Example sentences of "[noun] can [verb] in a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No boat can live in a sea like that ! |
| 2 | Such tensions can emerge in a variety of forms . |
| 3 | We need to know what a teacher can do in a crisis that could be called teaching . |
| 4 | What the textbook can summarise in a page of results — life is cellular , cells have water and carbon , cells divide to multiply — our methods with the child 's own work , with his own hands , with his own microscope and his own laboured arithmetic may take six weeks of classroom effort . |
| 5 | References to experts are likely to be seen as occasions of what is known as " qualified privilege " , where a plaintiff can succeed in a defamation action only if he can prove malice on the part of the defendant . |
| 6 | ‘ You have no understanding of the conditions , no idea of the way things can change in a flash . ’ |
| 7 | that too much concentration on meeting articulated needs in an unimaginative and uncritical manner can result in a community education programme which , whilst reaching a section of the population never catered for before , in fact assists individual advancement but does little to assist collective advancement towards solutions to the problems of poverty and inequality found in working-class communities . |
| 8 | Failure to observe that enforcement notice can result in a prosecution in the local magistrates ' court . |
| 9 | I tried to explain to her that few elderly people can remain in a state of reforming fervour all their lives ! |
| 10 | So that the social , the social idea in the towns and people can gather in a market place and do what they will without too much trouble , but nevertheless and immediately you try to restrict , we , we run into trouble , but we must protect the people and that 's the purpose for the trading standards . |
| 11 | But then people can live in a village and not know anything about their own charities . |
| 12 | But since field staff can sample in a day only a minuscule proportion of the discharges and watercourses in their districts , the coincidence of sampling when a serious ‘ one-off ’ pollution is occurring is very unlikely . |
| 13 | Workers ' opposition to the constraints of the workplace can vary in a number of different ways . |
| 14 | The evaluation of performance can result in a revision of a programme , or a revision of the budget , or a modification in operations . |
| 15 | This is lower than the steady 3 points per move that both players can amass in a run of mutual cooperation ( and , by the way , this is the reason for the ‘ additional condition ’ left unexplained on page 204 ) . |
| 16 | Because minerals of different density and size have different critical concentrations and settling velocities , complex fluctuations in sedimentation rate and mineral proportions can occur in a multi-component melt . |
| 17 | Delayed introduction can result in a lot of resistance later ( Illingworth and Lister 1964 ) . |
| 18 | " We 've got a week — a hell of a lot can happen in a week . " |
| 19 | A long or short position can result in a profit or loss for a bank if the exchange rate alters from that quoted in the initial transaction . |
| 20 | Thus the policy ineffectiveness proposition can survive in a model in which prices exhibit some degree of stickiness , provided that the policy instruments exhibit the same degree of stickiness . |
| 21 | As can be imagined , trying to obtain reasonable samples of the general population for relatively short interviews on such topics as voting behaviour or food preferences can result in a lot of interviewers having to call at a lot of houses over all towns and cities in the country . |
| 22 | The need to secure obedience to the laws passed by Parliament is said to limit what Parliament can do in a situation in which there are those who are prepared to openly defy the law on the streets , with strikes , and with the gun . |
| 23 | When Mum can relax in a deck chair and the children can enjoy making sand pipes and castles or having a donkey ride . |
| 24 | But for parts of an utterance , 8 or 10 syllables can emerge in a second . |
| 25 | Cultures can evolve in a manner analogous to genetical evolution . |
| 26 | In The Godfather , Don Corleone says : ‘ A lawyer with a briefcase can rob more money in a week than a man with a gun can take in a year . ’ |
| 27 | Sinners , prostitutes , and thieves can understand in a second the power of that argument . |
| 28 | As far as we are concerned , there are basically three types of music a producer can use in a production : commissioned , commercial or production/library music , commissioned music being an original piece written specifically for the producer by the composer . |
| 29 | The effect of this type of baby on an overstressed and poorly supported mother can culminate in a situation of neglect or emotional abuse . |
| 30 | This other garage can throw in a courtesy car as well ! |