Example sentences of "can [vb infin] from the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they get older they tend to have very thin skin and can bruise from the slightest injury . |
| 2 | Margaret of Carlisle , 47 , was widowed two years ago and knew at first hand the financial problems that can arise from the sudden death of a loved one and the trauma of finding that her partner was inadequately insured . |
| 3 | The optimality theory states that an increase in a is good , as the subjects can always ignore the increased probability of lower prices ( as they should not be selling at those low prices anyhow ) and can profit from the increased probability of higher prices . |
| 4 | Perpetuation of this system would have meant , as we can predict from the above reasoning , that when the nation 's sewers finally collapsed , having been built in the last century , a huge financing requirement would have been forced upon the industry . |
| 5 | If these complex changes over time in the relationship between general improvements in attainment , social bases of recruitment and expanded further educational opportunities are not taken into account , the general improvement can appear from the fixed position of an employer as a decline in standards . |
| 6 | Within this realm the stuff of dreams and nightmares can coalesce from the very air . |
| 7 | Customers can choose from the wide selection of knitwear on offer or have a design made specially for them in the style , size and colour of their choice . |
| 8 | ‘ Traders can choose from the daily menu which may include Chinese or Indian dishes , pizza or pastas , traditional English cuisine or healthy choices . |
| 9 | From here you can choose from the three program options . |
| 10 | Mr Morrow said : ‘ I look forward to the challenge of leading the industry into a free market situation and to creating the right framework within which producers , processors and consumers can benefit from the increased competition which will inevitably affect all sectors of the industry . |
| 11 | They stress that the only farmers who can benefit from the immediate purchase of ewe premium rights are those who have submitted a 1993 claim for more sheep than they have quota and are buying or leasing retrospectively . |
| 12 | Christie 's will not be holding sales in Germany next year as it is our policy to centralise ‘ European ’ sales in London where the international range of buyers and sellers can benefit from the best marketing and auctioneering available . |
| 13 | Although while we are alive we can never return to Eden , we can benefit from the ever-flowing waters of Eden . |
| 14 | In response to the numbers of queries it has received , the Stamp Office has issued a guidance note on which documents can benefit from the higher threshold , in particular circumstances where the documents are signed on or before 19 August but relate to a sale which may not be completed until 20 August or later . |
| 15 | Solicitors can explain how VAT affects your business and whether you can benefit from the special rules for small businesses . |
| 16 | If the original payee is stumped for funds at maturity , the final holder can approach the last endorser for payment , who in turn can claim from the previous endorser , etc . |
| 17 | Or if in doubt , you can search from the last date of any registration disclosed ( of registration of the seller or of a mortgage , etc ) . |
| 18 | The reality is in fact much much broader than this , and as you can see from the following list , there are a wealth of opportunities providing care and comfort for all sectors of the population . |
| 19 | This means that multi-dimensional scaling has applications in many areas of work , as we can see from the following examples . |
| 20 | As you can see from the first diagram , the body of even the toughest fighter is covered with ‘ soft spots ’ ( or vulnerable areas ) which can easily be seen and reached . |
| 21 | But they do make sociolinguistic assumptions : in context it is clear that they also assume the early development of a socially elite variety , and we can see from the first sentence of the quotation that ‘ carefulness ’ is probably also involved . |
| 22 | As you can see from the second run , pressing |
| 23 | We can see from the annual average figures that sterling 's effective exchange rate has fallen since 1975 ( 1975 = 100 ) and in 1987 it averaged 72.6 — depreciation of 27 per cent . |
| 24 | By the tenth century we can see from the detailed boundary clauses contained in charters that the earlier estate arrangements are already becoming obscure . |
| 25 | We can see from the Unemployed Flow Survey that the proportion of people finding work within 10 months of registration as job seekers who took temporary jobs varied with the level of unemployment in their area . |
| 26 | Well they 're getting comfy seats and we 're star well as you can see from the last play , Wuthering Heights that erm we actually lost money on that I know it will happen but I feel that we ought to erm go along and get into a healthier position again . |
| 27 | Having decided upon a starting place , what can follow from the current state ? |
| 28 | Taboo is contagious ; it can move from the prohibited act to a person , and by extension the taboo can be displaced on to material objects which become transmitters of taboo . |
| 29 | For instance , a study of the dies used for the bronze coinage of Antoninus Pius ( AD 138–61 ) circulating in Britain has suggested that the total stock of bronze coinage in circulation was of the general magnitude of about ten million sestertii ; as the population of the province was about five million at the time , we can conclude from the low figure of two sestertii per capita that most of the population can not have used coinage on anything like the scale required in a fully monetised society ( see also p. 51 ) . |
| 30 | We can conclude from the previous section that a change in national income ( even when adjusted for price and population increases ) can only be used as an indicator , and not an accurate measure , of a change in economic welfare . |