Example sentences of "of [noun] can [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Money and medical services can make a person 's life less miserable , but no amount of money can compensate for a crippled player 's loss of freedom . |
| 2 | Application can , of course , lead to reappraisal , just as empirical evidence in other areas of research can lead to a reformulation or abandonment of initial hypotheses . |
| 3 | 2.7 The difficulty is compounded by the fact that the idea of association can correspond to a wide range of referential or " factual " relationships ( just as can the ascriptive use of an adjective or the qualifying use of a subordinate noun ) ; and , importantly , this is true not only of those relations that can ultimately be reduced to arrangements of objects in the physical world , but also of those that depend on human judgements and evaluations , e.g. relations of loving or resemblance ; all these we shall consider as factual relations by contrast with syntactic relations . |
| 4 | That 's one of the reasons why I 'm , why I 'm also interested in er in Freud because I think Freud provides that , I happen to think that Freud 's studies of , of crowd group psychology actually explain that , although it takes time to you know , certainly not at five minutes to four , it takes time to explain , but I think there is an explanation there and I think you c y y you can claim that there are certain emotions to do with identification and idealization , th that our genes have a programmer which things like erm nationalistic erm , erm er kind of jingoism can exploit in a modern culture which in primal cultures would have primal cultures people identify with their , with their local kin and their local culture and that 's that might ultimately promote their reproductive success , but that in modern cultures , this identification occurs with erm on a completely different level and with lots of people will not merely because you need so many more people modern cultures you have much more erm much bigger groups and you just meet many more people that , than you were ever th there is some interesting research , research recently published for instance which shows erm organizations seem to have a critical size and that people are not really able to track more than about two hundred and fifty other people , in other words you can have face-to-face relationships with up to about two hundred and fifty others , but once it gets beyond two hundred and fifty it 's too much and you start forgetting somebody as if the brain was primed to an optimum group size and once you get above that you just ca n't keep . |
| 5 | It does n't need to be strong wind to ruin the sound on a shot , the lightest of breezes can sound like a Force 8 gale in spite of the foam wind-shield with which the microphone is no doubt adorned . |
| 6 | Some people even refuse to use this part of the E-6000 programming at all , saying that it is no good to them , because they can not understand how a column of figures can relate to a knitted garment . |
| 7 | If British Rail is under pressure to increase the frequency of its service , there is a case for a coordinated transport system operating bus and rail services , If there is a need for transport when it is not convenient to run rail services , or if only a certain number of trains can run on a line because goods trains and passenger services can not operate at the same time — although perhaps British Rail should be more innovative in its mix of passenger and freight services perhaps it is a good idea for British Rail and the bus services — as they are today , not as they will be affected by the Bill — to get together . |
| 8 | It would be foolish to believe that any group of people can interact without a political undercurrent . |
| 9 | Talk about the contribution that facial expressions , gestures and tone of voice can make to a speaker 's meaning , eg in ironic and sarcastic uses of language . |
| 10 | Thus a balance of forces can result from a weakened infection which induces a weakened immune response , leading to persistence . |
| 11 | In theory , each phase of schooling can see at a glance what is to be built upon it — and can see the size of that future building . |
| 12 | Awareness of these characteristics of language can help in the design of a generic spatial language with which a wide variety of users can interact with a spatial database . |
| 13 | The evaluation of performance can result in a revision of a programme , or a revision of the budget , or a modification in operations . |
| 14 | A new study from Frost & Sullivan examines the way that the three largest users of CFCs can cope with a ban on the manufacture and use of CFCs . |
| 15 | Although you may feel that Page 3 models , pornographic magazines , videos and films have no relevance to your life , and certainly no relevance to your obsession with losing weight or remaining slim , it is easy to see how such images of womanhood can contribute to a sense of vulnerability to rape , or just confusion over whether having breasts and thighs means you are always sexually available . |
| 16 | Each type of program can act as a gateway to learning as well as a barrier in the process of learning . |
| 17 | The process of psychology can become like a drug with the victim as addicted to their own helpless indulgence as the therapist is to the emotional charge that they get . |
| 18 | This version of consumerisrn can lead to a radical critique of consumption . |
| 19 | This kind of software can act as a visual aid or electronic blackboard and enables the teacher to present dynamic , colourful and complex images creating a more powerful and exciting lesson . |
| 20 | On the other hand , loss of soil fertility after forest clearance and the invasion of weeds can result in a rapid decline in the carrying capacity of these ranches . |
| 21 | The regular use of drugs can lead to a mental and physical craving for them . |
| 22 | Today such inferences about the origins of language can draw on a vast assemblage of data and hypotheses in neighbouring disciplines . |
| 23 | The objectivity of interest can serve as a universal starting point for understanding events . |