Example sentences of "can [verb] [noun sg] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we can do is attempt to get hold of the rules of the game so that we can make sense of a game as it is played . |
| 2 | Can auditing work without a break with tradition ? |
| 3 | To avoid any fire risk , you can treat fabric with a flame retardant spray . |
| 4 | I need not pursue these issues further here , however , as the results already cited are enough to establish that , given appropriate circumstances , verbal pre-training can influence performance on a recognition task just as it can on a motor task involving discrimination among the pre-trained stimuli . |
| 5 | Note that only the nominated approver can grant approval to a package but that the nominated approver or one of his ascendants ( who has Quality Assurer privilege ) can deny approval to a package . |
| 6 | Note that only the nominated Approver can grant approval to a package but that the nominated Approver or one of his ascendants who has Quality Assurer privilege can deny approval to a package . |
| 7 | Well , I doubt if I have a single drop of aristocratic blood in my veins , but I certainly plan to seek an invitation to enjoy those grounds if I can win permission for a search . |
| 8 | Before diving , you can display information from a menu — in alphanumerics rather than symbols or graphics — by bridging a pair of metal contacts with moist fingers . |
| 9 | There is a subtle correlation between stardom , self-confidence and sex appeal , just as the responsibility of leadership can give stature to a politician . |
| 10 | Cultural transmission is analogous to genetic transmission in that , although basically conservative , it can give rise to a form of evolution . |
| 11 | None of us can expect assistance from a Vala ; nevertheless in any kind of Mordor it is one 's duty to go on . |
| 12 | ‘ Horses can sense nervousness in a rider . |
| 13 | But in other instances the rejection of anything new and the fixed-minded adherence to the old can lock science into a state of long-term moribundity . |
| 14 | we encourage centres to use integrative approaches to assessment in which a single assessment instrument can generate evidence across a range of outcomes . |
| 15 | I think if you say you do suggestion therapy in a group , that 's fine , that 's honest and correct , but to say you can do analysis in a group I think is , is is actually erm erm fraudulent in the sense that it is not true analysis , it must be suggestion therapy . |
| 16 | In the 1980s such asset-liability reviews are assisted by computerised accountancy systems which can present information on a bank 's total exposure by country or customer on a daily basis . |
| 17 | There are also options for resizing text , fitting text to a path or a curve , or you can import text from a word processing package and paste it directly into your drawing . |
| 18 | There is a wide range of activities and processes that can use biomass as a starting point . |
| 19 | Not only are peak users paying for the high marginal costs they impose , but also those users who would not mind consuming at a different time ( e.g. households with night storage heaters , who can use electricity at a time when marginal costs are low ) are induced by cheaper prices to switch to consuming at off-peak times . |
| 20 | Moreover , written sentences can use punctuation as a way of indicating structure , and so can more easily manage complex constructions . |
| 21 | But you can provide heating for a room like this by using underfloor convector heaters , connected by a normal central heating system . |
| 22 | Mirror can work magic on a room . |
| 23 | On-screen editing facilities include a zoom mode , so that the user can see part of a mind map in more detail , a colour palette so that the colour of branches and text can be altered , and cut and paste options to allow branches to be moved around . |
| 24 | On-screen editing facilities include a zoom mode , so that the user can see part of a mind map in more detail , a colour palette so that the colour of branches and text can be altered , and cut and paste options to allow branches to be moved around . |
| 25 | I can see danger from a train . |
| 26 | You can run clip-art through a drawing package and edit it for a more personal touch very quickly , and the printing quality is consistent , which is n't always the case with bitmaps . |
| 27 | But Price Waterhouse say they are confident the original directors can run Dale at a profit . |
| 28 | April 9 1986 was a red letter day for all who can pronounce Pontprenshitw without a blush . |
| 29 | Banks own small stakes of their own and can rally support against a bidder . |
| 30 | Again the implication is that women can avoid rape through a display of courage when in reality other rather more fortuitous factors are much more important , as this woman actually recognised' . |