Example sentences of "can [adv] [vb infin] its [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In normal circumstances the capitalist state can successfully conceal its class character . |
| 2 | If the casual worker can not make himself available for the full length of time requested , he is unlikely to be offered the assignment , although exceptions will be made if the organisation is facing a tight labour market and can only cover its manpower requirements by bringing in " part-timers " . |
| 3 | One , the German firm Clean Concept based at Augsburg , can not fly its twin turboprop to Ipswich , but must land at Stansted or Cambridge on its regular visits , with executives completing the trip by car . |
| 4 | In the aggregate , however , the community can not reduce its bond holdings and the attempt to do so only drives down bond prices and , therefore , leads to an increase in interest rates . |
| 5 | Given the critical impact of assumption on oil prices and quantities , the CEGB will clearly need to explain why , with oil prices rising so rapidly , it can not reduce its oil consumption more quickly than it currently expects . |
| 6 | This can also affect its working life since a shy ferret is reluctant to leave a burrow after its work down there has ended . |
| 7 | If there 's a continual turnover of material we can actually calculate its residence time , that is the average length of time a particular molecule of substance X spends in the ocean . |