Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given the availability of very fast spectroscopic techniques , using either photographic recording or pulsed lasers , we can consider working with a non-flowing sample and simply recording a spectrum at some interval after sudden generation of the species , but before its decay is complete . |
| 2 | With a few words a woman can give meaning to a whole day 's struggle , and a man will be very grateful . |
| 3 | I am happy to say that my officials will be meeting representatives from the company tomorrow to see what ECGD can do to help in the present confused economic position in the Soviet Union . |
| 4 | Second , the discrimination which emanates from ageism can appear to result from the natural process of biological ageing rather than social creation . |
| 5 | Labour will develop a flexible decade of retirement between the ages of 60 and 70 , so that men and women can choose to retire on a full pension or continue in work without discrimination . |
| 6 | I can remember staring after the fatal chariot until it was a dot on the new road . |
| 7 | Not surprisingly , therefore , entrepreneurs and managers can become locked into an existing company structure which may perform not particularly well but adequately enough to survive , or to survive while its position is steadily being undermined by import penetration . |
| 8 | Having accepted that deviance can become amplified through a positive feedback mechanism , and that the initial acts of deviance on which the system feeds are often quite minor , only a relatively weak explanation of the original deviance is called for . |
| 9 | Whereas most novel beliefs can become anchored into the cultural patterns of common sense , there is something special about the transmission of scientific ideas in the modern age . |
| 10 | [ … ] However the problem with regulation , as US experience testifies , is that the regulatory agency can become captured by the political interests of the industry it is regulating and fail to act as the guardian of consumers ' interests . |
| 11 | Thus , very high blood pressure can become established as a pathological state — ‘ essential hypertension ’ — which can help to precipitate strokes or heart attacks . |
| 12 | If you feel this makes your first attempts at pressed flower pictures rather too complicated , you can begin working with a simple picture arranged on a plain cream card and make your designs more ambitious each time . |
| 13 | Should you be lucky enough to own a ‘ filofax ’ , there are many kinds of graph paper , different coloured notepapers , and diary sheets that you can purchase to make into a comprehensive section on your new diet and health programme . |
| 14 | According to Epting ( 1981 ) it is only through the continuous creation of new constructs that an individual can hope to deal with an ever-changing world . |
| 15 | This cause has been championed not because of the prestige which the word ‘ science ’ carries with it , but because it is only through the better employment of scientific method that sociology can hope to develop as a true academic discipline , free from the biases introduced by ideologists or the wish to sway current social policy . |
| 16 | If a problem ( or a proof ) seems too difficult as it stands one can try looking at a special or simpler case . |
| 17 | The diversity and volume of silver bearing his mark is far greater than can have emerged from a single workshop and it has been generally acknowledged , after a century dominated by the concept of the maker 's mark , that De Lamerie , in common with many other goldsmiths registering marks at Goldsmiths ' Hall , not only fulfilled orders with other goldsmiths ' wares but also subcontracted orders to a range of London workshops , although striking the finished wares with his own punch . |
| 18 | Now that the teaching of pirouettes has become more scientific , dancers can attempt turning with the working leg held at many different angles , even changing the pose as they spin . |
| 19 | The exact requirements of natural justice can vary depending on the particular situation . |
| 20 | Rather than use an arbitrary measure of commission costs ( since these can vary according to the exact size of the deal and the market makers spread ) we have attempted to capture the competitive effects associated with changes in transactions costs by using a measure of turnover on the UK Stock Exchange . |
| 21 | Then , if you can manage to go to the front door , open it , before you pass out or feel faint , or ring a neighbour who has a key . |
| 22 | A few of them can afford to rely upon a single organization to offer them work throughout the year . |
| 23 | The decision of whether to prescribe an antidepressant should be made on the basis of whether the patient shows ‘ biological ’ features of depression which predict a good response ( e.g. early morning wakening , diurnal mood variation , and weight loss due to impaired appetite ) ; whether , in the case of severe depression , one can afford to wait for the delayed response of an antidepressant ; and the extent to which environmental factors seem largely to explain the symptoms . |
| 24 | RODERICK Newall , the former army lieutenant accused of murdering his wealthy Scottish parents in Jersey five years ago , was yesterday faced with the problem of whether he can afford to appeal to the Privy Council in the fight against extradition to stand trial . |
| 25 | Once that 's settled , you can afford to indulge in a little merrymaking . |
| 26 | Yet the final equation of what you can afford to spend on a new car is likely to be influenced by what you get for the old one . |
| 27 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the launching of the first Trident submarine yesterday , and the fact that three more are under construction , is the minimum insurance policy that the country can afford to accept in a dangerous and uncertain world ? |
| 28 | They have no choice at all , and we are in a most dreadful situation and government policy only has one choice and that 's you buy , and if you ca n't afford to buy , and at the moment only thirty five per cent of families in Oxford can afford to buy on the current wage levels and the current house prices , the other sixty five per cent have no choice whatsoever , so you know you 're talking nonsense to say we want consumer choice in housing . |
| 29 | I think kids can get influenced in a bad way by music . |
| 30 | ‘ You stay here and think it over quietly — ’ he put another glass of wine in her hand — ‘ and I 'll go and see if I can get rid of the remaining folks . ’ |