Example sentences of "they can [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The above reference to large and powerful retail chains implies that they can exert a strong influence in the marketplace . |
| 2 | The limitations of QACs are of less significance when they are compounded with other products with which they can exert a synergistic effect . |
| 3 | The occult power of dictators does n't lie in the fact that they 're clever they 're frequently quite limited , and I think Milosevic is a very limited man but in the fact that they can draw a great number of people and even whole nations into the circle of their mad ideas . |
| 4 | If programmers need all that RAM why do n't they use Expanded or Extended memory so that they can leave a fair slice of the base memory to the system ? |
| 5 | avoid formulae and strategies which others , from different disciplines , insist that we adopt so that they can achieve a unified standard . |
| 6 | most likely to make people believe that they can achieve a certain thing and let them get up and do it and erm so that the Party 's role is in the initial stage fostering as much mobilization |
| 7 | And then they can hire a personal physician , or whatever they are |
| 8 | ‘ Father says they can graft a new hand onto the nerve ends . |
| 9 | Electric rays lurk down on the ocean bed , often in shallow water , and they can deliver a painful shock to any person unfortunate enough to step on one . |
| 10 | They can give a nasty bite . |
| 11 | While I recommend such systems for those who can afford them , they can give a false sense of security to the beginner , especially if something goes wrong . |
| 12 | Here , they can combine a professional career with the joys of rural living : Richard 's practice as a chartered surveyor is an easy eight minutes ' drive away , just long enough to ‘ listen to the traffic reports and think of all those people on the M25 ! ’ |
| 13 | If so , — they can take the opportunity to learn about new teaching methods related to recently developed educational programmes such as CPVE and GCSE ; — they can shadow a senior manager to learn how headteachers and deputies deal with their problems of management ; — they can focus on particular curriculum areas , working with teachers to develop materials appropriate to their skills and experiences , e.g. electronics ; — they can act as consultants on a particular problem within the school , e.g. financial management ; — they can take the opportunity to " de-mystify " industry . |
| 14 | If that opportunity is denied the search company then they will have significant problems convincing their clients that they can do a good job . |
| 15 | I want to see whether they can do a good double take . ’ |
| 16 | Controlling risk is still the first priority and they can do a substantial amount themselves . |
| 17 | Roger Poole , and other leaders of the overtime ban , have vowed to do whatever they can to force a face-to-face confrontation with Kenneth Clarke , Secretary of State for Health , who has refused to countenance a meeting . |
| 18 | In this case they can present a different appearance , a host of little tubes combining together into branching twigs or nets . |
| 19 | In the middle , they can offer a non-permanent alternative to dado rails , providing a separation for one or two different wallcoverings , or a useful way of relieving small patterns . |
| 20 | None of these could be regarded as solutions in themselves , but taken together , and in combination with other measures outlined in the new deal , they can make a substantial improvement . |
| 21 | The council would like anyone who feels they can make a regular committment to visit their homes to get in touch with its social services department . |
| 22 | A Somali taxi-driver denounces those in his country who still think they can make a radical revolution , before turning to a discussion of the narcotic , khat , legally available in Britain but banned for some time in the US . |
| 23 | They can make a decent case that economic growth will pick up in the second half of the year . |
| 24 | Erm but if you 're dealing with issues about human relationship then they 're very very important , very powerful and er they they can make a huge difference familiarity , sensitivity in the use of this kind of can be very important Okay , we 'll come back to that cos I w when we come when we 're actually looking at improving communication we 'll come back to those issues . |
| 25 | Health board staff believe that they can make a significant contribution to health education in schools . |
| 26 | They can make a significant contribution to the general health and well-being of individuals and local communities . |
| 27 | Conference , I ask you to support this motion that calls for a publicity campaign to name those employers and establishments that exploit th their staff so they can make a fat profit , and to update the hotel list . |
| 28 | The present research questions this narrow role for phonology , and investigates the hypotheses that phonologically aware children with a developing knowledge of sound-letter correspondence learn to read easily because they can create a primitive word recognition system to recognise printed monosyllabic words in terms of the partial information carried by their beginning and end letters . |
| 29 | Alternatively , an individual may be significantly restricted as to the condition , manner or duration under which they can perform a major life activity as compared to an average person . |
| 30 | Spurs are trying to get their Coca Cola League Cup tie with Brentford brought forward two days so they can send a strong team to play a friendly in Rome on September 23 against Paul Gascoigne 's Lazio . |