Example sentences of "[noun] can [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question thus with which we are confronted is that of whether this religion can contain the new consciousness of women . |
| 2 | As we have seen , Gandhi recognizes that no single religion can embody the whole truth , and that all particular religions contain errors since they are human constructs or formulations , but does it follow necessarily that when he speaks of Religion underlying all human constructs , or at the heart of all religions , he is referring to an ‘ essence ’ of an ‘ entity ’ or a ‘ primordial form ’ of religion after the fashion of Schleiermacher ? |
| 3 | The shortest priced favourite can stumble and fall at the very first fence while the 100–1 outsider can achieve the ultimate glory . |
| 4 | Internal social considerations can govern the converse shift , from prose to verse . |
| 5 | The bright colours of the new leaves in spring can make the old ones look rather untidy , so neatly cut these off at their base . |
| 6 | Under s 36 of the Administration of Justice Act 1970 , where a possession order of a dwelling house is made , then if satisfied that the defendant can pay the current instalments and the arrears in a reasonable time ( or remedy other defaults ) , the court has wide powers of suspending a possession order . |
| 7 | It will be looked back upon by history as one of the remarkable achievements of the human spirit to have discovered how a very little violence can destroy the good conscience of the major institutions of society , and interchange the positions of sense and nonsense , right or wrong . |
| 8 | But fans of the programme can savour the below-the-belt humour of two of its stars David Baddiel and Rob Newman during a 40date British tour which includes Newcastle 's New Tyne Theatre on April 21 and Middlesbrough Town Hall on April 28 . |
| 9 | In some cases , however , the exigencies of timetabling for examinations and the demands made on students by applications for courses of further study can reduce the effective time available to the one-year foundation courses to as little as twenty or twenty-four weeks . |
| 10 | First , they by and large provide only aspatial or coarsely aggregated data , and second , the sample sizes needed to produce statistically meaningful data-sets mean that only national survey organizations can undertake the large surveys needed . |
| 11 | COMPUTERS can ease the financial problems of countries in the economically troubled Third World . |
| 12 | The reversal of roles can cause the patient anxiety . |
| 13 | ‘ Industry can seize the new opportunities , safe in the knowledge the Government will play its full part . |
| 14 | Furthermore the graduate recruits can judge the derisory attitude to academics for themselves , simply by picking up most editions of Police magazine . |
| 15 | Messages prints out to both dot matrix and laser , where its four-up format and the use of coloured paper stock can deliver the normal message slips , whilst the original data resides safely on the PC . |
| 16 | It will also come when manufacturers respond to the competitive advantages conferred by devaluation , and last longer if manufacturers can contain the inevitable increases in costs of imported goods and materials . |
| 17 | Similarly the Credit level candidates can sit the General Papers . |
| 18 | By taking a further six Higher National Unit credits , candidates can gain the new HNC in Engineering Practice . |
| 19 | Like the corrosive effects of steady doses of pessimism , the constant injection of a note of optimism can alter the whole tenor of a meeting . |
| 20 | Lens designs can improve the cosmetic effect of your glasses , making them thinner , lighter , clearer and easier to clean . |
| 21 | The top animals can displace the bottom ones at feeding sites and gain other environmental advantages by virtue of being tougher than their group companions . |
| 22 | Animals can learn the standard eyeblink response even with most of their cerebral cortex removed . |
| 23 | Few animals can survive the sustained attack of this devastating army . |
| 24 | Spring daylight can influence the biological equilibrium of a marine tank . |
| 25 | That human listeners can find the correct interpretation extremely rapidly is dramatically illustrated in Marslen-Wilson & Welsh 's ( 1978 ) close shadowing experiments . |
| 26 | It is concluded that pure alcohol injection after an epinephrine injection can improve the harmostatic rate in patients with spurting haemorrhage and shorten the hospital stay for patients with active ulcer bleeding . |
| 27 | The application of such an effect can change the intracellular structure of a cell that has been transformed by a cancer-causing agent , even in its latent stage . |
| 28 | Erm , I 've endorsed the comments that 've been made I think the er congratulations , and can I say I 've got a sneaking feeling originally , this paper was put on the agenda to embarrass me so that the records department can get the new shelves I originally blocked . |
| 29 | If a request for transfer is refused the applicant can ask the appropriate county court care centre to review the decision and the application may be dealt with by a nominated care district judge . |
| 30 | An easterly wind can produce the unusual bird , an off-route ‘ accidental ’ , an ‘ over shooter ’ or ‘ drifter ’ . |