Example sentences of "[noun sg] they can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's nothing there at all so there 's no stock they can sell , they 've shut down I expect . |
| 2 | If the guest is settling the bill by credit card they can avail themselves of the express check-out service . |
| 3 | In the country or on the coast they can re-create their routine of earlier days . |
| 4 | Inside , Virgin 's pilots are landing on runway twenty seven at Heathrow , in the simulator they can take off and land as often as they like at this the world 's busiest airport , but in real life Virgin says it has to fight for slots to take off and land at the times to suit business travellers , it blames B A. B A says it does n't allocate slots or monopolize Heathrow Airport . |
| 5 | In the future they can ask the Audit Commission to investigate the effects ; 4 . |
| 6 | Although they can not add points to their own club they can take points away from the others by finishing ahead of their rivals . |
| 7 | But I think one of the things that men are afraid of is that when women get into the things the attitudes change , as we were saying about bigotry and religion and so on with football , I do n't think that men want that because this is the perfect club they can enjoy and indulge all that , but if women really get into it the thing will change as society does . |
| 8 | They 've got this little thing in their head if it 's not got blood in it no red blood they can eat it . |
| 9 | At present a person can take a few driving lessons and pass a driving test and he is then free to purchase any type of car they can afford , regardless of how powerful that car is . |
| 10 | Many above ground filters make outrageous claims about the size of pond they can treat . |
| 11 | While it is acknowledged by pluralists that groups and associations will not all be equal in the political weight they can bring to bear on governments , no group will dominate all the time , and most groups will be able to have their way some of the time . |
| 12 | Protestors aim to bring all the weight they can muster to persuade British Steel not to transfer its quarry freight from Redmire , Wensleydale , on to the roads , threatening the future of the Wensleydale rail line . |
| 13 | But if you are a shareholder they can sack you . |
| 14 | A person may seek advice for one or more purposes and it is important to distinguish those who may need help in establishing whether they have a problem , those who need help in establishing what action they can take and those who need help in pursuing a remedy . |
| 15 | Over the last year , I have held a series of meetings with the major motor manufacturers to see what action they can take in the battle against car crime . |
| 16 | To the ordinary reader advertisements may count for nothing ; but to the bookseller and book-collector they can make the difference between £50 and £500 . |
| 17 | If charged by a powerful enemy they can turn and flee away , hopefully regrouping for a later return . |
| 18 | E. The climate , the soil and the land are all natural inputs , which affect the size of farmers ' crops or the amount of milk , beef or wool they can produce . |
| 19 | But you have also read the passage from Colette and felt the sensuous materiality of the physical world she evokes with her adjectives , so you know too how strong an effect they can produce . |
| 20 | And when , eventually , market forces do take effect they can correct too sharply . |
| 21 | Well , I also believe , as I said earlier , that we should have p MPs who represent the G M B about MPs who represent theirselves , for what they can get out of it , what kudos they can get out of it , but leave the activists to do all the work for 'em , to do all the work . |
| 22 | Women will want a cut that they can cope with , a cut they can dress and re-style easily . ’ |
| 23 | Given the substantial gap in standards between Scottish club rugby and the international arena , the Scots , who do not play their next game until February 3 , clearly need all the match practice they can get at the highest competitive level . |
| 24 | And in settling what these questions shall be , statesmen have now especially a great responsibility if they raise questions which will excite the lower orders of mankind ; if they raise questions on which the interest of those orders is not identical with , or is antagonistic to , the whole interest of the State , they will have done the greatest harm they can do . |
| 25 | It 's er , the best deal they can get like , is n't it ? |
| 26 | People still think the greatest compliment they can pay you is to say that you look younger than your age . |
| 27 | When men and women work in unison they can get a hold of anything . |
| 28 | Therefore , the businessmen on our list have been chosen not merely for their money-making skills , but rather for the influence they can bring to bear . |
| 29 | I mean the way we look at it really is to group villages together so perhaps they 'll have more cover if they 've got two or three specials who work different hours if they have a vehicle they can have access to , provide the cover there . |
| 30 | She would , however , have preferred to show a more balanced programme and hopes that in the future more teachers will offer class displays because she feels that class members prefer to see work they can identify themselves with , as well as the more advanced and unusual aspects of our work . |