Example sentences of "[pron] and can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indulging in passive leisure activities such as reading and listening to the radio cost nothing and can seem a luxury after a lifetime of sticking to a working schedule . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm sick to death of looking over my shoulder every time I come here , wondering and dreading if someone who knows me has seen me and can guess what I 'm coming here for ! ’ |
| 3 | Throughout this chapter we assume that individuals know what motivates them and can isolate their goals and discuss them separately . |
| 4 | The children will appreciate them and can handle them without too much supervision . |
| 5 | The assumptions underpinning the theory are that new suppliers can easily enter the market and there are no restraints on trade ; that consumers are well-informed about their wants and the choices open to them and can exert leverage over sellers by threatening to take their business elsewhere . |
| 6 | But he does honestly like them and can join a playground game or a classroom singalong without a hint of embarrassment . |
| 7 | The only ones who do n't are those who do n't want to like Philip Larkin , and there is a sense in which poems have — probably since I started writing — have been lifted off the page much more in the absolutely literal sense , that people are used to hearing them and can read them afterwards . |
| 8 | Can you think of any more modern day people that you think could inspire you and can show the gifts of the Holy Spirit in their lives ? |
| 9 | The Association needs you and can help you . |
| 10 | While you can still hit the opponent with any one of your body weapons he , in effect , has turned away from you and can launch no direct attack without first twisting to face you . |
| 11 | Introvert series occur when a programme inhibits itself and can grow no further . |
| 12 | Hence although a larger corpus will alleviate the problem of insufficient data it will not cure it and can lead to other problems . |
| 13 | The second problem with knitting too many rows of tuck is that if a needle is n't knitting ( and , when tucking , it is n't ) it pulls up the knitting on the needles either side of it and can prevent them knitting off correctly . |
| 14 | Your reading will be useful only if you remember it and can do something with it . |
| 15 | They have made it and can help you make It . |
| 16 | This is true even if the question has been prescribed by someone else ( perhaps in an examination ) ; in such cases , you reformulate the question in your first paragraph to demonstrate that you have understood it and can develop arguments from it . |
| 17 | The downside is that some memory managers might not take kindly to the reload option , but if you try it and can get away with it , it 's the one to opt for . |
| 18 | But we know when we have ‘ got it ’ , and when we have got it we believe it and can work to it . |
| 19 | Apparently they 've got this tiny fish which is attracted by the heat or whatever and can swim up your pee as you 're peeing . |
| 20 | These provide the framework within which generally valid considerations justify the specific ways through which people can impose moral demands upon themselves and can endow their lives with value or with moral significance . |
| 21 | Barclays has specialists on computer security , hacking and computer viruses — programmes which replicate themselves and can cause enormous damage . |
| 22 | Their customers , companies or public-sector , are often in the waste-disposal game themselves and can undercut not always fairly . |
| 23 | Ca n't you wait until you have a cottage to yourself and can do what you like with your life , Seb Quilter ? ’ |
| 24 | It is that our knowledge surely starts from what our five senses tell us and can extend beyond this direct experience only to generalizations of what we know by experience . |