Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [pers pn] can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A good picture is worth any number of words for it can communicate a point quickly and succinctly , and in any language . |
| 2 | So where , if I 'm putting twelve thousand in for sort of a , a holding fund for , for individuals I might put three thousand into a local society so they can pop down to the Nottingham Building Society for any bits and pieces , and th the , the bulk of it can go into a postal account to , with a better rate . |
| 3 | However , it would help the student if he were introduced to it briefly and with simplicity , not only because a knowledge of serialism is essential to an understanding of today 's music , but also because so many aspects of it can enrich other methods of composition , even in other styles and idioms . |
| 4 | As the object shrinks further , no signals from it can cross the sphere with the Schwarzschild radius , not even light . |
| 5 | One who inherits a title whilst a Member of the House of Commons or a candidate for a seat in it can remain or become a Member for only one month before disclaiming . |
| 6 | ‘ Anyone who puts his mind to it can rise to the top , ’ was the confident reply . |
| 7 | Well part of it can leave again , but as it is more is getting trapped inside so it 's getting hotter |
| 8 | So loud are these calls that a single insect can be heard half a kilometre away and a chorus of them can set a whole forest ringing and echoing . |
| 9 | And when it 's come it 's usually been a case of you can smell something horrible like erm you know when they 're emptying the slurries out in the pig farms . |
| 10 | A family member who is addicted to " fixing " others and being a caretaker for them can hinder the chances or primary sufferers finding progress or recovery for themselves . |
| 11 | You know I gave her the ultimatum like you can come with us but damn well I would n't have let her come . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , a grateful girl like me can put up with a few bruises , ’ said Dolly , sheet and blankets up to her chin . |
| 13 | When Dennis Bailey puts Rangers one up , the Bloke Behind Me can take it no more . |
| 14 | An increased awareness of potential stressors brought about by better education and an understanding of individual and group responses to it can help to prevent stress from becoming unmanageable and overwhelming . |
| 15 | With the BaByliss BodyToner Plus you can treat yourself to wonderful massages and get back into shape at the same time . |
| 16 | He had to go you see , but I mean er later in my lifetime when we lived in the in the village at I can remember very very well the the er the miners there er going to work and then coming home again , going to work and coming home again , nothing for them to do . |
| 17 | Asking you to make your mind up is asking the impossible Monday for you can appreciate every alternative view and idea that comes your way . |
| 18 | If you turn sound off you can hear buzz . |
| 19 | In Doctor Faustus whether heaven and hell are ‘ discovered ’ in a manner which confirms conventional expectations of them can have drastic implications for the play 's destination , the impact it makes on its audience . |
| 20 | Piling up information for the sake of it can reveal a lack of understanding . |
| 21 | They control initially and you know being feeling that you 're part of it you 're in charge of it can set the scene for the whole conversation . |
| 22 | Their quadrennial stampede for the moral high ground is more fervent than ever , as Democrat Bill Clinton and Gary Hart before him can testify . |
| 23 | They are even optimistic about conflicts between women , on the grounds that paying attention to them can produce gains in feminine self-realization ( e.g. Caplan 1981 , Orbach and Eichenbaum 1987 ) . |
| 24 | In the second case the sizes of the beads and the holes through them can vary . |
| 25 | The rest of us can make do with Profile 's fine new compilation ‘ Avanti ! ’ , 11 tracks to prove that Italian dance was more than just a passing fad . |
| 26 | Paris fashions may be just for the rich , but the rest of us can enjoy beauty products from the designers . |
| 27 | If you have to put this stuff in I think that you should be obliged to include a joke so that the rest of us can get something from it . |
| 28 | But surely the rest of us can ask that some responsible members of the self-styled Gay community will condemn such excesses . |
| 29 | It 's alright for some to be able to buy private health care , and then the rest of us can have a diminishing and reducing National Health Service both in Nottinghamshire and throughout the rest of the country . |
| 30 | The rest of you can light torches from the fire . ’ |