Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It prepared them for exactly the kind of material they can expect to see on the day — and because it is written by the examiners themselves , you can be sure that it tells you exactly what the examiners are looking for ! |
| 2 | First Class offers plenty of realistic reading material with interesting examples of the kinds of documents trainees can expect to see in the workplace such as letters , faxes , telexes , bills , and receipts . |
| 3 | Are there any similar developments in the Programme of Work for this session which you can expect to see in the Catalogue for 1989/90 ? |
| 4 | DAVID HIRST can expect to return to the England fold today when Graham Taylor names his party to face Turkey in their second World Cup qualifier in a fortnight . |
| 5 | The company can expect to draw on the advice of many different specialists and institutions during and after the initial planning stage . |
| 6 | In this case , however , it seemed that the nature of the disease was systematically to destroy those nerve cells essential to the control of sleep , and these unfortunate people probably represent the closest that we can expect to find in the way of a natural experiment on the long-term effects of the denial of sleep . |
| 7 | They are then used to support recommendations concerning the organization of society and personal conduct resting on straight matters of fact , or at least the best available opinion on matters of fact , of the one kind around which clear minded people can expect to rally as a basis for human cooperation . |
| 8 | There may be a continuing sequence of ledges , shelves and drops which the rabbit can negotiate to escape from the ferret . |
| 9 | Ms Clark conceded that there was ‘ little you can do to compete with the discount offered by School Book Fairs ’ , but urged booksellers to ‘ show the teachers your advantages ’ . |
| 10 | This year , I have been having a series of informal discussions with Church leaders , the voluntary sector , leading members of the police , probation and prison services , magistrates and others to consider what we can do to get at the roots of criminality . |
| 11 | All right , so it 's a mystery , and there 's not a lot you can do to get to the heart of it yet , but you do n't have to let it get to you . |
| 12 | There are thus three distinct frames of reference which we can bring to bear on the concept of basic or general education : knowledge , culture and student development . |
| 13 | In insisting on these limits , we are not concerned with the philosophical problem of whether there is free will at all , but with the evidence of common experience that although you can choose to think about a problem , be considerate to your wife , distribute pamphlets for a cause or pray for forgiveness for a crime , you can not by mere exertion of will hit on a new thought , love your wife , have faith in the cause , or repent the crime . |
| 14 | At least Americ-ans can choose to fly with the airline with the best chance of getting their luggage through in one piece . |
| 15 | Does anybody make pinions which I can use to put into the transfer box to replace the existing ones ? |
| 16 | But this talk about ‘ a frontier which is perceived from both sides ’ makes it sound as if in addition to the physical eye which I can use to get at the pin there is a sort of phantom eye in my skull with which I can see what goes on under my skin . |
| 17 | So I put it on the dim switch so as he can see to get in the bedroom . |
| 18 | Many fishkeepers prefer to add the gravel first , so they can see to work in the tank straight away . |
| 19 | This led him to see that , that only one thing which can begin to come to the rescue of human beings in this situation , and that is universal love , and on that basis he saw , almost instantaneously , that war , that violence , that coldness in personal relations even , are morally intolerable . |
| 20 | It 's only after I 've mastered the basic moves that I can begin to concentrate on the emotions . ’ |
| 21 | There must be a point beyond which no set of built-in computer-like elements can suffice to account for an animal 's apparent grasp of its situation , particularly in the face of variable or unpredictable environmental contingencies . |
| 22 | Sadly , there are few steps you can take to guard against the possibility of a company going bankrupt . |
| 23 | You can apply to join from the date of your sixteenth birthday , up to and including the date of your twenty-eighth birthday . |
| 24 | That means I can walk to work in the morning . |
| 25 | ‘ Then may I have an undertaking that if I can manage to put on a show , a stupendous show — I promise you it will be — may I then retire from the post ? |
| 26 | ( In hydrocephalic children , where a drainage shunt is fitted , the faulty functioning or blockage of this shunt can lead to damage of the optic nerve . ) |
| 27 | But in Darlington there is a paucity of green space within the town centre where cooped-up employees can go to bask in the sun , or where shoppers can rest a few minutes . |
| 28 | A new hairstyle is enough to give you a new lease of life but there are n't many of us who can afford to go to the hairdressers every week — let alone every day . |
| 29 | Suppose everyone buys meals , but only the rich can afford to go to the cinema . |
| 30 | Does my right hon. Friend accept that only the very wealthy or the very foolish can afford to go to the libel courts for justice ? |