Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [adv] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elsewhere there are Breughels ; walls covered with Delft tiles ; a medieval belfry with 366 steps from which you can gaze down on the town 's steep , red tiled roofs ; holy blood brought back from the crusades . |
| 2 | The idea of getting everyone away is to isolate them from mundane worries so that they can concentrate wholeheartedly on the task in hand . |
| 3 | Perhaps the greatest restrictions are that he or she can act only on the request of an MP and the only weapon available is to publicize the misdeeds . |
| 4 | Interview schedules can fall anywhere on a scale from the completely structured to the completely unstructured , and many include questions of several types within the same schedule . |
| 5 | The barn owl can swoop down on a mouse in total darkness , guided only by a faint rustle in the undergrowth . |
| 6 | Use a small selected group , say between four and eight , so that the audience can focus easily on the points you are making . |
| 7 | Co-operation can focus mainly on the R , the D , or it can couple joint R&D with the joint production and marketing of the output of that R&D , and it can be structured around sharing costs , restrictions put on the other R&D activities of participants , and rules which govern the production and marketing of the output affected by the joint R&D project . |
| 8 | ‘ You can catch up on the reading in-flight . |
| 9 | So then you we can tighten in on the site to not only a place actually on the site but how far down they came from as well . |
| 10 | ( 1986 ) predict that children will be able to distinguish between causes and effects on the basis of information about generative transmission before they can do so on the basis of information about temporal priority . |
| 11 | However , deciding whether a particular consideration is relevant , whether a particular object is within the allowable range , whether an adequate hearing has been given to interested parties , and whether the reasons ultimately provided are sufficient , are all factors which can encroach indirectly on the merits . |
| 12 | Incidents are categorized by the degree of paperwork involved , and the best shifts are those where ‘ you 're kept busy but with stuff you can clear up on the spot ’ ( FN 26/5/87 , p. 34 ) . |
| 13 | Melanomas can appear anywhere on the body , but the legs are most often affected . |
| 14 | He can doss down on the couch . ’ |
| 15 | Then we can sail off on a reach in either direction just as we saw Suzanne doing . |
| 16 | In the case of the couple or family considering the costs and benefits of a future child , the explicit consideration of rates of discount is rather different in that children are perceived to be a positive asset from early on in life but particularly after fifteen years or so when they can work effectively on the farm ( and so replace costly paid labour at times of peak labour demand ) or as a wage labourer . |
| 17 | You can work out on the beach . |
| 18 | And you can see more on the problems of noise nuisance in Oxford in the Tuesday Special , tonight on Central at seven thirty . |
| 19 | It can occur anywhere on the body . |
| 20 | Together , we can look back on a year of consider- able success , and forward to a new year of challenge . |
| 21 | The British landed gentry can look back on a past filled with special glories due to the responsibilities of their rank . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , we can look back on the year with pride and feel confident that our achievements stand us in good stead for 1992 . |
| 23 | When we have breakfast , on the 8th floor , we can look down on the river , and watch all the river traffic , including large passenger vessels , big merchant ships belching smoke , strings of wooden barges , and big and small old-fashioned junks , which look as if they have been sailing for a 100 years at least . |
| 24 | They are the ones who can look down on the competition from the grandstand near the finish on Westminster Bridge . |
| 25 | I 'm currently working out measures which can follow up on the policy statement and bring about changes in practice and law . |
| 26 | It can home in on a car from almost half a mile away . |
| 27 | If you can home in on the fact that a full page is one thousand pounds per year for two years then it locks in . |
| 28 | However , after about half an hour , some of the smell chemicals have started to evaporate creating an odour gradient , and the dog can set off on the trail . |
| 29 | By doing so , I hope to show that the dialogue between believers and non-believers in God can proceed only on the basis of certain common assumptions . |
| 30 | ‘ And of course , if it can happen out on the lawn , it could happen anywhere . |