Example sentences of "[conj] can [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unless you have some experience in cutting clay pipes ( or can arrange the layout so that no cutting is necessary ) , it is probably best to stick with the easier-to-use uPVC . |
| 2 | Once you know or can guess the reason , and this should be obvious from your conversation , you can decide what action to take . |
| 3 | It should be free of weeds or seeds that are poisonous or can damage a horse 's mouth , such as barley grass . |
| 4 | The forms also ask workers and carers to check whether a child knows how to cross the road safely or can make an emergency phone call . |
| 5 | Using all of the system 's facilities , management can analyse sales and staffing levels in multiple bars on a single site , or can view an entire operation remotely from a head office . |
| 6 | Will you give this matter serious thought and see if you can either consider standing yourself or can nominate a ‘ willing ! ’ candidate . |
| 7 | There are relations that can be created by expressions of consent , and there are many in which such acts form or can form a component of their creation or perpetuation . |
| 8 | It can perform flow injection analysis ( FIA ) and segmented continuous flow analysis ( SFA ) independently or can combine the techniques on a single test allowing automatic sample pretreatment such as dilution , concentration and/or filtration on-line , The Super Cartridge is a two part heater consisting of a spool of polymeric tubing which droops over a cone-shaped heater . |
| 9 | Tel. 071–272 1266 ) may be able to arrange for someone to conduct a non-religious ceremony , or can send a form of words that could be used ( leaflets are available from these organisations on receipt of an sae ) . |
| 10 | The snag for the user is that , in most cases , unless he or she has access to a piece of ready-written graphics software or can program the machine to create the required displays from scratch these features seldom get used to the full . |
| 11 | These pass on tips about jobs or lodgings , or can give a firm base of support once a migrant has crossed the border . |
| 12 | Unnecessarily high costs can be passed on under average cost pricing ( solution 1 ) , can result in a higher fixed charge to ensure break-even under a two-part tariff ( solution 2 ) , or can require a larger subsidy ( solution 3 ) . |
| 13 | If you have an aquarium aerator , or can use a bicycle pump to bubble air through the water several times daily , you can fill the tank more than half-full . |
| 14 | You can draw down the full amount arranged for your loan all at once , or can take the money in stages . |
| 15 | I 'll see if I 've got a map around or can get a really cheap map and just put it up . |
| 16 | Customers can buy it pre-loaded or can buy the software modules separately . |
| 17 | Firstly , so that those who are slow know when the joke ends , or can have a moment to reflect and catch the subtleties of any double entendre . |
| 18 | Officials never have or can have the full range of choices displayed before them . |
| 19 | What this means in practice is that through these schemes , monthly repayments are considerably reduced , which means customers save money or can afford a higher specification model if they wish . |
| 20 | Anselm himself never quoted this analogy , but he went so far as to warn the pope that if he gave an adverse judgement in the dispute between Canterbury and York ‘ I would on no account remain in England ; for I neither ought to , nor can allow the primacy of our church to be destroyed while I am alive . ’ |
| 21 | The ultimate aim is to generate as much electricity as it consumes at all its sites , including shops , across the UK. * British Telecom is testing a pair of wind-powered telephone boxes , with electricity generated by a small windmill attached to the top of the box being used to charge a battery that can power a light in the box . |
| 22 | Legs have become elongated into catapults that can propel an insect two hundred times its own body length , broad oars to row , it through water or thin hair-tipped stilts with a wide stride that enables their owners to walk on the surface of pools . |
| 23 | Environmental factors that can affect the success of a bioremediation scheme include : |
| 24 | When a product is in regular production , however , there may be , with the passage of time , unsuspected and undetected changes in raw materials , methods of product handling or some other change that can affect the stability of the product . |
| 25 | Another factor in the pupil 's near environment that can affect the comfortable use of vision for work is the ‘ fit ’ of the furniture ( chair , desk , table ) in terms of individual requirements . |
| 26 | From these goals three areas for enhancement were specified : new directives — structured comments that download commands to the compiler ; new constructs — a definition for operations that can affect the way a program is interpreted ; and language restrictions , which limit the use of sequence and storage association to avoid conflicts with distributed data . |
| 27 | From these goals three areas for enhancement were specified : new directives — structured comments that download commands to the compiler — new constructs — a definition for operations that can affect the way a program is interpreted — and language restrictions , which limit the use of sequence and storage association to avoid conflicts with distributed data . |
| 28 | This is because , along with rural-urban differences in health , sanitation , nutrition standards and other relevant measurable factors that can affect the mother 's health before and during pregnancy , there are also rural-urban differences in folk customs , traditions and beliefs and other intangibles that bear upon reproduction and reproductive behaviour . |
| 29 | Today , however , there is a much greater realisation that the quality of the data is important to their precision and quantification and , in this regard , it is important to be able to assess the validity and the reliability of those data by understanding the nature of the collection instrument itself , the biases that it is heir to , and the kinds of instrumental corruptions that can affect the quality of the material it provides . |
| 30 | The advocacy of spending is concentrated in vocal and influential communities and client groups that can affect the electoral chances of politicians . |