Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [prep] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Charlotte can think of just a handful of resorts that offer the best skiing for all standards … ’ etc . |
| 2 | In essence , there is little for local authorities to do , and what does need to be done can wait at least a couple more years ! |
| 3 | In cold temperatures the eggs are very resistant and can survive for over a year in soil . |
| 4 | Today , Mr Rafsanjani can count on only a handful of technocrats in the Majlis ; even his own ministers sometimes desert him . |
| 5 | If , for example , there are 20 districts , it means that C 1 can grow at just a shade over one-twentieth the rate of growth of total expenditures and the condition for ON to exceed OP will be met . |
| 6 | We look forward in the knowledge that in its native western slopes of the Sierra Nevada in California , it can grow at least a foot a year . |
| 7 | P&P Plc has quickly found a buyer for its volume computer distribution business which should mean that it can reverse at least a part of the £8.9m provision it took against its most recent figures to cover costs of closure if a buyer could not be found . |
| 8 | If the binding energy is low the ejected electrons carry most of the photon energy and can escape from perhaps a depth of 100 Å , while low-energy electrons ejected from levels of binding energy of 1000 eV or more may only reach the surface from depths as small as 1 Å : this effectively includes only the surface layer of atoms . |
| 9 | I believe that you will be well able to represent the views of the members of this mailing list so there is not much I can add except perhaps a comment , that with all the transfers at the club in the recent past , that the team is perhaps unsettled and that gaining the championship this season seems difficult . |
| 10 | They 're the only things that you can dispose of without a permit . ’ |
| 11 | In the updraughts of cliffs or when following boats out to sea they can fly with barely a movement of their wings and thus make ideal subjects for study ( Figure 7 ) . |
| 12 | Clearly , this emphasis on subjective experience and meaning can help to further an understanding of ageing with a disability . |