Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] an [noun sg] can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thirdly , the object is that in or through which an instinct can achieve its aim . |
| 2 | In practical terms , a person may be able to afford to ignore an order that he or she do something , but not to ignore an order in pursuance of which an authority can do something detrimental to him or her . |
| 3 | Thus , in empty-hand combat , after all the kicks and strikes have been covered from every angle , there is nothing new with which an opponent can hit you . |
| 4 | The National Record of Vocational Achievement ( NROVA ) us a folder or personal file within which an individual can keep certificates and other documentation relating to his or her vocational education and training . |
| 5 | Chapter 4 considers addressing modes ; that is , the range of ways ( commencing with index registers ) in which an instruction can specify a location in the store . |
| 6 | It is also important that you try and evaluate the dramatic experience of these different forms of presentation — this is worthwhile , because it will make you think about the different ways in which an actor can work and the various ways in which his skills are used . |
| 7 | But he was risen from the golfing dead , so to speak , and my friend is interested in what an agent can achieve for minor stars , as well as superstars . ’ |
| 8 | Limitations on delegation , and on the extent to which an authority can proceed through policies or rules , provide the two main limbs of this type of constraint . |
| 9 | … the bilateralism inherent in the traditional structures and processes of international law is secured on the one hand , by a prohibition of intervention protecting not only a State 's internal but also its external affairs against third party interference and , on the other hand , by the pacta tertiis rule in the law of treaties , according to which an agreement can create neither obligations nor rights for a third State without its consent . |
| 10 | A hazard is an occasion on which an individual can gain the respect or risk the contempt of his fellows . |
| 11 | The employment protection legislation operates to restrict the grounds on which an employer can terminate the contract of employment with impunity . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | This is the best measure of fitness , since it expresses the greatest rate at which an individual can exert himself . |
| 14 | We have described nine readily identifiable techniques by which an author can do this , as exemplified in the Royal College of Physicians ' report . |