Example sentences of "[vb base] it can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On first encounter it can sound pedestrian , but there 's always something not quite right about the melodies they produce , and the more curiosity that provokes , the more you 're sucked in . |
| 2 | This uses the technically-defined Ocean as above , except that all the hiccups that interrupt the passage of its boundary have been removed by the relatively simple process of granting to it all of the so-called ‘ marginal seas ’ to which logic ( and political reality ) suggest it can lay claim . |
| 3 | I expect it can hear this . |
| 4 | So like you say it can cause |
| 5 | After reading the story in the Echo I now realise it can happen on local lines . |
| 6 | The other man , whose voice was gentler , added : ‘ I hope it can bring peace , Major Foley . |
| 7 | ‘ We hope it can help improve cancer counselling in the North West . ’ |
| 8 | Because of its superior formal authority , Congress can require the bureaucracy to state what combinations of price and quantity or budget and output it can offer before Congress releases its demand information . |
| 9 | It is also pointed out that the danger of " hurrying " and teaching " more " is that time for gathering information and reflecting on practice and the implicit and explicit theories that guide it can evaporate easily in the busyness of increasing demands … |
| 10 | When erect it can stand up to 5 feet in height . |
| 11 | You do n't need it then it just goes , you know it can go into the |
| 12 | Now , as you all know , we 've got a big job on , and we 're going to have to work every hour there is to get The Hooded Owl up to the standard I know it can reach . ’ |
| 13 | And they always know it can disappear overnight . |
| 14 | If this comes in a school assembly where there are many agnostics or atheists possibly present it can provoke the reaction , " How dare they try to make us Christian " . |
| 15 | Suppose it can secure either an x per cent price reduction or an x per cent cost reduction at equal cost to itself ; for which should it aim ? |
| 16 | However , some people believe it can prevent you from taking a more distanced and helpful approach . |
| 17 | Put another way , in so far as companies have power , is not that power justifiable on the basis that those who exercise it can claim a moral right to do so ? |
| 18 | It is grown very high in the foothills of the Himalayas and has a light grapy flavour , although I find it can become slightly acidic if brewed for too long . |
| 19 | ‘ You dream about situations like this , and the way things are going you feel it can go on forever . |
| 20 | They claim it can relieve migraine and sinusitis and not so surprising , remove ear wax . |
| 21 | ‘ I bet it can go really fast . ’ |
| 22 | But as we said earlier that some of us who have been in the truth for a long time we were like that years ago , but somewhere along the line we 've become drowsy and a little sort of halfhearted and maybe dozing a little bit as we go down that sort of motorway er of spirituality and that , that the longer you go it can become more difficult because other things come along do n't they ? |
| 23 | I fear it can throttle imagination . |
| 24 | then that and he just bring me pack of cards you know er but er that 's how it 's been for a while you know if I thought well being a sh that that 's now we 've done it it 's a pity we 've not got , mind you I mean it can go potty again in a few years . |
| 25 | I mean it can look nice and |
| 26 | No , I mean it can get a bit of a boring |
| 27 | mhm Well I think it can go from anything , I mean just a vague feeling of suddenly being put off what you 're talking about because you 've suddenly become conscious of how you 're looking . |
| 28 | I mean I think the , I , I think it can effect this , but not that materially erm there are many as you know different provinces round the world and what happens in the C I S is , is obviously very important for the Middle East and so erm it will have an impact . |
| 29 | THE United Nations suffers about equally from people who want it to do everything and from those who think it can do nothing . |
| 30 | I think it can do , I mean it was a long time ago and I 'm , I 'm |