Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , if a bank manager can earn that amount of money , why not a part-time footballer in the Irish League . |
| 2 | The prisoners are allowed out of their cells from around 5.30 in the morning until 6.30 in the evening , during which time a majority of them would be involved in some type of work ; this is because for every two days they work they can earn one day 's remission of sentence . |
| 3 | A good A&R Manager can earn sixty or seventy grand , whilst successful A&R Directors can earn upwards of a hundred grand and considerably more if they 've been doing it for a while . ’ |
| 4 | Mr Duncan Nichol , the NHS chief executive , told the Guardian yesterday that the Government 's negotiating position is that it wants to split the service so crews with medical skills can earn extra money and non-emergency services can be contracted out . |
| 5 | Mr Duncan Nichol , the NHS chief executive , told the Guardian that the Government 's negotiating position is that it wants to split the service so crews with medical skills can earn extra money and non-emergency services can be contracted out . |
| 6 | A skilled wall builder can earn substantial money , he said . |
| 7 | A widow can earn any amount without losing her widow 's pension , although this is taxed . |
| 8 | You can earn some money . |
| 9 | And film makers can be confident that a single prize can earn more than enough to pay for the feasting . |
| 10 | They are also attracted by the pay : because it reflects performance , precocious types can earn more than their elders . |
| 11 | On the contrary , the total possible marks are divided equally among all the questions , and no answer can earn more than the appropriate marks for that question . |
| 12 | Strangely enough golf clubs actually you you can earn more money . |
| 13 | ‘ If you must write — you do n't need to by the way , I can earn enough to support my family — but if you really must , you should always write ‘ Mrs Nigel Hughes ’ at the end of it and tell the editor you are married to me . ’ |
| 14 | I am enjoying my writing career and would like to develop it into a full-time career if I can earn enough money . |
| 15 | Darry and Soda Pop ( Ponyboy 's brothers ) hope they can earn enough to keep their family together and alive . |
| 16 | From its exports it can earn foreign currency , and begin to pay off its huge debts . |
| 17 | His former employer will quite clearly not benefit from this conduct and the courts are concerned with defining how far the employer can restrict such competition . |
| 18 | These ‘ relatively minor ’ limitations can restrict older people 's participation in everyday life and social interaction . |
| 19 | It is a superbly efficient food gatherer , and can siphon ten gallons of water at a single suck and squirt this into the elephant 's mouth . |
| 20 | Poor notation can impair the ability of a scheme to accommodate new subjects and can hinder effective retrieval . |
| 21 | The radius of the circle is determined by the reach of our fists and feet , the weapons with which we can repel unwanted guests if necessary . |
| 22 | Finally , it is of interest to note that expression of the wnt-1 proto-oncogene can reproduce all the effects of Li + , including the duplication of the dorsal axis , the increase in gap junctional communication between ventral cells , and the restoration of an axis when wnt-1 was expressed on one side of an ultraviolet-irradiated embryo . |
| 23 | The new machine is reliant on an up-to-date design studio using C.A.D. ( Computer Aided Design ) techniques that can reproduce each design onto a floppy disk . |
| 24 | Nobody can reproduce this intonation . |
| 25 | Advances in technology mean that desktop publishing machines are now available which can reproduce precise legitimate invoices and estimates which may appear to be in order . |
| 26 | This is the only method that can reproduce several colours simultaneously by the simple process of writing over different coloured carbon papers in turn when preparing the master copy . |
| 27 | As Peter Conrad has put it , ’ Karajan doubles as director so that he can reproduce musical motifs on-stage . ’ |
| 28 | England would only win ‘ if Gooch , on his 39th birthday , can reproduce last year 's masterful , matchwinning century here against West Indies . |
| 29 | Thus Andrew Sutton can comment that conductive education can produce results ‘ which seem quite beyond the expectations of children growing up with cerebral palsy and spina bifida elsewhere ’ . |
| 30 | Alexander , God knows for what reason , always spurned them ; now he is gone , Philip can weave fresh webs , gain an ally with a knife at England 's back . |