Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [prep] a [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Modern microprocessors and computer technology have made such rapid advances that telecommunications and internal communications systems are now in compact units without plugs , switches , or buttons : just small keyboards with touch-sensitive depressions , some with small visual display units ( VDUs ) which can show at a glance the status of all calls being handled and prompt the operator through every procedure so that training can be reduced to a minimum . |
| 2 | Sinners , prostitutes , and thieves can understand in a second the power of that argument . |
| 3 | Excluding the sudden arrival of a frontal system , the wind direction is predictable and you can plan with a map the place most likely to have the ideal cross-shore winds which enable easy launching and recovery . |
| 4 | We can use as an example the mining of xyzkqu , which is used in zyxuqk machines . |
| 5 | It is an ideal setting in which visitors can see at a glance the high standard of design and quality in keeping with Sweden 's reputation for advanced and stylish design . |
| 6 | To put Saussure 's point in a different way , we can take as an illustration an area of language to which he did not pay particular attention , but which subsequent theorists have considered significant : that of colour terminology . |
| 7 | But if the puffin is aware of the pirate in good time , it can accelerate to a speed the skua can not match . |
| 8 | But in the meantime how pleasant it is to find oneself arriving in the evening for the first time in some lively little English market town , where one can forget for a while the noisy onward march of science , and settle down to meditate upon the civilised past . |
| 9 | One can forget for a while the rigours faced everyday and appreciate wholeheartedly the kind of escapism that lies at the root of ‘ The Passionate Shepherd to his love ’ and ‘ The Garden ’ and all other poems which make up the pastoral garden . |
| 10 | Unless the two main parties can agree on a successor a contest seems inevitable . |