Example sentences of "[noun] can [vb infin] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is accepted procedure that an imprisoned contemnor can apply to the first instance court to purge his contempt and be released from prison . |
| 2 | There is not enough time to meet even short-term demands for preparation , marking , report-writing , sorting out pupils ' disputes and clearing up heat-of-the-moment misunderstandings with colleagues , let alone to invest in the longer-term necessities of clearing the backlog of paperwork , replying to letters , ordering supplies , planning schemes of work , reorganizing last year 's course , thinking about what your tutor group can contribute to the fourth year assembly , setting up a meeting with the educational psychologist about Jessica , and spending some time with the word processor manual . |
| 3 | The mode of production approach produces a type of dependency reversal theory in its insistence that capitalist industrialization can succeed in the Third World . |
| 4 | Therefore , a second thief can steal from the first : Meech [ 1974 ] QB 549 ( CA ) . |
| 5 | And the craziest things can happen at the last minute . |
| 6 | However , KPMG Head of Corporate Recovery Tim Hayward cautioned : ‘ Too much should not be read into one quarter 's figures , particularly given the distortion that holidays can make to the third quarter . |
| 7 | If that decision is the right one , then the spirit can progress to the next lesson ; if the person gives in to temptation , then the spirit has to be faced with that choice again and again ( either later in that same life or perhaps in a future one ) until the right decision is reached . |
| 8 | Most patients with effortful , poorly articulated speech will have ungrammatical speech output with good speech comprehension , but not all — any two of these symptoms can exist without the third , so one can not offer a single theory accounting for all three symptoms at once . |
| 9 | Even if you know that the answer can wait until the next day it is far better to deal with it at once . |
| 10 | A small apple tree , a garden pea or even a strawberry plant pass through various stages during spring and summer and children can look for the first appearance of leaves and flowers and fruit . |
| 11 | Few members of his own party believe the prime minister can survive until the next general election , due in 1992 . |
| 12 | The school can boast of the first secondary school girls ' rugby league team . |
| 13 | If this is the value required , the user can move to the next field by pressing the TAB key . |
| 14 | The doctor in the Accident and Emergency Department told them that Sally had been very lucky ; sniffing aerosols can kill at the first attempt , and some people 's hearts are affected . |