Example sentences of "[noun sg] can [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Above all , the public sector can hope to cultivate a climate in which innovation prospers , intellectually and financially . |
| 2 | Recruiting a specialist can mean starting a training programme so that the newcomer passes on his/her knowledge . |
| 3 | 5.5.9 Mixed packages An offeror can choose to offer a combination of securities in order to make the offer attractive to as many target shareholders as possible . |
| 4 | In the meantime , motorists caught speeding through the contraflow can expect to receive a court summons in the post . |
| 5 | ( v ) The official receiver as chairman of the meeting can decide to reject a proof for voting purposes but that decision is subject to appeal ( r 6.94 ) . |
| 6 | This procedure can fail to produce a result under extremes of lighting due to spreading if it is too bright or the exposure cut-off if it is too dim . |
| 7 | 3.1 The only mechanism by which a court can seek to compensate a person who has suffered damage or loss in consequence of a wrong done to him is to award him monetary compensation , whatever the nature of the damage which he has in fact sustained . |
| 8 | Occasionally — leaving any ethical questions aside — taped evidence can help to settle a point in dispute . |
| 9 | Let's face it , Miranda , not many people of your age can afford to buy a house like this . |
| 10 | The sand is so hot and dry that in many places no bush or clump of grass can grow to provide a signpost from which to take bearings . |
| 11 | Nature printing is a very good example of a field of collecting in which the serious student can come to command a knowledge and expertise that the general bookseller is unlikely to match . |
| 12 | a robotic surgeon can help to make a prosthesis fit exactly . |
| 13 | It may seem that a holder of a bill can avoid making a loss should he retain the bill , rather than sell it , if interest rates should rise . |
| 14 | When toilet training , a systematic approach of putting the child on the potty or the lavatory after each meal and before going to bed can start to establish a routine and pattern ( Levine and Bakow 1976 ) . |
| 15 | A substance can condense to form a cloud if its temperature and its partial pressure lie within the liquid- or solid-phase regions of its phase diagram . |
| 16 | Having seen how analysis can help dismantle a question and construct an argument , you may try the process on one or two of the following examples : |
| 17 | Only the largest banks in the world can afford to employ a team of specialists — lending officers , economists , accountants , engineers , etc. — to assess economic and financial risks associated with projects in LDCs . |
| 18 | A rat can learn to cross a barrier between one side of a box and the other in response to a signal which consists merely of the train of impulses to the hippocampus as the unconditioned stimulus . |
| 19 | Any person who has an interest in the unregistered property can apply to register a Caution against first registration ( LR form 13 ) with a supporting statutory declaration ( LR form 14 ) . |
| 20 | The ways in which this transition can occur form a topic central to theoretical ideas about deterministic chaos . |
| 21 | Not every regiment can boast having a padre . |
| 22 | He developed an experimental chamber called the Skinner Box , which contains a device that an animal can operate to get a reward , e.g. rats are usually placed in a Skinner Box which has a lever . |
| 23 | The prime minister can threaten to recommend a dissolution if he or she does not receive the necessary support to get a measure through . |
| 24 | Most manufacturers produce a given design of stepping motor with a range of winding interconnections , so the user can elect to use a low-voltage , high-current drive with the parallel connection or a high-voltage , low-current drive with the series connection . |
| 25 | Certainly there will be no ground-plan in reality to which the writer can refer to discover a basis for organising the text . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's amazing what a sensible diet and some good workouts in the company gym can do to get a woman into shape . ’ |
| 27 | Even if all rural houses are not prohibitively priced , they can be expensive relative to the income levels of local inhabitants , and this can be the key factor that determines whether an individual family can afford to purchase a home . |