Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [pron] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once we have price adjustment factors for a given set of bonds , we can use them to price different bonds with different amounts of the factors embodied in them . |
| 2 | You can use it to shoot heavy balls of metal from large guns . |
| 3 | Obviously he behaved in a highly suspicious manner today , but a guilty conscience can inspire one to do strange things . |
| 4 | I might see if I can persuade them to do some practice bits with Therese . ’ |
| 5 | Only a life history approach can allow us to follow these threads to a fuller understanding of each person 's singular present . |
| 6 | Hard and fast rules can not be laid down as each individual situation varies , but if nurses participate in discussion and role play , it can help them to have more confidence when they experience the real situation . |
| 7 | Diagrams can help you to record such questions in a clear and interesting way . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't see how sawdust can help you to sell second-hand cars , daddy . ’ |
| 9 | Recently-developed , safer X-ray techniques can help us to observe articulatory movements taking place within the vocal tract , and contact between the tongue and the palate can be measured electrically . |
| 10 | Our choice of ‘ aware ’ , as a philosophically uncorrupted word which can help us to approach philosophical problems from a different angle , does have something to do with its recent currency in the valuations of ordinary discourse , as when someone is said to apply abstract principles without being aware of other people as persons , or to have lost by too exclusive concentration on the uses of things awareness of the colours of dawn and the scent of the flowers . |