Example sentences of "[noun] can [verb] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A college football association is charged with conspiring to limit the number of college games that football fans can see on television . |
| 2 | It 's all right for them because their kids can go on holiday with them so they 've got no problems . |
| 3 | The enemy can get on top of us . |
| 4 | THE devastating impact drink-driving can have on family life was stressed yesterday at the launch of the Department of Transport 's £700,000 Christmas advertising campaign . |
| 5 | Once the tune comes fairly accurately , the teacher can concentrate on meaning , bringing out the basic elements of the situation . |
| 6 | Free from such cares , the craftsman can concentrate on quality rather than quantity . |
| 7 | Elite autonomy means simply that circumstances exist in which the political elites representing a given social group can bargain on behalf of ‘ their ’ communities without fearing that compromises will lead to their removal and the substitution of a new elite for the social group . |
| 8 | Pointed out that whereas Group can advise on computing aspects of engraving equipment , the actual machine would have to be purchased from Garden Capital Equipment budget . |
| 9 | A single small group can work on drama with one teacher whilst others get on with other ( related ) work . |
| 10 | These are loans that the banks can reclaim on demand . |
| 11 | Make cardboard crowns ( your toddler can stick on paper stars for jewels ) and collect washable hats and scarves and dressing-up clothes from jumble sales . |
| 12 | Fifth , class action suits mean that a shareholder with just one share can sue on behalf of the entire body of shareholders and , finally , the widely misused Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organisations Act allows any firm that has been charged with fraud more than three times in the previous few years , whether or not it is found guilty , to be perceived as a corrupt organisation and therefore liable for triple damages . |
| 13 | In addition to costs incurred by such a person which would also have been incurred by a solicitor acting on his or her behalf , the court can allow on taxation a sum not more than two-thirds of that which a solicitor would have been allowed for profit costs . |
| 14 | and they 'll soon be gone and one thing which annoyed me er a Scotsman or a Welshman or an Irishman can go on television they 'll accept them and they can talk their |
| 15 | How buildings fare in an earthquake can depend on design and materials . |
| 16 | Potton can advise on land sales and required planning consent . |
| 17 | No game can survive on history , even a history as glorious as that of cricket . |
| 18 | Convention establishes certain procedures so that when clear rules are adopted according to these procedures , people can rely on state intervention in their behalf ; they can also rely on the state not to intervene at the behest of other citizens except as these rules stipulate and can plan and coordinate their affairs accordingly . |
| 19 | But also important is the information which a given topic can yield on neighbourhood norms and on general social and background information of value to the researchers . |
| 20 | The most significant impact a manager can have on motivation and performance is to design reward systems which satisfy individuals and the objectives of the organization . |
| 21 | A young man can live on love and spring water , n'est-ce pas ? |
| 22 | Resistance to government can rest on support for the constitution . |
| 23 | This may be the case in some industries , or for some products but as , for example , both Moran 's study of the Chilean copper industry ( 1974 ) and Girvan 's of the Caribbean bauxite industry ( 1976 ) demonstrate in rather different ways , the control that globally integrated corporations can exert on distribution and marketing may nullify what appears on the ground to be a better bargain for the host . |
| 24 | ‘ But the players can go on tour , surely ? ’ said Will . |
| 25 | Only six per cent of single mothers can rely on maintenance as their main source of income . |
| 26 | Students can count on company help to gain qualifications |
| 27 | These exercises , which are easily and quickly generated , can be presented to your students either as printed worksheets — you will be provided with the answers on a separate sheet — or can be put on to a floppy disk so that a student or group of students can work on screen . |
| 28 | A modern room thermostat such as Challenge Electronic 's Optimiser can save on fuel bills . |
| 29 | Now at his lowest ebb , Marinello can reflect on life in the fast lane . |
| 30 | Obviously the simple non-availability of the result must severely limit the significance that employers can place on exam-passing per se . |