility that transmission might infringe the law . |
| 27 | Can undesirable traits be controlled ? |
| 28 | Mr I think we can sorry Professor Lock . |
| 29 | where you can old furniture . |
| 30 | " What can king-size smokers buy these days for two silver coins ? " |