Example sentences of "[noun pl] can [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Words can do damage , even if they are true — by betraying a military position , or by prejudicing a trial , or by inciting racial hatred . |
| 2 | The arrangement of words can affect meaning . |
| 3 | This evidence suggests that the semantic relation between two words can affect recognition performance . |
| 4 | In the same way that there are rules within sentences , limiting which words can follow others , so there might also be rules within discourses , limiting which sentence can follow another one , and if I write ‘ The knight killed the dragon ’ , then there might be limits , or constraints , on what I can put as the next sentence . |
| 5 | There are restaurants , trattorie , friendly shops and an open-air market , and day trips can include Gradara , Urbino , the tiny republic of San Marino , Venice and Florence . |
| 6 | Good Gofers can save face , time and trouble and allow you to make an impact . |
| 7 | The dinosaurs can have Scafell until they die out , then if anyone can still be bothered to walk ( ! ) up there , I 'm sure a line or two of bolts would n't go amiss . |
| 8 | As the lexicon size increases the number of acceptable words that the character combinations can produce rises . |
| 9 | In addition to studies in Geography , popular course combinations can include Archaeology , Economics , Economic and Social History , Politics , Social Policy , Sociology and Social Anthropology . |
| 10 | Firstly , the bare details find their way into the news sections of all relevant publications so the artist 's fans can place orders at record shops , apply for concert tickets and generally help to build up the ( ahem ) ‘ buzz ’ . |
| 11 | Hot food fans can try Jingle 's , at 34 Torwood Street ( ) , an informal restaurant with music of the '60s and '70s backing the Tex Mex spicy dishes . |
| 12 | Social and/or geographical ambiguities can cause problems of interpretation even with factual questions , e.g. ‘ When do you usually have tea ? ’ |
| 13 | These sensors can provide information that the surgeon would find it difficult to ascertain for himself . |
| 14 | Soaring like a sharp wedge , its sandstone rocks have defied the storms of ages but have been split and shattered into a succession of strange pinnacles requiring the skill of rockclimbers to surmount although , by trial and error , walkers can make progress by avoiding the crest of the ridge in places of difficulty , using stony gullies for descent and re-ascent . |
| 15 | In Wales walkers can try routes around the Dyfi estuary where you 'll find the Ynis-hir bird reserve west of the A487 between Machynlleth and Aberystwyth near Furnace . |
| 16 | You can see my point — that even the simplest of overcalls can steer opponents into strange misjudgements . |
| 17 | Schools can make use of video or educational broadcasts , to extend study to the wider world . |
| 18 | The pre-court ‘ tribunal ’ investigation employed in Sheffield and the growing emphasis being placed on ways that schools can improve pupils ' motivation to attend through curriculum development and new approaches to teaching , serve as illustrations of the perceived inappropriateness of formal legal intervention other than in extreme cases . |
| 19 | The schools library service may provide a bibliography on the topic , while library loan services for schools can deliver collections of books on the topic under investigation . |
| 20 | The separation of the Prince and Princess of Wales is proof that the repressed , bullying , all-male environment of public schools can create problems with relationships later in life . |
| 21 | By removing the group which dominates and excludes the experience of women , single-sex schools can allow women to express and validate their own experience to develop some autonomy , to build some confidence . |
| 22 | In the same way schools can use complaints from parents and pupils as a means of improving the quality of teaching , learning and care that is offered . |
| 23 | Similarly depth of feeling can become equated with prejudice , and the arousal of emotions in schools can become indoctrination . |
| 24 | This is not a question of whether the project can be funded indefinitely so much as a question of whether the initiatives in particular schools can maintain momentum once the project grant has been spent . |
| 25 | Apple Computer Inc on Wednesday launches its first full-function servers , and with them hopes to persuade small- and medium-size businesses to buy from it all the computer equipment they need ; the new Workgroup servers can process data up to four times faster than Quadras , and although they will support alien machines , they are designed primarily for networks consisting mainly of Macintoshes ; the Workgroup Server Models 60 and 80 cost from $3,080 to $10,000 , the high-end Model 95 at $7,600 to $13,000 ; the 95 is out by the end of April the other two this summer ; the company also has a new Release 4.0 of its AppleShare file and print sharing software , and a high-end AppleShare Pro ; the company is also launching AppleTalk Connection for MS-DOS and Windows to enable cross communications between Macintosh and MS-DOS boxes in a network . |
| 26 | Servers can run DOS too , but this operating system is limited by the fact that it is designed to handle only one task at a time . |
| 27 | OFF THE WALL : Bouncy castles can cause injuries |
| 28 | Doug Scott , Himalayan Climber is published by Diadem books , Climber & Hill Walker readers can take advantage of an offer to obtain the book . |
| 29 | If any readers can help Mr Platt , they should write to the Editor at the address above . |
| 30 | DID you know that UK readers can become members of an Irish railway society and attend some of their meetings which are held in London . |