Example sentences of "can [vb infin] and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are many experiences which can sensitise and inform committed work . |
| 2 | Parliament , according to English constitutional theory , can make and unmake any law , on any matter , and to any effect whatsoever . |
| 3 | It nevertheless remains the view today that the Parliament of the United Kingdom can make and unmake any law whatever and can not be controlled in seeking to do so . |
| 4 | Not only this , but by his instructions several of the petty officers can make and calculate these observations almost as well as himself . ’ |
| 5 | Aimed at practitioners , managers and other health service staff interested in using quality services , it shows how they can adapt and apply these approaches to improve the quality of their service . |
| 6 | Many countries do spend a lot of money on military arsenals so that they can invade and terrorise other countries . |
| 7 | This intellectual process is of greatest linguistic and epistemological importance , because thanks to it human beings can devise and use common nouns , which are class names and not merely proper names for each individual of a species of beings or class of things . |
| 8 | Many owls have such a perfect sense of hearing that they can locate and catch small creatures in the pitch dark , landing upon them with the claws correctly aligned to grasp them along the spine . |
| 9 | Pharmacy was chosen for review because university cuts in the subject , announced by the UGC in 1981 , were made on the grounds that courses were available in the public sector , and because the UGC has recently established a panel on subjects allied in medicine , including pharmacy , with which NAB 's working group can consult and co-ordinate some measure of trans-binary planning . |
| 10 | Within this dynamic , we can affect and create cultural forms and an agenda which bring the non-disabled world to us , not we to it . |
| 11 | One major response , of particular relevance to understanding how executives can initiate and implement corporate crime , is called the ‘ conforming deviant ’ . |
| 12 | We can discuss and demonstrate electronic publishing both within the University and outside , for example , at the National Library of Scotland , where we have access to the Business Information Service , or at the commercial electronic publishing house of Longman Cartermill . |
| 13 | Esops have two parts : an employee benefit trust , which can buy and hold existing shares in its adopting company , and one or more share schemes which can be used to distribute shares to employees . |
| 14 | People can buy and sell existing bills . |
| 15 | We meet with the French regularly so it is important we can converse and understand each other . ’ |
| 16 | Using the computer environment as our tool we can process and reshape all kinds of information swiftly and perfectly . |
| 17 | Let's first examine how we can generate and use dramatic tension , and then look at how we might teach narrative . |
| 18 | Students can choose and use self-access material on their own to correct or assess their own performance . |
| 19 | Someone who can understand and collate medical notes is worth their weight in gold . |
| 20 | The author concludes by suggesting ways in which teachers can use and develop these activities in their own classroom . |
| 21 | You may need to watch him at first , so that you can clean and dress any grazes or cuts immediately . |
| 22 | That those in authority can demand and obtain perfect compliance |
| 23 | the Carri-Med CSL Rheometer can measure and quantify rheological properties for a whole range of materials . |
| 24 | Many gardeners will argue that there is a risk in pruning very early , that frost can burn and shrivel young foliage that unfolds as the buds expand . |
| 25 | We are witnessing the emergence of a new generation of managers who can create and sustain successful business environments ; who can set directions and define roles and authority ; who can nurture the skills of their team ; and who can maintain a balance between strict controls and the flexibility needed to respond to market conditions and opportunities . |
| 26 | For example , they can do more when they can produce written language because they can write to people who are far away , or to institutions , government departments , newspapers etc. ; they can keep written records ; they can write down ideas in order to reflect on them and reformulate them ; they can elaborate complex arguments which require written support ; they can create and keep artistic artefacts — poems , plays , stories ; and so on . |
| 27 | The stress upon implicit and explicit features also suggests a similarity with the work of those developmental psychologists , who examine how social conditions can create and realize implicit aspects of the developmental process ( Edwards and Mercer , 1987 ; Griffin and Cole , 1984 ; Shotter , 1989 ) . |
| 28 | Concepts are mental procedures by which we can create and recreate mental images of objects , ideas of feelings … |
| 29 | Not only this , the latest multi-function instruments can scan and monitor all engine conditions — oil T & P , CHT , OAT , etc. — and warn of any abnormality before it has time to result in damage . |
| 30 | It 's an introduction cos this is given to a member of staff and he says the first the question is can develop and train all staff . |