Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [pron] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is an expectation that they can earn their way into the labour market but the labour market does not want them . |
| 2 | Their vents are pressed together so that the sperm can make its way into the female . |
| 3 | The cost of buying equipment and the requirement of skilled personnel to maintain and run it can make its use in the repeated assessments which are required for measuring rhythms prohibitively expensive . |
| 4 | Such a libretto can then be handed to a composer or arranger of music and a designer so that they can make their contributions to the total production . |
| 5 | Small changes in the choices we make or the way we behave can make us part of the solution rather than the problem . |
| 6 | As for the conservation aim , there will initially be a greater , not a lesser , consumption of paper , if members are to be persuaded to be content with the summary , it will be necessary to undertake what the Regulations call a ‘ relevant consultation ’ which involves sending to each member both the full accounts for the financial year and a summary financial statement plus a postage-paid card on which he can make his choice for the future . |
| 7 | The medium is particularly well suited to close-up shots and the viewer can make his assessment of the situation from behind the player 's arm . |
| 8 | Nothing else can explain his attitude to the young Greg LeMond , who had the mixed fortune of being his teammate . |
| 9 | Confronted with a bronze picture , we can locate its image on the relevant computer screen and , having read its precise history , proceed to learn about tableware in general , the social system of Pompeii , and even the precise recipes of the time . |
| 10 | In my last comments I mentioned how everyone can influence our performance in the Division . |
| 11 | ‘ This is a sort of halfway house where people can dip their toe in the water . |
| 12 | Sorry , Charles , Chair , can we er , in noting the report , also is there some way in which we can , the Committee can convey its appreciation to the people who take on this , must be onerous responsibility er , er , and also can we congratulate the people who thought the scheme up in the first place . |
| 13 | Perhaps it is this very ‘ emptiness ’ which appeals to many clients , for they can strip their advertisements over the aquamarine seas , or over the azure of skies , so that our subliminal minds will equate the goods they offer with the freshness of unspoiled paradise . |
| 14 | As there are few opportunities for making it by oneself , a great deal of the effort of those in low-income groups goes into working out how they can maximize their income within the existing rules . |
| 15 | Royal Mail spokesman Adam Novak said : ‘ The twin town award scheme is just one way in which we can demonstrate our commitment to the European single market by recognising the extensive contribution twin towns all over the UK have made in furthering the development of international communications . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ There 's no way we can bury our heads in the sand and pretend the problem does n't exist . |
| 17 | Instead , from as low as 1000rpm you can bury your foot in the firewall and watch the front of the car gobble up ever larger amounts of tarmac . |
| 18 | Ah well it gives you the chance to get , to increase the rent if you er but if you 're happy with them as operators er you can boost your income for the year . |
| 19 | It is a decision that has , in principle , to be taken early on , so that the creative group can concentrate their efforts on the right type of ads — though because some creative ideas work better in one medium than another , the initial decision may be left more or less open . |
| 20 | You can concentrate your attentions on the feel and fit rather than any corrective properties of the shoe . |
| 21 | A staff function should be positioned so that it can funnel its services to the organisational levels who may be the public face of the organisation to outside groups . |
| 22 | Some dragons banter words with you , more devious and less answerable than the Sphynx herself ; they spin word games which you must not play , and then in the end they come out and fight like men , until you can plunge your spear into the soft white spot where their plated armour is thin . |
| 23 | We can track his spoor through the Letters . |
| 24 | Concepts such as ‘ asking the wrong question ’ then simply function as the vehicle through which the court can substitute its views on the meaning of such phrases for that of the tribunal . |
| 25 | activities are signposted , and every new stage of a lesson is indicated so that learners can focus their attention on the task in hand |
| 26 | If , and some would say it is quite a big if , other policies can be used to get the right balance of activities in the economy , we can confine our attention to the narrower questions : are firms more likely to attain the lowest possible cost curve in the public or the private sector ? |
| 27 | Now you can buy your way into the driver 's cab of the Flying Scotsman — but it does n't come cheap . |
| 28 | The government can make its value judgements about distribution or equality and can pursue its views about the desirable degree of vertical equity without impairing the efficient functioning of a free market economy . |
| 29 | One can enjoy its contribution to the story of Librium or chlordiazepoxide , the first of the benzodiazepines . |
| 30 | In England we can date its beginning with the passage , on 22 June 1822 , of the Ill-Treatment of Cattle Act , while in the United States we may point to the passage of anti-cruelty legislation by several of the states , beginning with New York in 1828 . |