Example sentences of "can [adv] [vb infin] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , the more mobile a dipolar group , the easier it is for it to follow the electric field up to higher frequencies , whereas the less mobile groups can only orient at lower frequencies . |
| 2 | Working hours were thus dictated by tides , and the mill can only operate at favourable times . |
| 3 | ‘ The Darkfall strike generates what we can only call at this stage a chemical reaction . |
| 4 | This has often been criticised because we are told that in drawing an analogy we normally know ‘ both sides ’ that we are comparing ( eg ‘ does n't he look like a horse ? ’ , where we can look at both and judge ) , whereas in this case we can only look at one side , the object that we are comparing with God . |
| 5 | Although this chapter can only look at national-level data , indicators of acute housing shortage are much more evident in certain areas such as London since the geographical distribution of housing does not match the availability of employment and the location of places in which people want to live , and regional differential price rises in houses exacerbate this problem . |
| 6 | You can normally retire at any age after 50 . |
| 7 | Fly around this area even without landing there , and you can still look at unbelievably-coloured lakes , watch steam issuing from cliffs , see silica terraces , sulphur mines and geothermal power plants . |
| 8 | Treatment for tapeworms can also start at this age . |
| 9 | Bearing this in mind , we can now look at daily changes in body temperature . |
| 10 | We can now look at some applications of these principles to teaching . |
| 11 | As I have said , the courts can now look at white papers and official reports for the purpose of finding the ‘ mischief ’ sought to be corrected , although not at draft clauses or proposals for the remedying of such mischief . |
| 12 | In the northern Rockies one can even recognise at this level the " Pipe Rock " of the Scottish Highlands — a bed full of borings known as Skolithos . |
| 13 | Mr De Klerk justified his decision on the curious grounds that an inquiry would take too long and would create ‘ a climate of suspicion and distrust ’ which ‘ the country can ill afford at this stage in its history ’ . |
| 14 | However , in his researches , Professor Mark Rosenzweig was able to prove that this was not so and that , given sufficient stimulation , the brain can actually develop at any age . |