Example sentences of "the [noun] can [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Languages : Dutch ( official ) ; Hindustani ( 32% ) and Javanese ( 15% ) ; the majority can speak the native language Sranang Tongo ( taki-taki ) . |
| 2 | Languages:Dutch ( official ) ; Hindustani ( 32% ) and Javanese ( 15% ) ; the majority can speak the native language Sranang Tongo ( taki-taki ) . |
| 3 | The cost of taking a position in such cross rates will be reduced if the contracts can achieve the necessary volume and liquidity . |
| 4 | Not only is it a bad conductor of heat — so putting up running costs — but the fur can reduce the effective internal diameter of a pipe and can eventually lead leaking , immersion heaters burning out , and noises in the water heating system . |
| 5 | The support can work the other way ; physiological knowledge can help us to build models . |
| 6 | Whatever the method , it is vital to keep accurate , up-to-date figures so that the retailer can maintain the ideal stock level . |
| 7 | Even when a discharge is discovered , it is sometimes very difficult to establish where the other end of the pipe is : town plans or the other records which comprise the organizational memory are often incomplete or out of date , while physically tracing the effluent can involve the time-consuming and hazardous task of lifting manholes in the middle of city streets while filling sample buckets , proceeding by trial and error to narrow down the possible sources of pollution . |
| 8 | The editors are aware of the dangers accompanying the recent transformation of AI from ugly duckling to golden-egg-laying goose : ‘ The crisis we now face is a crisis of success , and many wonder if the substance of the field can support the high hopes . ’ |
| 9 | In order to split the Listing into a series of manageable files , the user can indicate the maximum number of pages which are to be generated in any one version of a file . |
| 10 | When the modules have been scanned successfully , the user can enter the new versions using option 1.3.2 . |
| 11 | The user can enter the numerical value of the DC state to be considered . |
| 12 | So we all know that Benn is black and yet at the same time the Guardian can maintain the implicit position : ‘ Black ? |
| 13 | Thus to operate a tighter monetary policy the authorities can do the following : |
| 14 | By controlling the total number of permits available , the authorities can determine the overall amount of waste discharged . |
| 15 | If a request for transfer is refused the applicant can ask the appropriate county court care centre to review the decision and the application may be dealt with by a nominated care district judge . |
| 16 | But fans of the programme can savour the below-the-belt humour of two of its stars David Baddiel and Rob Newman during a 40date British tour which includes Newcastle 's New Tyne Theatre on April 21 and Middlesbrough Town Hall on April 28 . |
| 17 | Under s 36 of the Administration of Justice Act 1970 , where a possession order of a dwelling house is made , then if satisfied that the defendant can pay the current instalments and the arrears in a reasonable time ( or remedy other defaults ) , the court has wide powers of suspending a possession order . |
| 18 | The council-owned green is open to the public and the club can provide the necessary equipment for anyone to have a casual game . |
| 19 | In addition the warden can alert the medical and social services to any signs of deterioration at this early stage , and appropriate action can be taken . |
| 20 | Prior to the experiment , the experimenter can make the following deduction . |
| 21 | There is now evidence that the basement membrane-like matrix of the liver can change the phenotypic characteristics and growth of lipocytes , endothelial cells , and hepatocytes . |
| 22 | In some people whose immunological defences are weakened , either by the effect of drugs , cancer , or as a result of a congenital defect in antibody production , the fungus can invade the external skin surface , which is resistant to such infection under normal circumstances . |
| 23 | The chicken can imitate the thermal characteristics of foods kept in refrigerators and detects temperature changes . |
| 24 | In recent years the heated greenhouse or conservatory has become popular again and with this Victorian fashion reborn — plus today 's modern methods of plant cultivation — the conservatory can provide the right conditions to be able to grow plants that would not normally survive our climate . |
| 25 | This can be taught , in that the teacher can create the optimum conditions for this kind of learning . |
| 26 | The teacher can enter the small group improvisation in role , using the role to focus and challenge the work . |
| 27 | It is a question of whether the size of the room can take the increased proportions . |
| 28 | These exploratory adventures are conducted in the safe knowledge that they are carried out within sight of a parent , and if there is ever any doubt about this the infant can throw the occasional backward glance for reassurance . |
| 29 | ( It is worth emphasising that the question is only one of judging whether the eye can determine the experimental set-up , and has nothing to do with the measurements . ) |
| 30 | Er Emma keep thy hands to thy self otherwise that the eye can induce the old custom of putting them off |