Example sentences of "[noun sg] can [verb] [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 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 .
6 Even if you know that the answer can wait until the next day it is far better to deal with it at once .
7 Few members of his own party believe the prime minister can survive until the next general election , due in 1992 .
8 The school can boast of the first secondary school girls ' rugby league team .
9 If this is the value required , the user can move to the next field by pressing the TAB key .
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