Example sentences of "can [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can plot up to 45,000 colour coded stars , show the motion of the Sun , Moon and all the planets . |
| 2 | Eggs are the perfect protein , containing all eight essential amino acids , so they can make up for any deficiency that may be caused elsewhere . |
| 3 | This natural gas , formed from uranium and radium , seeps out of the ground — in Cornwall it actually comes through the granite — and can build up to cancer-inducing levels if measures are not taken to deal with it properly . |
| 4 | There is also an enhanced UNDO function in which you can re-trace up to 63 steps . |
| 5 | The thing that made it attractive to Paneth and Peters , and years later to Pons , Fleischmann and Jones , was its great affinity for hydrogen — it can absorb up to 900 times its own volume of the gas . |
| 6 | You can zoom in on any area of the design by positioning a BOX around that area . |
| 7 | Here senior police officers sit in a windowless room , facing a bank of video-monitors and operating , by remote control , TV cameras which can zoom in on any area of the terraces or stands . |
| 8 | Adult elephants spend three quarters of the day feeding and can eat up to 225 kilos of food a day . |
| 9 | And if you want to collect ready made salad type things from M&S I am sure you can eat in on some evenings by arrangement , depending on our social plans . |
| 10 | Tom Eisner and Stephen Nowicki , of Cornell University , noticed that the spiders that use stabilimenta build long-lived webs that can stay up for several days . |
| 11 | They can cash in on good ideas from staff and benefit from many small improvements and occasional large leaps forward . |
| 12 | Bulldozers were used to clear 1.6 million ha for Gmelina arborea ( Verbenaceae ) , which can yield up to 30 m 3 per ha per annum , but the best stands yielded only 14 t , the scheme overall only 3–6 t . |
| 13 | yeah , will you turn round straight please so I can clip in at this side good gir |
| 14 | The wilfulness of human nature can be deceitful , and we can hang on to old ways like cherished thoughts or possessions . |
| 15 | At the centre , dispatchers keep track of taxis on monitor screens , which can display up to five cabs per pole . |
| 16 | This option can accommodate package structures up to 20 levels deep , and the scrolled area can display up to 20 package names . |
| 17 | The new low aspect ratio keels have been specially designed to give the maximum lift to windward as well as allowing the boat to creep into shallow lagoons and creeks where she can dry out without any difficulty thus opening up previously unexplored regions throughout the world . |
| 18 | Schools and housing associations can opt out of local authority control . |
| 19 | During this spare time you can catch up on lost sleep ( as long as your naps do not prevent a full night 's sleep ) , relax after the stresses of the journey , adjust drinking and eating habits , and generally adapt to your new surroundings . |
| 20 | The decoy can catch up to 1400 birds in a season . |
| 21 | The wonderful thing about literature is that great poetry can chime in on any thought or experience . |
| 22 | Depending on when you make your purchases , you can enjoy up to 56 days interest-free credit . |
| 23 | You can borrow up to six items at any one time and most items you borrow are due back in 28 days ( not a month ) , but some in heavy demand are due back in 14 days . |
| 24 | If your mortgage application is in your name only , you can borrow up to 3½ times your gross annual salary . |
| 25 | If the adventurers want to collect some curios , they can collect up to 250 GCs worth , with each GC of value being 1 Enc point . |
| 26 | Parents can give up during this process feeling that the plan is not working or even making the problem worse . |
| 27 | There has been a particular concentration on measures for young people to the extent that many who leave school at sixteen can expect up to two years in government schemes which combine work experience with training . |
| 28 | The large Pteropus vampyrus ( weight 800 g ) can carry up to 200 g , Pteropus travelling up to 50 km to forage . |
| 29 | Its body is made of high strength , low weight carbon fibre and the little car can carry up to four adults and two children . |
| 30 | From Corrie , the larger 2.75cu ft Victor , made from red polyethylene with a rust resistant chassis and leg sleeves , cost £39.74 , and the new self-assembly polypropylene Fort SB90 which can carry up to 275 lbs , costs £39.95 . |