Example sentences of "[noun sg] can [verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's stll Rocky and Tinkler in the wings , Wallace can play wide on either side and Speed can play in the middle , so we would still have enough cover . |
| 2 | In many cases , the only action a trade association can take against a member that does n't comply is to expel it . |
| 3 | It is not just a historic document of immense important , it is a fascinating insight into what a really great pianist can do to the music we all know so well . |
| 4 | The spring can pour into the pond , but the pond will remain stagnant unless it is drained . |
| 5 | It is perhaps not widely appreciated the effect deforestation can have on a country like Ethiopia . |
| 6 | A starfish on the reef can crawl across a clam , fasten its tube feet on either side of its gape and slowly wrench the valves apart to feed on the flesh within . |
| 7 | The 25-year-old former England Under 21 international midfield man hopes that his major appearance landmark can co-incide with a victory to wipe out Premier League relegation fears . |
| 8 | There is calm and joy , too , when the mind can focus on the magnificence and beauty of the transcendent . |
| 9 | These include compaction , cementation , mineral replacement and dissolution of pre-existing phases , and their study can lead to the construction of a diagenetic history of the sediment . |
| 10 | However , a domestic , if not entirely domestically-controlled , electronics industry can survive as a result of the stimulus given by foreign firms , as Grieco ( 1984 ) illustrates in the case of India 's struggle with IBM . |
| 11 | It is a matter for the parties to decide how the lawyer should determine the issue , and the fact that a lawyer is to determine it does not mean that the procedure has to be an arbitrationa lawyer can act as an expert . |
| 12 | The quote from Hammond & Waterton suggests that in 1890 it was thought that a barrister umpire could preside over a valuation : to restate the proposition in modern terms , a lawyer can act as an expert . |
| 13 | This condition can relate to the value of the properties carried by the events and to the number of occurrences of the events . |
| 14 | The check is terminated whenever the bounding approach either proves that the specified condition can not occur , or establishes that the condition can Occur at the level of original definition . |
| 15 | So , while we have no doubt that prison secrecy should be dispelled , it seems as if ( paradoxically ) both secrecy and openness can contribute to the crisis — as long as there are secrets to hide . |
| 16 | ‘ No boat can live in a sea like that ! |
| 17 | To a boy who declares himself stuck about what colour to use , he says : ‘ Well , Sickert said that when in doubt put a little of the last colour into the next colour you use , and that gives harmony : it does n't work to use a colour in isolation — white and black are the two parents , red in isolation can appear like a wound in the picture — it 's like friendships , we all know the awful consequences if a new person joins a group and the friendships are n't mixed through , it 's the same with colours . ’ |
| 18 | A classical physicist can decide at the beginning of an experiment to call that electron over there A and this one over here B. Subsequently they may interact and go through all sorts of complicated convolutions , but because he can in principle follow the motion the classical physicist 's labels have an abiding significance . |
| 19 | If there 's no snow in the gully descent is straightforward , but the snow can linger until the end of July . |
| 20 | The reason for this is so that the recipient can see at a glance what the letter is about . |
| 21 | If one side of the package is replaced by a glass window , so that light can fall on the memory cells , then it is found that the incident light accelerates the decay process in manner proportional both to the intensity and to the duration of the exposure . |
| 22 | Confusion can arise over the identification of the rook and the crow . |
| 23 | Even more confusion can come from the proliferation of Otherwares . |
| 24 | To suppose , as Levi-Strauss and others have done , that rules about exogamy " those we may not marry " and rules about incest — " those with whom we may not have sexual intercourse " — directly match up , so that one kind of rule can serve as an explanation for the other , is an ethnographic mistake . |
| 25 | Without becoming too detailed , the rule can result in the grant of future interests being void where they do not vest within 21 years from the date of the grant of the lease . |
| 26 | His Etonian vowels give him a peculiar aural resemblance to Brian Johnston of Test Match Special ( imagine Johnners talking about what an axe can do to the flesh and you will have some idea of just how disorienting this is ) . |
| 27 | Sometimes a term can start as a condition , become a warranty and then revert to a condition . |
| 28 | All the archaeologist can do on the line of this new road is to hurriedly record features and salvage finds . |
| 29 | The decision resulting from that review can lead to a change of housing , work , and other living arrangements within an institution , or a change of institution . |
| 30 | The interpretation of these provisions may provide material for " construction " summonses where one of the parties asks the court to interpret the words used in the lease so that the rent review can proceed on the basis desired by the applicant . |