Example sentences of "can [verb] [pron] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Repeatedly interviewing the same people can sensitise them to the research , and this may have unknown effects on their responses .
2 The association and others criticise what I describe as independent inspectors , but we can reassure them in the Bill and elsewhere by showing how powerful HMI will be in ensuring that standards are up to the required level .
3 I know you 've got none fit in Munster at the moment , but hopefully the Lads in the Power Pack Section can make something of the ones we 've just lifted .
4 Now , do you think we can make it to the post box let's go and have a try shall we ?
5 ‘ Not much traffic if we can make it into the forest , ’ he said .
6 You can make it in the kitchen .
7 It is a chance for him to prove he can make it in the Football League . ’
8 You can breathe it in through the lungs you can swallow it through the mouth , you can inject it through the skin and you can also absorb it through the skin .
9 ‘ If they live , we can transplant them into the garden .
10 so you can build it into the unit .
11 We would always suggest that you supply a copy of the PageMaker document so the bureau can output it via the software if the PostScript file wo n't perform .
12 We can comfort ourselves in the knowledge that death must have supervened very quickly .
13 You can explain yourself to the CO later . ’
14 Pastiche is a dualistic activity , and it is an activity which can lend itself to the expression of paranoid feelings and unacted desires .
15 Nevertheless , if the court 's powers are to be meaningful , there must come a point at which the court , while not disregarding the child 's wishes , can override them in the child 's own best interests , objectively considered .
16 If exceptions , such as ‘ I promise to tell the truth ’ , occur to us , we can treat them as the exceptions that prove the rule .
17 A fire blanket is the best way of smothering chip-pan and frying-pan fires , and has loops so you can lower it over the pan without burning your hands .
18 Oh they can sack you on the works .
19 We can congratulate ourselves on the forecasts which led to fixing fees at the right levels , but commercial criteria are not the only means of judging the fortunes of professional institutes .
20 The RUC are anxious to speak to the driver of a maroon Maestro car which was close to the murder scene yesterday morning , in order that they can eliminate them from the murder investigation .
21 If that man is out there and he is innocent then please would he come forward so that we can eliminate him from the inquiry
22 That 's the , that 's the whole point , you , you have to start somewhere , yes I can give her a bit of paper , yes she can throw it in the bin , it 's made no difference , in fact I think it 's getting worse since I spoke to her , is n't it ?
23 If twins are detected by ultrasound scan , parents can prepare themselves for the births and plan accordingly , and also alert the obstetric team so that the appropriate antenatal care can be given to allow for the best chance of a safe delivery .
24 Thus the plant can , during the latter part of the night , move its leaves to a position appropriate for sunrise ; predatory animals can prepare themselves for the activity of hunting and hunted animals can escape to safety before it is too late .
25 But there is nothing on land that can prepare you for the profusion of shapes and colours of the corals themselves .
26 ‘ No matter how well briefed you 've been ’ , he says , ‘ nothing can prepare you for the shock of international rugby .
27 Nothing can prepare you for the shock .
28 Who can deliver us from the power of these mighty gods ? ’
29 the colours and everything and the order you want them , but the little figures erm , she buys them and she just paints them , and that 's how she could make er the ones for Shirley er for me , erm she gets little soldiers and she can paint them in the camouflage dress
30 ‘ But it is infinitely the best show in town at a time when legislation threatens press freedom and we shall do everything we can to support it through the arguments ahead . ’
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