Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [adv] [adv] as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two spayed females disputing a territorial boundary can caterwaul as dramatically as any ‘ rutting toms ’ . |
| 2 | It is described here so that you can see as soon as possible : A learning program may have many facets , and classification is fraught with subtlety . |
| 3 | The dragonfly has so many ommatidia that it can see as well as some vertebrates . |
| 4 | Further evidence comes from detailed observational studies of adult-child interactions which have suggested that infants are able to synchronise gross motor activity with the intonational contours of adult conversation ( Condon and Sander 1974 ) and that imitation of an adult 's facial expression can occur as early as three days after birth ( Meltzoff and Moore 1977 , 1983 ) . |
| 5 | An average polar bear stands almost four feet tall at the shoulder , weighs 1,500 lbs and can run as fast as 25 miles an hour . |
| 6 | Settlement can be a drawn out affair and can take as long as six months or more from the time your debt became overdue . |
| 7 | The coarse grist can take as long as six months , by which time many plants that are intended to benefit will have long since gone . |
| 8 | It is our experience that from appointment to completion , the sale of a company can take as long as six months or , perhaps , longer . |
| 9 | It can take as long as two weeks after you give your blood sample before you get your result , which can be a difficult and stressful time . |
| 10 | In some species these trailing threads , full of stinging-cells called nematocysts , can reach as far as 50 feet . |
| 11 | But , if they can play as indifferently as this and still win by a record margin , then the Gods are obviously with them . |
| 12 | The average age for the menopause to occur is 50 — in some women it can start as early as 35 and in others as late as 60 . |
| 13 | The average age for the menopause to occur is 50 — in some women it can start as early as 35 and in others as late as 60 . |
| 14 | We will continue to do this so that we can trade as efficiently as possible on our resorts in Spain and the Canary Islands . |