Example sentences of "can [vb infin] this [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One can answer this on the basis of the weak anthropic principle . |
| 2 | You can type this at the command prompt or include it in the Autoexec.bat file . |
| 3 | And you can feel this on the road , enjoying a smooth and refined engine . |
| 4 | You can do this to the extent of saying as Agatha Christie ( who abandoned Hercule Poirot 's charmingly bumbling Captain Hastings quite early ) does in One , Two , Buckle my Shoe ; " For the first time Hercule Poirot was looking at the case the right way up . " |
| 5 | They can do this with a fraction of the water usage of the normal in-rack system and has a greatly improved performance . |
| 6 | You know , you can do this with the back ! |
| 7 | X can do this at the time of giving the goods to Y or at any later stage . |
| 8 | You can do this off the machine if your stitches are long enough . |
| 9 | Once you can do this without the aid of the locator , you will have the satisfaction of knowing that your own skills alone will enable you to make use of this last-ditch method of rescue . |
| 10 | You can do this in a couple of ways . |
| 11 | The right video material can do this in a range of ways : its vivid presentation of settings and characters can be used to set the scene for roleplay ; it can present a case with such impact that it sparks off fierce debate ; we all make our own interpretations of what we see and so video can be a stimulus to genuine communication in the classroom by bringing out different opinions within the group . |
| 12 | Drop it down , in this Pentiford yep , ours is filled with all sorts of gear , for instance decontamination , you know erm after a , a chemical incidence you 've got to clean yourself off without contaminating everybody else , and you can do this within a pod , it 's been so designed that you can walk in one way dirty , and walk out another way clean , and |
| 13 | And at the court I can remember this as a kid , at the court , of course I was n't in at at the court but I remember the story the blacklegs er picked out people and said they and they and they threw stones you see , through the window . |
| 14 | How a textbook deals with this is highly relevant and we can use this as a guide . |
| 15 | Let's start the structural isomers , and we can use this as an opportunity to look at some aspects of the . |
| 16 | In the case of net realizable value the tutor can use this as an opportunity to explain that there are costs associated with sale which will mean that this value is lower than the price paid for the tables and chairs . |
| 17 | You can see this in the adventure novels of Alastair Maclean ; you can see it equally in the intellectual novels of Iris Murdoch . |
| 18 | Alternatively , the reader can interpret this as a sign of her weakness , that she requires this support to justify her actions . |
| 19 | Despite the fact that the conclusions are wrong , we can interpret this as the product of a scientific mind at work . |
| 20 | Provided your building comes with an adequate floor , you can stand this on a row of substantial timbers , or on a number of carefully laid paving slabs . |
| 21 | Observation of historical states is affected by the limitations of the database , and we can liken this to a situation in which the object is viewed from a distance . |
| 22 | It helps if you can fix this to a clipboard for your survey . |
| 23 | I think probably if I can get this in a box it 'll be a lot easier , cos it 's a lot of loose stuff , that 's a saddle , I 'll chuck that down , erm , I do n't know about these things , but er |
| 24 | If we want to tell somebody a fact about the world — let's say that John ate fish and chips — we have a number of ways in which we can put this into a sentence . |
| 25 | So er if you make another one here you can put this as a fraction of the total . |
| 26 | ‘ I am in favour of three points for a win and I will see if the organising committee can examine this for the future , ’ Blatter said . |
| 27 | A man can teach another man that a red light means " stop " ; a man can teach this to a chimpanzee ; a chimpanzee can not teach this to a man , and one chimpanzee can not teach this to another.4 |