Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you do take a paid job , bear in mind that although you can earn up to a certain amount per week without affecting your state pension your wages will also be subject to income tax . |
| 2 | If you draw your pension , you can earn up to a certain amount a week without affecting it . |
| 3 | ‘ My colleagues and I will be very interested , ’ he said sourly , ‘ to know what kind of propaganda that red magazine you work for can make out of an international survey of prospective parents . ’ |
| 4 | Russell sees good opportunities in synthetic leather clothing , particularly if Morton can tie in with a European designer . |
| 5 | Registration and administrative and financial returns are all functions which computers can carry out in a modern general practice . |
| 6 | And as all sports are matched to your own ability , you can keep up with an old favourite or try your hand at something new . |
| 7 | Keeping a car fully maintained at your local cost-a-lot garage can work out at a small fortune — and it never ends . |
| 8 | We can look back to a similar situation hundreds of years ago — the taming of knights in the Middle Ages . |
| 9 | From the top floors you can be inspired by the panoramic views across the City and from all the floors you , can look out onto a vast covered court . |
| 10 | INVESTORS in Scottish Power can splash out on an extra bottle of scotch to celebrate hogmanay . |
| 11 | The French manufacturers Arva , who have been making an interesting alternative range of transceivers for some years , have now developed a system of amplifying the radio signal so that a ski patroller in a helicopter can home in on a buried skier . |
| 12 | If you 've been here long enough , you can move on to a progressive prison ; to a C cat , or even D cat . |
| 13 | Once you have an exact description of the job then you can move on to an accurate description of the ideal candidate to do it . |
| 14 | But there are two other prices where you can sell up from a full page and that 's that pre a premium slot like you see there and the chemist there will have paid twelve hundred pound . |
| 15 | When the electric field is released , the dipoles can relax back into a random orientation , but , due to the frictional resistance experienced by the groups in the bulk polymer this will not be instantaneous . |
| 16 | It 's a lucky force of archers indeed that can stand up to a determined push by even indifferent infantry in a long melee . |
| 17 | A detailed kinematic understanding is thus available and this can lead on to a comprehensive dynamic and performance analysis if so desired . |
| 18 | History shows it can go on for a long time , as deficits and surpluses did during the golden age before the First World War . |
| 19 | Tonight we can go out for a quiet meal together , and then … ’ |
| 20 | Well that 's it , I mean you have something for breakfast , a light lunch and you can go out for a big meal , that 's all you need . |
| 21 | ‘ All right , ’ the adjutant said , ‘ you can go back to a vulgar free-for-all if you like . |
| 22 | Make sure you apply the mousse evenly throughout the hair or you can end up with a stiff , sticky mess ! |
| 23 | The trouble with writing about a still-extant commercial enterprise is that the text does tend to the rather uncritical and the whole thing can end up like an extended press release . |
| 24 | When one takes the small-scale behavior of matter into account , particles and radiation can leak out of a black hole . |
| 25 | Its prime target is an audience of decision makers whose names you can write down on a single sheet of paper . |
| 26 | Unless Mr Aznar can come up with a convincing exposition of his economic policies , he could see his lead slip away once again . |
| 27 | It is quite possible to use your own system of bar codes if you can come up with a suitable application . |
| 28 | Grayling reckons that he has about another two years of research to do before he can come up with a conclusive report . |
| 29 | He has a useful pedigree in the Birmingham League , can come up with an awkward slanted delivery and hopes to be around at Edgbaston next season . |
| 30 | If you can come up with an interesting band ‘ logo ’ or visual image , that can be a cheap way of self-promotion on stickers and badges . |