Example sentences of "it can [adv] [vb infin] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | As a result , it can reportedly support high-performance graphics that currently require more expensive technical workstations . |
2 | It can not side-step this challenge by claiming to be neutral and value-free because of its appeal to the technology of literacy . |
3 | It has exceptionally long barbels and , when kept in confined spaces where it can not move these appendages freely , it will often take fright and dash around the aquarium , causing considerable damage not only to the tank decor , but to itself in extreme cases the fish has been known to leap from the tank . |
4 | It has exceptionally long barbels and , when kept in confined spaces where it can not move these appendages freely , it will often take fright and dash around the aquarium , causing considerable damage not only to the tank decor , but to itself . |
5 | It can not justify increased expenditure on the scale that it proposes , and we are not prepared to renegotiate in any way the present rebate to the United Kingdom . |
6 | The fact that the game itself is trivial , and , of course , in most ways it is , does not mean that it can not inflict real pain . |
7 | The hungry or thirsty horse becomes anxious if it can not satisfy these needs , and as a consequence drives itself harder to find food or water . |
8 | Article 34 of the Vienna Convention applies to itself so that like other treaties it can not bind third parties . |
9 | Note that the transmitter control will only allow you to reduce the response ; it can not give more throw than the mechanical linkage will allow . |
10 | What the set most lacks is the always recognizable quality of élan , and while it deserves investigation by Debussyans , it can not earn unqualified acceptance . |
11 | My collective brain has its limitations , and it can not answer this question off the top of its collective head . |
12 | That 's not to say that it can not create long documents , far from it , just that equal emphasis is given to each page by the program . |
13 | Although the recently announced European Air Traffic Control information system may facilitate the movement of aircraft across national boundaries , it can not create more airspace in the already crowded skies over southern England . |
14 | R. F. V. Heuston has argued that it should , saying that it can not make any difference whether the rules which identify the procedure come from common law , statute or a combination of both . |
15 | It can not deliver full frame , full motion video although this may be available in later models . |
16 | Although the operational environment of CD-I ensures that , unlike CDROM , it is ideally suited to processing high quality sound and pictures together with computer graphics , text and numerics , it can not deliver full screen , full motion video . |
17 | Experience can confirm theories , and thereby confirm the sentences of which the theories are constructed , but it can not confirm those sentences singly and directly . |
18 | If the cause or matter is properly characterised as criminal , it can not lose that character simply because at one stage it is carried forward by techniques which closely resemble those employed in civil matters , or which lead to relief often granted in civil matters , or which are available in civil or criminal matters alike ; any more than , having gained this new character by the employment of such techniques , it would revert to its former status when the deployment of the techniques came to an end . |
19 | Fulfilment of their legal obligation , would send a powerful message to the contestants : to the Palestinians of the occupied territories that they can hope for protection , and to Israel that it can not disobey international law with impunity . |
20 | It can not sever such connections , but should end the practice of the block vote by which unions wield enormous power in party affairs . |
21 | That is apart from the fact that it can not fill any holes in its Picasso , Matisse or Henry Moore collections . |
22 | It can not have pleased Kimon , the Spartans ' friend , any more than it pleased politicians of more obviously radical complexion . |
23 | It can not have half-taken place . |
24 | Ironically Langbaurgh council , whose residents have the highest incidence of asthma in Cleveland , has been told it can not have special funding to contribute to the project . |
25 | If a Troll sustains one or more wounds from flames then it can not regenerate any wounds , not even those inflicted by ordinary weapons . |
26 | In ( 3 ) , SPAR is able to identify both some biscuits and a bowl on the floor , allowing both definite noun phrases to be fully resolved ; but it can not find any biscuits that are already in a bowl . |
27 | This sections is present to identify those environments with which the process might deadlock ( i.e. stop because it can not agree any communication with the environment ) . |
28 | It has now accepted that it can not keep Scottish Pride as an integral part of its business . |
29 | Like all other institutions , it can not enjoy absolute freedom . |
30 | ONE of the biggest private users of the rail network is to go into liquidation because it can not afford British Rail 's rates . |