Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [Wh det] [noun] can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ratio can rise either as a result of an increase in OM or through a fall in P. The only route through which OM can rise is a temporary budget deficit financed by the issue of fiat money . |
| 2 | However , and rather more fundamentally , Rose goes on to make the point that " the gap between what governments can do and what the public ( and for that matter , the government ) wants to achieve is greatest in the management of the economy " . |
| 3 | Thus a conception of justice is framed to meet the practical requirements of social life and to yield a public basis in the light of which citizens can justify to one another their common institutions . |
| 4 | The State of Nevada is famous for the speed with which couples can marry — and divorce . |
| 5 | Survival into the mid-term depends on speed with which individuals can adapt to unfamiliar criteria and incentives . |
| 6 | one would expect a large variation in the fluency with which teachers can instruct in sign language ; many would have had no more than a relatively short course . |
| 7 | Here , different timber was used to repair a damaged sill and , in time , the new timber has shrunk away , leaving an ugly gap into which water can soak . |
| 8 | Delivering economic development means creating an environment of enterprise and capability within which success can bloom . |
| 9 | It is an ideal setting in which visitors can see at a glance the high standard of design and quality in keeping with Sweden 's reputation for advanced and stylish design . |
| 10 | Occupational therapists seem to be rare in their concentration on what people can do rather than what they are unable to do . |
| 11 | The speed at which bacteria can mutate and their readiness to pass around packages of genetic information means that bacteria are poised to react to selection pressure with rapid and substantial genetic changes . |
| 12 | At the other extreme of the fishes ' habitat , in the depths of the ocean , around 750 metres and below , there is no light by which fish can see one another 's signals , so many create their own . |
| 13 | There is now a possibility of a more or less homogeneous Europe , in the south-eastern part of which Greece can find a distinctive role for itself , and can therefore more confidently feel part of the wider Europe . |
| 14 | It is a good example of the way birds will take advantage of what man can provide , once they are confident they will not be molested . |
| 15 | Polanski , on the other hand , was , in Jack Nicholson 's view , the recipient of Western justice : ‘ His situation is a very interesting case of what notoriety can do to you . |
| 16 | I hope that all hon. Members accept that adult education is an amazing vehicle through which people can have more fulfilled lives in respect both of leisure and of their professional careers . |
| 17 | It 's just a question of which clubs can afford me . |
| 18 | The popular appeal of proportions and percentages is probably precisely because people understand that they can not go below 0 or above 1 ; the boundaries set a frame of reference in which people can interpret a particular result . |
| 19 | This kind of thing has an important influence on the degree to which congestion can arise . |
| 20 | Whether or not such factors develop religious awareness depends on the degree to which people can see a relationship between them and religion and can tease out the implications . |
| 21 | Before you even start bargaining you should have an idea of the range over which negotiations can occur . |
| 22 | As well as providing cash , these customers will perform one other key service for the company — they will provide a litmus test by which IBM can gauge the plants ' true competitiveness . |
| 23 | Elective Period An important feature of Phase III is the 16 week Elective Period during which students can undertake approved work in Edinburgh , or elsewhere in the UK , or abroad . |
| 24 | That it is a weapon with which practitioners can fight for improvements in standards , and the elimination of risks in the interests of their patients . |
| 25 | The controls are pure joy , though you can be surprised at the ease with which g can pile on in a sixty-degree banked turn at 230 knots . |
| 26 | The third lesson is the ease with which artefacts can enter into experiments intended to study phenomena as complex as learning and memory . |
| 27 | The layout of each record , whether single field as in Prestel or multiple field as in KWIRS or SIR , whether factual or bibliographic , will influence the ease with which pupils can use the information . |
| 28 | Thirdly , the ease with which children can switch from one language code to another has astonished educators . |
| 29 | On the matter of choice , the patients charter draws attention to new freedoms and the ease with which people can change their general practitioners , which is a fundamental improvement in freedom . |
| 30 | Moseley cites two definitions of physical accessibility which have strong common themes ; ‘ the ease with which people can reach distant but necessary services … ’ |