Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [pers pn] can [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | it 's more obvious to the audience how , like , Tony 's just after what he can get sort of thing . |
| 2 | The parties should agree a period of time during which they can continue negotiations and the investors can undertake investigations without fear that the target may be sold to a third party . |
| 3 | The processes through which we can see texts functioning within a social and cultural context are problematic . |
| 4 | Women are disrupted in their worship by the masculinity of the religion to the point that it ceases to be for them a vehicle through which they can love God . |
| 5 | For the purpose of this book , I should like to think of a smallholding as any parcel of agricultural land of up to ( say ) 100 acres , organized to be worked by one or two people , without paid labour , and through which they can make part or the whole of their living . |
| 6 | Firth and his colleagues argue that the main reason for this gender difference relationships through which they can gain support for their domestic and child care responsibilities , whereas men 's lives are more dominated by work and careers in which siblings usually can not help . |
| 7 | One of the key benefits of the move will be to give Enterprise Training access to a professional marketing department through which it can promote awareness of its services to employers . |
| 8 | The imposition of colonial rule by the metropolitan bourgeoisie requires the creation of a state apparatus ‘ through which it can exercise dominion over all the indigenous social classes in the colony ’ . |
| 9 | The manner in which the Prime Minister had handled the Westland issue within the Cabinet system , Mr Heseltine told the world 's press , was ‘ not a proper way to carry on government and ultimately not an approach for which I can share responsibility ’ . |
| 10 | The women 's organizations are also an important source of information for many refugees who would otherwise be isolated from events in their country and a channel by means of which they can express support for the revolutionary movement : |
| 11 | The value of the ethological study of apes , monkeys and baboons is what it tells us about apes , monkeys and baboons ; only in very special circumstances , and in a very tentative way , should it be seen as a metaphorical alternative by means of which we can study man himself , as in a mirror . |
| 12 | We now have an identity for multimedia , a working definition against which we can measure developments and potential impacts . |
| 13 | For this latter purpose it can prove invaluable , a bench mark against which you can compare candidates for the job . |
| 14 | Senior house officers rarely , if ever , have a named educational supervisor or mentor with whom they can discuss problems about their training . |
| 15 | He declared his delight that " we have at last someone in South Africa with whom we can do business " . |
| 16 | Not that he 's the only climber who appears to wish to play down the education aspects of his past — amongst many others with whom you can have sport in this manner are Stephen Venables ( Charterhouse ) , our own Tom Prentice at Climber ( Harrow ) , or even Ed himself ( Uppingham ) . |
| 17 | The reasons for doing this may be that the animal maximises its chances of mating with somebody with whom it can have offspring while at the same time minimising the ill-effects of inbreeding . |
| 18 | As well as having gills , Lungfish have primitive lungs with which they can obtain oxygen from the air . |
| 19 | Owls ' eyesight is good in dim light but not so good in total darkness ; it is their acute hearing and the accuracy with which they can pinpoint sounds that make them such successful hunters . |
| 20 | The advantage of such a system to trainees building a career lies in the complete flexibility with which they can gain qualifications . |
| 21 | Because language appears such a natural instrument with which we can describe reality , its terms and expressions seem to describe the way things are and will always be . |
| 22 | The package is basically a DOS based drawing tool with which you can draw rooms , and then place objects within them and move them around until they are in the desired location . |
| 23 | High oxygen levels are not important , for the fish has an air bladder with which it can breathe air . |
| 24 | Proud of the speed with which it can run Windows 3.1 applications on Sparc systems using its SunPC hardware and software combination , SunSelect vice president and general manager Carl Ledbetter could still not resist speculating that future technology for running PC applications from Sun would ‘ go way beyond the current generation , without the need for a card ’ . |
| 25 | Like Lloyds , a number of banks claim customers will still want old-style cheques because not everyone has an account into which they can pay cheques . |
| 26 | It is useful to include a spare stave onto which you can copy sections of music for later pasting . |
| 27 | In this case , the retailer is liable to his buyer , the boy , but now has no contract under which he can recover indemnity . |
| 28 | Influencing the attitudes of staff working in the local careers advice service by ensuring that they are provided with up-to-date information of developments in nursing and someone from whom they can seek assistance . |
| 29 | Law facilitates commercial activity by providing structures within which it can take place . |
| 30 | You very often can not even lay down any principle upon which you can give damages … |