Example sentences of "[noun pl] can [vb infin] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In answer , one might presume that implicit justifications can exist to deal with implicit criticisms .
2 Enterprise democracy differs from this in that ( a ) workers can begin to fight for such an objective in the absence of a socialist government and ( b ) it is by nature impossible for even the most ‘ socialist ’ of governments to develop enterprise democracy ‘ from above ’ .
3 Within some relationships , the two partners can begin to move in opposite directions .
4 Our bodies can learn to respond to new situations if trusted to learn how for themselves .
5 Clearly , any reasonable number of players can have to go at this game , taking it in turns to bat and bowl .
6 As long as young pro-European forces can continue to develop in this country , I think that a positive change in attitude is possible .
7 An effective monitoring , or " tracking " system must therefore be established to ensure : I. that students are able to redeem their Compact entitlement when their formal education is completed , and 2. that students can continue to participate in Compact either in a school sixth form or a college of further education .
8 This opposition , expressed in terms of adult education , seems out of all proportion given that most women can expect to spend at most three or four hours a week in women-only classes as against a lifetime in the world of men .
9 At recent rates about 80 per cent of married women can expect to work at some time in their married lifetime ( Martin and Roberts 1984 ) .
10 Women can expect to have between live and eight children as a general rule , and in rural areas it is not uncommon for women to have up to I5 pregnancies .
11 What is required here are rules which courts can use to distinguish between legal and illegal armed conflicts , and between legal and illegal methods of conducting legal armed conflicts .
12 Hence , corporate groups can continue to exist with separable SBUs and will not inevitably be broken up .
13 Why does the Lord Chancellor think people who need housing benefit and family credit to meet their basic living expenses can afford to pay for legal advice ?
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